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A safety magazine allows training rounds to be fired while preventing the firing of live rounds. The magazine has front and rear walls, whereby the distance between the front wall and the rear wall is less than the length of a standard 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge. The magazine has an alignment rib pro

A safety magazine allows training rounds to be fired while preventing the firing of live rounds. The magazine has front and rear walls, whereby the distance between the front wall and the rear wall is less than the length of a standard 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge. The magazine has an alignment rib projecting from the rear wall that is adapted for insertion into an alignment groove formed in a rear end wall of a standard M16 style magazine well. The magazine has a spacer projecting laterally from the sides of said alignment rib and that is located between the rear wall of the magazine and the rear face of the alignment rib. The spacer is adapted to engage the rear end wall of the standard M16 style magazine well for spacing the rear wall of the safety magazine away from the rear end wall of the magazine well.

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1. A safety magazine insertable into a standard M16 style magazine well, said safety magazine being adapted for enabling non-lethal training cartridges to be fired while preventing the loading and firing of standard 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges, said safety magazine comprising: a front wall;a rear wal

1. A safety magazine insertable into a standard M16 style magazine well, said safety magazine being adapted for enabling non-lethal training cartridges to be fired while preventing the loading and firing of standard 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges, said safety magazine comprising: a front wall;a rear wall opposing said front wall, wherein the distance between said front and rear walls is less than the length of a standard 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge;first and second sidewalls extending between said front and rear walls;an alignment rib projecting from said rear wall of said magazine, said alignment rib having a rear face that is parallel to said rear wall;a spacer projecting laterally from the sides of said alignment rib and being located between said rear wall of said safety magazine and said rear face of said alignment rib, said spacer having a proximal surface that is parallel to both said rear wall of said safety magazine and said rear face of said alignment rib, wherein said alignment rib is adapted for insertion into an alignment groove formed in a rear end wall of a standard M16 style magazine well, and wherein said spacer is adapted to engage said rear end wall of said standard M16 style magazine well for spacing said rear wall of said safety magazine away from said rear end wall of said standard M16 style magazine well. 2. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance between said rear face of said alignment rib of said safety magazine and an inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is at least 50% greater than a comparable distance measured between a rear face of an alignment rib and an inner surface of a rear wall on a standard M16 magazine that complies with NATO Standardization Agreement 4179. 3. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the distance between said rear face of said alignment rib and said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is at least 60% greater than the comparable distance on said standard M16 magazine. 4. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the distance between said rear face of said alignment rib and said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is about 70% greater than the comparable distance on said standard M16 magazine. 5. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the distance between said rear face of said alignment rib of said safety magazine and an inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is about 0.321 inches and the comparable distance on said standard M16 magazine is about 0.188 inches. 6. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance between said proximal face of said spacer and said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is about 0.171 inches. 7. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance between opposing inner surfaces of said front and rear walls is about 2.148 inches and the length of said non-lethal training round is about 2.079 inches. 8. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the length of said standard 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge is about 2.260 inches. 9. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance between said rear face of said alignment rib and an inner surface of said rear wall is about 0.321 inches and the distance between said rear face of said alignment rib and said proximal face of said spacer is about 0.150 inches. 10. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said safety magazine is adapted for being inserted into a standard M16 style magazine well that complies with dimension specifications set forth under NATO Standardization Agreement 4179. 11. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 10, wherein said standard M16 style magazine well has a length of about 2.545 inches and the length of said safety magazine measured between said outer surface of said front wall and said rear face of said alignment rib is less than 2.545 inches. 12. A safety magazine for a standard M16 style magazine well that enables non-lethal training rounds to be fired while preventing the loading and firing of 5.56×45 mm NATO live rounds, said safety magazine comprising: a front wall and a rear wall spaced from said front wall, wherein the distance between opposing inner surfaces of said front and rear walls is less than the length of a standard 5.56×45 mm NATO live round;first and second sidewalls extending between said front and rear walls;an elongated alignment rib projecting rearwardly from said rear wall of said safety magazine, said elongated alignment rib having a rear face that is parallel to said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine, wherein the distance between said rear face of said alignment rib and said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is about 0.321 inches; anda spacer projecting laterally from opposite sides of said alignment rib and being located between said rear wall of said safety magazine and said rear face of said elongated alignment rib, said spacer having a proximal surface that is parallel to said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine and said rear face of said alignment rib, wherein the distance between said proximal surface of said spacer and said rear face of said elongated alignment rib is about 0.150 inches. 13. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 12, wherein said spacer comprises a spacer wall adapted for spacing said rear wall of said safety magazine away from a rear end wall of a standard M16 style magazine well when said safety magazine is inserted into said standard M16 style magazine well. 14. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 12, wherein the distance between said inner surface of said front wall and said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is about 2.148 inches and a non-lethal training round adapted for being loaded into said safety magazine has a length of less than 2.148 inches. 15. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 12, wherein said safety magazine is adapted for being inserted into a standard M16 style magazine well that complies with the magazine well dimension requirements set forth under NATO Standardization Agreement 4179. 16. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 12, wherein said standard M16 style magazine well has a length of about 2.545 inches, and the length of said safety magazine measured from said outer surface of said front wall to said rear face of said elongated alignment rib is less than 2.545 inches. 17. A safety magazine adapted for insertion into a standard M16 style magazine well provided on a firearm having a lower receiver that complies with NATO Standardization Agreement 4179, said safety magazine enabling non-lethal training rounds to be fired with said firearm while preventing the loading and firing of 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges using said firearm, said safety magazine comprising: a front wall and a rear wall, wherein the distance between opposing inner surfaces of said front and rear walls is less than the length of a 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge;first and second sidewalls extending between said front and rear walls;an elongated alignment rib projecting rearwardly from said rear wall, said elongated alignment rib having a rear face that is parallel to said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine, wherein the distance between said rear face of said elongated alignment rib and said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine is about 0.321 inches; anda spacer projecting laterally from the sides of said alignment rib and being located between said rear face of said elongated alignment rib and said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine, said spacer having a proximal surface that is parallel to said inner surface of said rear wall and said rear face of said elongated alignment rib, wherein the distance between said proximal surface of said spacer and said rear face of said elongated alignment rib is about 0.150 inches. 18. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 17, wherein said standard M16 style magazine well has a length of about 2.545 inches, and the length of said safety magazine measured between said outer surface of said front wall and said rear face of said elongated alignment rib is less than 2.545 inches. 19. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 17, wherein the length of one of said 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges is greater that the distance between said inner surface of said rear wall of said safety magazine and said outer surface of said front wall of said safety magazine. 20. The safety magazine as claimed in claim 19, wherein the length of one of said 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges is about 2.260 inches, and the distance between said inner surface of said rear wall and said outer surface of said front wall is about 2.233 inches, and wherein a leading tip of the one of said 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges extends beyond said outer surface of said front wall of said safety magazine when the one of said 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridges is loaded into said safety magazine.