US 12,146,721 B2
Hybrid firearm magazine
Stephen Williams, Summerville, SC (US); Zach Burris, Summerville, SC (US); Kasimere McManus, Quakertown, PA (US); and Matthew Paul Pettit, Jamison, PA (US)
Assigned to Palmetto State Armory, Columbia, SC (US)
Filed by Palmetto State Armory, LLC, Columbia, SC (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,850.
Application 17/888,850 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/824,623, filed on Jan. 26, 2022, granted, now D1016955.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/390,437, filed on Jul. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0235981 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 9/71 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/71 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An overmolded hybrid firearm magazine comprising:
a firearm magazine having a magazine tube formed from at least one metal with at least one overmolded polymer section affixed to the magazine tube;
the firearm magazine wherein the at least one overmolded polymer section is defined on at least one face of the firearm magazine and at least one face of the firearm magazine lacks the overmolded polymer section;
the at least one polymer section extending at least partially over the at least one face of the firearm section containing the at least one overmolded polymer section wherein the at least one polymer section forms an arc shape that straightens on each side of the magazine tube and abuts at least one distal edge of the magazine tube on each side of the magazine tube; and
the at least one overmolded section defining at least one non-metallic surface for engaging a magazine catch on a firearm, wherein the at least one non-metallic surface is not defined in the at least one metal of the magazine tube and only defined by the at least one overmolded section.