AMMUNITION MAGAZINE BASE PAD RETAINING PLATE

摘要

An ammunition magazine base pad retaining plate is provided with a protrusion including a shaft portion, a flange portion having a lager cross sectional diameter than the shaft portion, and a longitudinal slot to allow lateral compression. When attached to a magazine base pad in a magazine assembly, the configuration of the base pad retaining plate eliminates the possibility that the base pad retaining plate will disengage from the base pad resulting in catastrophic disassembly of the ammunition magazine.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a base pad retaining plate configured to engage a magazine base pad and a magazine spring, the base pad retaining plate comprising at least one protrusion for engagement with at least one through-hole in the magazine base pad, the at least one protrusion comprising: a shaft portion; a flange portion having a cross sectional diameter larger than a cross sectional diameter of the shaft portion; and a longitudinal slot along the longitudinal axis of the flange portion and at least a portion of the shaft portion.