A magazine is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral with the gun or detachable. The magazine functions by holding several cartridges within itself and seque
A staggered-column 9×19mm Browning Hi-Power pistol box magazine. The top image shows the magazine loaded and ready for use, while the lower image shows it unloaded and disassembled.
Loading sleeve open, three Henry Flat cartridges, compare with .44 WCF round
1905 Military Rifles magazines. 1 & 2: Mosin–Nagant M1891 3 & 4: Lebel M1886 5 & 6: Gewehr M1888 7 & 8: Mannlicher M1888 9 & 10: Lee–Metford M1888 11 & 12: Dutch-Mannlicher M1895 13 & 14: Mauser M1893 15: Krag–Jørgensen M1886 16: Schmidt–Rubin M1889
Comparison of M1 Garand en bloc clip (left), and SKS stripper clip (right)
A STANAG magazine or NATO magazine is a type of detachable firearm magazine proposed by NATO in October 1980. Shortly after NATO's acceptance of the 5.56×45mm NATO rifle cartridge, Draft Standardizati
Magazine (firearms)
…quickly came to dominate post-war military rifle designs. Detachable box magazines (left to right) M1 Garand 8-round en bloc clip, M14 20-round magazine, M16 STANAG 20- and 30-round magazines Firearms using detachable magazines are made with an opening known as a magazine well into which the detachable magazine is…
Two STANAG-compliant magazines: A 20-round Colt-manufactured magazine, and a 30-round Heckler & Koch "High Reliability" magazine.
Close-up of L85A2 with Magpul Industries EMAG polymer magazine with clear viewing window
STANAG magazines loaded with .223 Rem (left) and .450 Bushmaster (right)
Manually loading a magazine with individual rounds.