| CPC F41A 9/65 (2013.01) [F41C 23/16 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A magazine for a compact rifle-caliber firearm comprising:
wherein the magazine is configured to be inserted within a grip of the compact rifle-caliber firearm and receive a plurality of rifle cartridges having a cartridge length;
a forward wall having a forward wall interior surface and a rearward wall having a ridgeless rearward wall interior surface;
feed lips positioned at an upper end of the magazine;
a follower positioned between the forward and rearward walls and biased towards the upper end of the magazine, the follower having an upper surface including a fixed angle forward portion and a pivotal rearward portion biased to align an uppermost rifle cartridge of the plurality of rifle cartridges with the feed lips of the magazine; and
wherein the uppermost rifle cartridge is configured to be oriented at a first cartridge angle relative to the rearward wall interior surface and at least a portion of the uppermost rifle cartridge extends past the forward wall.
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