Patent ID: 7093386

Claim:
A removable base magazine system for use with a pistol of the type having a barrel and a trigger and a handle for fully receiving the removable base magazine system comprising, in combination: a removable base magazine in a rectilinear configuration having an upper extent positionable adjacent to a barrel and a lower extent positionable totally within a handle, the magazine also having rectangularly shaped large side faces and rectangularly shaped small front and rear faces coupling the side faces and with inwardly flared flanges spaced beneath the lower extent of the side and front and rear faces, the magazine adapted to receive bullets and also adapted to be positioned within the magazine; a base plate assembly having a relatively thick base plate with a first thickness of about 0.80 inches and a relatively thin retainer with a second thickness of about 3/64 inches; the base plate having a length of about 1.59 inches and a width of about 0.488 inches with long essentially parallel side edges and a flat rear edge and a semi-circular front edge, the base plate having a top face and a bottom face with a circular aperture there through in proximity to the center thereof and with forward and rearward apertures forwardly and rearwardly of the circular aperture, the base plate also having linear recesses on the bottom face adjacent to the side edges extending from the rear edge to adjacent to the front edge, the recesses adapted to receive the flanges of the side faces during operation and use; the retainer having a length of about 1.32 inches and a width of about 0.483 inches with long essentially parallel side edges and a flat rear edge and a semi-circular front edge, the retainer having a top face and a bottom face with a cylindrical projection having an axial length of about 0.06 inches extending downwardly from the bottom face through the circular aperture of the base plate for the coupling there between, the retainer having forward and rearward apertures forwardly and rearwardly of the cylindrical projection in axial alignment with the forward and rearward apertures of the base plate during operation and use, the rear edge of the retainer being located forwardly about 0.40 inches from the rear edge of the base plate with the rear and front edges of the retainer being curved upwardly from the base plate, the base plate being positionable above the flanges and beneath the front and rear faces while the retainer is positionable above the base plate between the front and read faces, the base plate and the retainer being fabricated of a rigid metal selected from the class of rigid metals including carbon steel and 410 stainless steel; and a resilient element within the magazine adapted to urge bullets within the magazine upwardly toward the barrel.