| CPC F41A 17/34 (2013.01) [F41A 9/64 (2013.01); F41A 17/066 (2013.01); F41A 17/38 (2013.01); F41A 17/46 (2013.01); F41A 17/48 (2013.01); F41A 9/61 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A magazine for a pistol having a magazine well, a slide operable to reciprocate between a forward battery position and a rear loading position, and a barrel with a barrel block movable with respect to the slide between an elevated engaged condition in which the barrel prevents movement of the slide to the rear loading position and a lowered disengaged position in which movement of the slide to the rear loading position is enabled, the magazine comprising:
an elongated body configured to be closely and removably received in the magazine well;
the elongated body defining an ammunition passage configured to receive a supply of ammunition;
the elongated body having feed lips at an upper end configured to retain the supply of ammunition;
a locking mechanism connected to the elongated body and having a locked condition and an unlocked condition;
a follower within the ammunition passage;
the locking mechanism being below the follower;
the locking mechanism having a user interface operable to enable a user to select between the locked condition and the unlocked condition;
a block element operably connected to the locking mechanism; and
the block element operable to move between a first position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition in which movement of a firearm trigger is prevented, and a second position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked condition in which movement of the trigger is enabled.
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