Patent ID: 7117622

Claim:
A two-piece device for adapting an extended length magazine for use in a handgun, said handgun having a hollow grip designed to accept a shorter length magazine, said two-piece device comprising: a) a first piece having an interior cavity configured to receive that part of the extended length magazine protruding below the hollow grip when the extended length magazine is placed and locked into the grip; b) the first piece also having at least two interior recessed grooves; c) a second piece configured to conjoin with the first piece, said second piece having at least two opposing rails, said rails having protruding buttons, with the rails slidably engaged into the recessed grooves of the first piece, with the buttons captured by corresponding holes in the first piece when the second piece is fully engaged into the first piece; and d) the first and second pieces having an exterior conformation that, when the two pieces are conjoined, form a continuous surface.