US1308665A

US1308665A - Magazine fob

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Publication number: US1308665A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 1936-07-01

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W. W. DOUGLAS.

MAGAZINE FOR FIREARMS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-5.1918.

Patented July 1, 1919.

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W. W. DOUGLAS.

MAGAZINE FOR FIREARMS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT.5, I918.

Patented July 1 2 SHEETSSHEET 2v WALTE R W. DOUGLAS, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA MAGAZINE roa FIREARMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

, Application filed October 5, 1918. Serial N 0. 257,047.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER W. DOUGLAS, a citizen'of the United States, residing in Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazines for Firearms, of which the following is a specifieation.

The object of this invention is to provide a magazine for fire arms which will supply the arm with a greater number of cartridges than that usually fed thereto. My improvements are especially applicable to automatic pistols and will be herein shown and described as applied thereto although it will be understood that they may be applied to fire arms of other kinds.

Ordinarily an automatic pistol is provided in its butt. or stock with a metallic magazine containing a limited number of cartridges-which are automatically fed to the-firing chamber of the arm. According to my invention, I provide a magazine which is readily attached to or detached from the arm and which is adapted to contain and to supply to the arm a much greater number of cartridges. The magazine is provided with a-rigid outer part adapted to enter and to be locked to the butt or stock of the pistol and another part which is flexible and which is adapted to encircle the body of the wearer or to be suspended from any suitable part of his clothing. The flexible part is suitably connected with the outer rigid part and it contains a feed spring which automatically moves the cartridges to the firing chamber during the operatlon of the arm.

More specifically, the magazine has a relatively short metallic outer part which is adapted to enter the usual recess in the butt of the pistol and to be locked thereto and a relatively long flexible part in which cartridges are.inclosed and which is provided with a feed spring which at one end bears against a follower in the rigid outer part of the magazine and engages at its opposite end an end piece or plug in the rear portion of the flexible part of the magazine. The inner flexible portion of the magazine carries a loop which may be used for connecting the magazine with the belt of the user and it may also be provided with a fastening device by means of which it may be attached to any portion of the uniform or clothing. The end piece-or plug at the inner-end of the flexible magazine is made easily detachable for the insertion or withdrawal of the feed spring. Preferably the flexible portion of the magazine comprises a closely wound spring wire covered with leather, canvas or the like, and these parts are suitably connected with the metallic front portion of the magazine and with a sleeve at the rear end thereof. Other features of the invention will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a magazine made in accordance with my invention and shows how the magazine is applied at one end to a pistol and at the opposite end to a belt. h

Fig. 2 is a perspective view on'- a larger scale, and with parts broken away, of the metal front end of the magazine and illusT trates howthis portion is connected with the flexible part of the ma azine.

, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear end portion of the magazine.

Fig. 4 is a view on an enlarged scale, and mainly in section, showing details of construction, of the magazine and illustrating how it is locked to a pistol, which is indicated by dotted lines. i

Fig. 5 is a perspective View, illustrating how the magazine may be bent around the wvaist of the wearer and connected with a belt and how the holster.

Fig. 6 is a detail view in section of. the rear portion of the flexible magazine.

pistol may be housed in a Fig. 7 shows a transverse section through Colt automatic pistol. It is held in the pis-' tol by a catch a of the usual kind, and it is provided with a stop I) to limit its inward movement, but the part b is extended below said stop to provide a portion b projecting beyond the end of the butt of the pistol.

Ordinarily the magazine terminates at the end of the butt and the number of cartridges is limited to the space in the'magazine inside the butt. v

In order to increase the number of carin the usual Way. At its opposite end the spring D bears against the end piece or plug d, as illustrated in Fig. 6. I

The flexible part of the magazine is pref erably constructed of closely wound spring wire (2 forming a tube preferably of the cross section illustrated. The outer end ,of said tube is Welded or soldered at 'e to the end of the part b and the opposite end of the spring is secured in like manner at d to a sleeve f (Fig. 6).- The end piece or plug d is held in place by spring catches d riveted to the short sleeve f. The plug maybe easily withdrawn from the tube and with it the feed spring ,and follower plate, and the magazine may be loaded from its rear end as well as from the front end. After being loaded the spring may be compressed and the plug 61 made to engage the catches which will hold the parts in operative position.

The spring casing e is inclosed by a cover D of leather, canvas or other suitable material and this cover is extended over the part b'--'of the metallic end piece and is fastened thereto in any suitable way. The rear portion of the cover D'is extended over the short'sleeve f and is securely fastened thereto. At its rear end the cover D is formed with an extension H to which is attached a fastening device K, by means of which the inner end of the magazine may be attached to any suitable part of the uniform" or clothing or may be suspended on any suitable support when not in use;

While I prefer to make the flexible portion of the magazine in the manner described, it will be understood that it may be otherwise constructed. A loop G is secured to the magazine through which the belt 0 may be passed to-hold the inner end of the magazine in place, as indicated in Fig. 5, while the pistol on the outer end of the magazine may be held in a holster M Within convenient reach of the user. When the pistol is drawn from the holster the magazine will slide on the belt around the waistof the user and the pistol may-be raised to firing position in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1 when it is ready for action. The flexible magazine will enable the pistol to be held and fired in any desired position and it may be easily returned to its holster and the maga-' zine may bemoved to carrying position with great ease.

If it should be more convenientto support the magazine in other Ways, provision is made for doing so.-. It may be still attached to the belt and supported on the shoulder of the'user, or it may be attached to suitable parts of the uniform or clothing by means of the fastening device K.

I claim as my invention:

1. A magazine for fire arms, comprising an. outer rigid end portion, oblong in cross section, adapted to connect with the arm and carrying a follower and a flexible portion, also oblong in cross section, connected with said outer end portion which contains a feed spring supporting. the follower whereby the magazine is adapted to contain cartridges arranged crosswise thereof and is adapted to bend easily around the body of the user.

2. A magazine for fire arms, comprising an outer metallic part provided with means for attaching it to the arm having a chamber oblong in cross section,- and a flexible part attached at its outer end to said metallic part having a chamber oblong in cross section and closed at its rear end by a detachable plug, a follower plate withinthe outer metallic part and a feed spring bearing on said'follower plate and resting at its outer end on said plug.

3. A magazine for fire arms, comprising a metallic outer part adapted to connect with the arm, and a flexible part connected with.

said metallic outer part comprising a flexible metallic inner portion, an outer cover ng and a detachable plug at its rear end, a follower v plate within the metallic outerpartand a feedspring bearing on said follower plate and resting on said plug.

. 4. A magazine for fire arms, comprising a metallic outer part adapted to connect with the arm and a flexible part connectedwith said metallic outerpart comprising a closely wound spring wire formed into a tube and secured at its outer" end to the end ofsaid metallic outer part, a sleeve to which the 'rear end of said wire is attached and a flexible covering for said wire and said sleeve which is secured at its outer end to the metallic front part of the magazine.

5. A magazine for fire arms, comprising a metallic outer part, a flexible part attached thereto, a follower plateiwithin said metallie outer part, a spring extending through the magazine, a plug at the-rear end of the magazine against which the spring bears, a loop carried by the inner or rear portion of the magazine, and a fastening device carried thereby. I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed myname.

WALTER w. DOUGLAS.