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Double stack magazine

  • US 8,776,419 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2012
  • Issued: 07/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A magazine for a firearm comprising:

  • a tubular body having surfaces defining an elongated passage and having a lower end and an upper end having feed lips;

    a floor plate element connected to the lower end;

    an elongated separator element within the passage spaced apart from the body surfaces;

    a follower defining an aperture receiving and surrounding the separator element and movable within the elongated passage;

    the follower movable within the passage from a lowest position to a highest position, wherein at least a portion of the follower is within no more than one cartridge diameter from the feed lips when in the highest position;

    the separator element extending from the lower end of the body to a level proximate to the upper end;

    the aperture of the follower receiving an upper end portion of the separator when the follower is in the highest position; and

    a spring within the passage having a first end contacting the floor plate, and having an opposed second end contacting and biasing the follower toward the upper end of the body; and

    wherein the body has a rear wail, and wherein the rear wall includes a medial rib extending forward, such that the rib defines a separation between a stack of cartridges right of the rib, and a stack of cartridges left of the rib.

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