Patent ID: 8733008

Claim:
A magazine for fitting within a curved handle of a pistol, the magazine comprising: a curved housing being substantially inserted within said curved handle, said curved housing having a first side, a second side, an open end and a blocked end, the housing defining a chamber flanked by the first side and the second side, the chamber providing a nonlinear path running between the open end and the blocked end, the chamber having a cross-section perpendicular to the nonlinear path, the cross-section having a length extending in a forward direction and a width extending perpendicular to the forward direction, the length extending along the first side, the width extending between the first side and the second side, the length being greater than the width; a follower disposed within the chamber, the follower being movable along the nonlinear path between a fully loaded position and an unloaded position, the follower in the unloaded position being proximate the open end, the follower in the fully loaded position being closer to the blocked end than to the open end, the follower relative to the housing having a first rotational orientation when the follower is at the fully loaded position, the follower relative to the curved housing having a second rotational orientation when the follower is at the unloaded position, the first rotational orientation and the second rotational orientation defining therebetween a limited range of rotation of the follower relative to the curved housing, the limited range of rotation being about a rotational axis extending in the forward direction, the limited range of rotation being greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees; and a spring disposed within the chamber and being compressed between the follower and the blocked end of the curved housing, the spring urging the follower along the nonlinear path toward the open end of the housing.