AMMUNITION FEED ON AN AUTOMATIC FIREARM

摘要

In an ammunition feed on an automatic firearm cartridge clips 11 filled with cartridges 12 are loaded by hand into a magazine (10). In order to ensure that the ammunition feed functions properly an empty cartridge clip must first be inserted before the full cartridge clips can be loaded. Therefore a catch lever 39 is swivelled about axle 40 by spring 41 to place a stop 42 in the insertion path when the magazine is empty, the stop only being pushed out of the path when a clip has been inserted. Only when the operator is inserting an empty clip will he have a hand free to swivel the lever 39 away.