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A magazine catch for firearms in which a latch member is spring urged into wedging engagement with a portion of the magazine to hold the magazine rigidly against a positioning stop on the frame of the firearm. The latch member consists of a latch pin having rollers for reducing friction when the mag

A magazine catch for firearms in which a latch member is spring urged into wedging engagement with a portion of the magazine to hold the magazine rigidly against a positioning stop on the frame of the firearm. The latch member consists of a latch pin having rollers for reducing friction when the magazine is inserted into place in the gun and a spring-loaded locking pin, which drives the latch pin into latching engagement with the magazine.

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In a firearm having a frame including substantially parallel side walls and an end wall, a cartridge magazine detachably mounted between the side walls of said frame for storing cartridges and delivering them to a position for chambering, said frame having a magazine-positioning stop, and a magazine

In a firearm having a frame including substantially parallel side walls and an end wall, a cartridge magazine detachably mounted between the side walls of said frame for storing cartridges and delivering them to a position for chambering, said frame having a magazine-positioning stop, and a magazine catch for detachably securing the magazine against said positioning stop, said catch having a latch member mounted on said frame for movement into wedging engagement with said magazine and spring means for urging said latch member into such wedging engagement, the improvement in said magazine catch wherein said latch member comprises a latch pin guided on said frame for movement transversely of itself from a retracted position to a latching position, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted on said latch pin for engagement with said magazine when said latch pin is moved to said latching position, and a locking pin supported independent of said latch pin, one end of said locking pin extending through a hole in the end wall of said frame, and said locking pin being urged longitudinally by said spring means into locking engagement at its other end with said latch pin.