Device for quickly replacing a magazine
View Patent ↗A device for quickly replacing the magazine of a handheld automatic small arm having a bullpup configuration relates to military equipment and is intended to maximally reduce the time for replacing a spent magazine and to increase the amount of ammunition that can be carried. Once a Magazine is spent, the bolt comes to rest on a bolt stop. In an embodiment involving a bolt stop the shooter removes the active magazine using a control key. Upon return the control key releases a pivoting tray that is held by a latch spring and the pivoting tray moves into a bottom position. The shooter takes hold of the part of a spare magazine which protrudes from the butt and moves the spare magazine into a magazine opening. The bolt stop releases the bolt, which under the effect of a bolt spring advances grips a round from the active magazine and rams it into the chamber. Firing can be continued immediately.
1. A device for quickly replacing a magazine of handheld automatic small arms of a bullpup configuration, for storing a spare magazine and installing it in place of a service magazine, consisting of:
housing of the device, in the butt of the arm comprising:
pivoting tray with spring-loaded guides;
spring of the pivoting tray;
spring-loaded latch of the pivoting tray;
drive of the spring-loaded latch of the pivoting tray;
a spare magazine that is coupled to the pivoting tray and adapted to hold the magazine by way of the spring-loaded guides and wherein comprising:
a plurality of guide grooves adapted for moving the spare magazine;
a ridge with grooves on the magazine configured to interact with the spring-loaded guide;
a ridge on the magazine for moving the magazine along the grooves;
a service magazine that is coupled to the housing and wherein comprising:
a plurality of grooves adapted for moving the service magazine;
a lock configured to hold the service magazine;
a spring adapted for removing the service magazine;
a ridge or groove on the magazine configured to fix the service magazine;
device control key comprising:
return spring adapted to return the device control key in the original position.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device control key is kinematically connected to a bolt stop for automatic extraction of the magazine when empty after.