Patent ID: 8042297

Claim:
A magazine for a handheld firearm, suitable for accommodating a plurality of cartridges which are transported in a guided movement by means of a feed within the magazine in the direction of a barrel, in order to be loaded individually in each case into the barrel of a firearm at the upper end of the magazine after each shot, with the cartridges being guided along a curved path in the magazine, the magazine comprising: an internal contour of the magazine ( 10 ) that is conically tapered toward the upper end of the magazine in an upper transitional area by means of ramps ( 22 ) or inclines, wherein the internal contours of the magazine tapers to approximately the width of a cartridge, such that the cartridges are aligned, in an upper transitional area at a distance from the upper end of the magazine, starting from a broader area ( 21 ) which is located further below, wherein in the broader area successive cartridges assume an interlaced arrangement with crossing axes of the cartridges, wherein the internal width of the magazine ( 10 ) in the lateral direction in each case tapers gradually from both ends toward the center ( 20 ), wherein at least one fillet ( 24 ) is provided as a guide element for guidance of the firing rim ( 19 ) of the cartridge and at least partially holds the latter, and wherein a firing rim ( 19 ) of at least an uppermost cartridge ( 14 ) is guided by guide elements ( 24 , 25 , 26 ) in the magazine.