| CPC F41A 9/70 (2013.01) [F41A 9/71 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A firearm magazine base pad comprising:
a base pad body adapted to be removably secured to a lower end of a magazine body,
the base pad body including a front portion, a rear portion, a pair of opposed side portions, and a lower portion,
wherein the lower portion of the base pad body, when viewed in a cross-sectional plane parallel to and medially of the opposed side portions, is continuously convex from a forwardmost edge of the lower portion of the base pad body to a rearwardmost edge of the lower portion of the base pad body,
wherein the lower portion of the base pad body, when viewed in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the opposed side portions and medially of the front and rear portions, is continuously convex from a leftmost edge of the lower portion of the base pad body to a rightmost edge of the lower portion of the base pad body, and
wherein the front portion of the base pad body, when viewed in a cross-sectional plane parallel to and medially of the opposed side portions, is concave.
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