Magazine

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Jan 20, 2026

US12529536 - Universal magazine loading and unloading accessory

An accessory facilitates loading and unloading of cartridges into a firearm magazine and includes a main body having a top end with a top opening, a bottom end with a bottom opening, a wall portions extending between the top and bottom ends and defining therebetween a body cavity in communication with the top and lower openings and also defining a front opening in communication with the body cavity. A first portion of the body cavity can receive a cartridge from the front opening and a second portion of the body cavity can receive an open end of a portion of a firearm magazine from the bottom opening. A thruster is movably coupled to the main body and mounted to the main body above the top end, and includes a plunger which is movable into and out of the first portion of the body cavity through the top opening.

Jan 13, 2026

US12523436 - Magazine extension

A magazine extension is provided. The magazine extension includes a baseplate structured to receive a lower open end of a magazine, the baseplate having a laterally extending through-bore; a side bracket structured to couple to the baseplate for securing the magazine, the side bracket having a laterally extending through-bore; and a locking pin insertable within both the through-bore of the baseplate and the through-bore of the side bracket to lock the side bracket to the baseplate.

Jan 6, 2026

US12516900 - Feed tower mounted leaf springs for magazines

Leaf springs for use in a firearm magazine are described. The leaf springs comprising an inner edge, an outer edge, and a channel, and configured to facilitate movement of cartridges within a feed tower of the firearm magazine. The leaf springs can be in a flexed or unflexed position, wherein downward movement of the cartridges in the feed tower outwardly flex the leaf springs into the flexed position to facilitate downward translation of the cartridges by forcing the inner edge of the leaf springs away from the cartridges, and in the unflexed position, the inner edge of the leaf springs is parallel or substantially parallel to an edge of the cartridges in the feed tower.

Dec 30, 2025

US12510316 - Box magazine fed firearm receiver with pinch tabs

A box magazine fed firearm includes pinch tabs in the receiver of the firearm. In one embodiment, the pinch tabs are opposing pieces of spring steel extending upwardly and inwardly from opposing lateral sides of the receiver. In one embodiment, the pinch tabs are sections of flat spring steel bent into an arcuate shape and secured to the receiver by screws. In one embodiment, tension screws are used to adjust an inward bias of each of the pinch tabs.

Dec 23, 2025

US12504243 - Magazine well assembly

A magazine well assembly for connecting a magazine to a firearm. The magazine well assembly has a housing defining a magazine receiving space. The magazine receiving space is adapted to receive the magazine. At least one first connector is configured to removably couple the housing to a lower receiver of the firearm.

Dec 16, 2025

US12498189 - Double stack magazine for firearm

A double stack magazine for a firearm comprises a tubular magazine body defining a cavity for holding a stack of cartridges, a spring, and a follower biased by the spring for dispensing cartridges from the magazine. The cartridges may be rimmed cartridges in one embodiment arranged in a vertically staggered side-to-side arrangement. The magazine includes a lower double stack section and upper single stack section. The follower includes angled front and rear cartridge feed surfaces each configured to exclusively engage the cartridge stack at alternate times depending on whether cartridges are present in the lower double stack section. The magazine further includes a pair of non-linear cartridge convergence ribs configured to engage the cartridge stack and force the projectile ends thereof together in the upper single stack section to center an uppermost cartridge in the stack for dispensing from the magazine to the firearm for chambering.

Dec 16, 2025

US12498190 - Drum-type magazine used in small firearm

The present invention relates to a drum-type magazine used in a small firearm. The drum-type magazine includes: a housing which includes a rear cover having an insertion space formed at the central portion, a pair of bullet guide parts formed below the insertion space, and a first storage space and a second storage space formed on both sides facing each other around the insertion space, and a front cover coupled in front of the rear cover; an insertion part inserted into the insertion space; a pair of bullet-moving members, each of which is rotatably installed with elastic force on a rotational shaft formed at the center of the first storage space and the second storage space and has seating grooves sequentially formed on the outer circumference thereof; and an operation member including a lifting portion having an operation lever, a long-hole bracket installed at a lower portion of the lifting portion, an operation rod of which one side is rotatably connected to the long-hole bracket and the other side is rotatably connected to the rotational shaft with elastic force to be rotated depending on the ascending of the lifting portion, and an operation portion installed inside an extended portion of the other side of the operation rod, rotatably installed at a predetermined angle with elastic force and pushing the an operation protrusion of the bullet-moving member to rotate the bullet-moving member in the clockwise direction.

Dec 2, 2025

US12487040 - Firearm

An upper receiver is disclosed. The upper receiver contains a first inner surface configured to abut a first magazine protrusion, and a second inner surface configured to abut a second magazine protrusion.

Dec 2, 2025

US12487041 - Magazine base pad

A firearm magazine base pad comprises a base pad body adapted to be removably secured to a lower end of a magazine body, the base pad body including a front portion, a rear portion, a pair of opposed side portions, and a lower portion. The lower portion of the base pad body, when viewed in a cross-sectional plane parallel to and medially of the opposed side portions and in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the opposed side portions and medially of the front and rear portions, is convex. The front portion of the base pad body, when viewed in a cross-sectional plane parallel to and medially of the opposed side portions, is concave.

Dec 2, 2025

US12487042 - Mechanical magazine

A mechanical magazine, including a casing and a mechanical driver. The casing includes an ammunition inlet, an ammunition outlet, and an ammunition passage extending from the ammunition inlet to the ammunition outlet. The mechanical driver is disposed on one side of the casing and is configured to drive ammunition pills to move from the ammunition inlet to the ammunition outlet. The mechanical driver includes a rotation disc and an energy storage unit; the rotation disc is rotationally connected to the casing to push the ammunition pills to move along the ammunition passage; the energy storage unit is disposed on the rotation disc and is subjected to elastic deformation to store or release energy when the rotation disc rotates relative to the casing; when the rotation disc rotates in a direction towards the ammunition inlet, the energy storage unit is compressed to save energy.