Device for indicating the content of a magazine of a portable weapon, particularly a tubular magazine for shotguns
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BENELLI ARMI
- Publication Date
- 2008-02-07
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a device for indicating the content of a magazine of a portable weapon, particularly of a tubular magazine for shotguns.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Automatic, semiautomatic or so-called pump-action smoothbore shotguns are generally provided with a tubular magazine, which is arranged below the barrel and contains a plurality of cartridges.
[0005] The magazine is constituted by a tube into which the cartridges are inserted and are arranged one behind the other so that the forward part, the rim or bullet, faces forward.
[0006] A spring provided with a pusher biases the cartridges in the opposite direction with respect to the insertion direction.
[0007] When the breech-block is opened, a cartridge normally exits from the magazine to be collected by a paddle follower, which has an oscillating motion by means of which the cartridge, in the subsequent step for closure of ...