Ammunition storage and feeding system for light weapons that facilitates a continuous loading of the weapon, thereby relieving the user from multiple magazine replacements, and reducing potential weapon stoppages, thus providing more reliable and significantly uninterruptable use of the weapon with respect to operating the weapon with conventional magazines. According to an embodiment of the invention, the system is configured to automatically receive interlinked cartridges from a carrying device (e.g., a backpack or other convenient device harnessed to the user's body) through a flexible or semi-flexible leading means, to successively extract the cartridges from the linking arrangement and to successively feed each extracted cartridge into a dedicated magazine in a First In First Out (FIFO) manner.

A simulated ammunition belt is captured in and released from a feedway of an imitation machine gun by selectively extending and retracting a retaining projection into the space between adjacent simulated rounds of the ammunition belt. The retaining projection is operably connected to a cover of the gun housing and is concealed within the housing when the cover is closed.

A magazine for a firearm can have a housing defining a cavity with a biased follower arranged therein. The magazine may be configured to be received within a magazine well coupled to the receiver of the firearm so that rounds of ammunition stored in the magazine can be fed into the chamber of the firearm. In addition, multiple spacers can be received within the cavity defined by the magazine housing, which spacers may be configured to change or alter a width, dimension, size, and/or configuration of the magazine housing to allow the magazine to store and feed various and/or different caliber, length, size, and/or types of ammunition.

A magazine for a firearm can have a housing defining a cavity with a biased follower arranged therein. The magazine may be configured to be received within a magazine well coupled to the receiver of the firearm so that rounds of ammunition stored in the magazine can be fed into the chamber of the firearm. In addition, multiple spacers can be received within the cavity defined by the magazine housing, which spacers may be configured to change or alter a width, dimension, size, and/or configuration of the magazine housing to allow the magazine to store and feed various and/or different caliber, length, size, and/or types of ammunition.

The invention relates to a machine gun (1) comprising a feedway having a main surface (3) for sliding an ammunition belt (5), side faces (8, 23) that guide the ammunition (18) belt (5) during use, and at least one surface (25, 29) for retaining the belt (5), arranged on the upper edge of the side faces (8, 23), said retaining surfaces (25, 29) facing the sliding surface (3) and said retaining surfaces (29, 25) being open so as to allow the insertion of the ammunition (18) belt (5).

Provided is an ammunition container lid for use with an ammunition canister. The container lid includes a four-sided frame, a cover, a hinge assembly, a feed tray, a latch, and a Last Round Switch. The hinge assembly includes a repeating pattern of ammunition can hinge sections, feed tray hinge sections, and cover hinge sections with a rod holding the sections together. The lid has an integrated aerodynamic forward face that matches the curvature of the ammunition can. The feed tray assembly is incorporated into the container lid to prevent a reduction in ammunition can capacity. The cover and feed tray rotate on the same axis, thereby resulting in simplified, ergonomic operation, which eliminates the problems inherent in current designs that can open directly into the airstream during flight. The inventive lid does not require special tools for installation/removal and does not reduce ammunition can capacity.

An improved revolver is disclosed. The revolver has a hollow handle and a cartridge cylinder. The revolver includes a magazine clip, releasably insertable into an interior region of the handle, and at least two cartridge sets contained within the clip. Each cartridge clip, ordinarily cylindrical in shape and unable to be inserted into the magazine clip, is easily compressed by a user into an elliptical shape, which is an improvement designed to enable quick loading, unloading, and reloading of cartridges into the magazine clip and thereafter into the cylinder of the revolver.

An improved revolver is disclosed. The revolver has a hollow handle and a cartridge cylinder. The revolver includes a magazine clip, releasably insertable into an interior region of the handle, and at least two cartridge sets contained within the clip. Each cartridge clip, ordinarily cylindrical in shape and unable to be inserted into the magazine clip, is easily compressed by a user into an elliptical shape, which is an improvement designed to enable quick loading, unloading, and reloading of cartridges into the magazine clip and thereafter into the cylinder of the revolver.

A portable item carrier and belt feed system is provided along with related methods. One illustrative embodiment includes a carrier and feed structure comprising a semi-rigid material with a divider support extending perpendicularly from a center floor section of the carrier. A belt of items is folded over the divider to reduce jams or misfeeds as the belt of items is pulled through a feed chute near an upper side section of the carrier and feed structure at a predetermined range of feed angles to the divider support. A latch disposed on a lid of the feed structure is configured for quick and easy access to the belt of items. A flexible outer container encloses the carrier and feed structure and can be coupled to a harness section configured to couple with a mobile structure. Additional embodiments include variants suitable for field manufacturing as well as portable manufacturing systems and methods.

A portable item carrier and belt feed system is provided along with related methods. One illustrative embodiment includes a carrier and feed structure comprising a semi-rigid material with a divider support extending perpendicularly from a center floor section of the carrier. A belt of items is folded over the divider to reduce jams or misfeeds as the belt of items is pulled through a feed chute near an upper side section of the carrier and feed structure at a predetermined range of feed angles to the divider support. A latch disposed on a lid of the feed structure is configured for quick and easy access to the belt of items. A flexible outer container encloses the carrier and feed structure and can be coupled to a harness section configured to couple with a mobile structure. Additional embodiments include variants suitable for field manufacturing as well as portable manufacturing systems and methods.