Shotgun Magazine Loading System with Modular Feed Ramp
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pump-action shotguns have limited magazine capacity and require time-consuming reloading, which is critical in hostile situations, necessitating a rapid and efficient ammunition reloading system.
Innovation Solution
A magazine loading system that allows for the use of replaceable box, drum, or other external magazines with a shotgun, featuring a magazine well, feed ramp, and magazine release latch, enabling rapid loading and increased ammunition capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a fixed magazine tube is used in conventional pump-action shotguns, then the structural simplicity and reliability are maintained, but the ammunition capacity is limited and reloading time is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine system is divided into separate modular components: a removable magazine well, detachable magazine bodies (box, drum, or tubular), and a feed ramp assembly. This segmentation allows users to quickly swap between different magazine types and capacities without replacing the entire magazine system, thereby increasing productivity through rapid reloading while managing device complexity through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The magazine system transitions from a fixed, static configuration to a dynamic, adaptable system where the magazine well can accept and retain various types of magazines through a latch mechanism. The feed ramp is designed to adaptively guide cartridges from different magazine configurations into the chamber, enabling the system to dynamically adjust to different ammunition capacities and types.
2Quantity of substance
If the magazine capacity is increased using external magazines, then the ammunition supply is extended, but the risk of cartridge feeding issues increases
Solution Approach 1:
The feed ramp serves as an intermediary component between the magazine and the chamber. It is specifically designed to receive cartridges from various magazine types (box, drum, or tubular) and guide them reliably into the chamber. The feed ramp's geometry and positioning ensure that cartridges are properly oriented and fed regardless of their source magazine configuration, thereby maintaining feeding reliability while enabling increased ammunition capacity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a removable magazine well is installed, then the adaptability and ammunition capacity are increased, but the structural complexity and potential points of failure increase
Solution Approach 1:
The magazine well is designed as a universal interface that can accommodate multiple types of magazines (box, drum, or tubular) through a standardized attachment system. The latch mechanism and feed ramp configuration are engineered to work with various magazine styles, providing multi-functionality and adaptability. This universal design allows the system to handle different magazine types without requiring separate attachment structures for each type.
Data Source
AI summary
A shotgun including a barrel, a receiver, a magazine well and a magazine can be provided. The barrel may include a breech end at which a chamber is provided. The receiver can include a forward end coupled to the breech end of the barrel and a first side having an ejection port. The receiver may have a bolt movable therealong, with the bolt including a stripping lug removably attached thereto. The magazine well that can be received along and mounted externally to the receiver may include an attachment portion for attaching the magazine well to the receiver, a magazine release latch, and a feed ramp. This feed ramp may include a body that is removably mounted to an existing tubular magazine of the shotg, in front of the magazine well.