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The present inventive concept is generally directed to a magnetic, detachable, side-mounted, ammunition carrier for a gun, specifically for a rifle or shotgun. Generally speaking, the carrier is detachably located by a user on one of the sides of ammunition-chamber loading region of a rifle or shotg

The present inventive concept is generally directed to a magnetic, detachable, side-mounted, ammunition carrier for a gun, specifically for a rifle or shotgun. Generally speaking, the carrier is detachably located by a user on one of the sides of ammunition-chamber loading region of a rifle or shotgun. In an embodiment, the ammunition carrier is comprised of a substantially rigid, magnetic substrate on which is a plurality of flexible, elastic, radially closed, loops/sleeves that are each adapted to receive a shotgun shell or other round of ammunition. The ammunition carrier allows for the easy mounting and access of extra ammunition without having to modify the firearm from its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) configuration. In some variations, the ammunition carrier is further equipped with a non-magnetic tab of sorts to aid a user in the easy detachment of the device from the metal side of the firearm.

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1. A combination cartridge holder comprising: a firearm having a magnetic portion;a rigid substrate with magnetic properties removably and magnetically coupled to said magnetic portion of said firearm;a plurality of cartridge holder members disposed on an outer surface of said rigid substrate, where

1. A combination cartridge holder comprising: a firearm having a magnetic portion;a rigid substrate with magnetic properties removably and magnetically coupled to said magnetic portion of said firearm;a plurality of cartridge holder members disposed on an outer surface of said rigid substrate, wherein each of said cartridge holder members is flexible and has elastic properties to allow for gripping an inserted cartridge;a cartridge removably inserted into one of said plurality of cartridge holder members; anda rigid, non-magnetic, user-grip tab member disposed at one end of and on the outer surface of said rigid substrate, wherein said tab member is adapted to allow a user to grip and exert leverage to detachably remove said cartridge holder from said magnetic portion of said firearm. 2. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of cartridge holder members is adapted to snugly hold an ammunition shell selected from the group consisting of a shotgun shell and a rifle cartridge. 3. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of cartridge holder members is adapted to hold a non-ammunition piece of equipment selected from the group consisting of a game call, a hunting-scent container, a compass, a GPS device, a map, a knife, a multi-tool, and a portable light. 4. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of cartridge holder members is adapted to be adjustably fitted to an inserted piece of equipment. 5. The combination cartridge holder of claim 4, wherein: said at least one adjustable cartridge holder member is defined by a strap of material that is fixedly coupled at a point along said strap to said rigid substrate;said strap of material has a hook part of a hook-and-loop coupling on one side, and has a loop part of a hook-and-loop coupling on the other side; andsaid strap of material can be made into a variable-sized holder by detachably coupling a portion of said loop part of said strap to a portion of said hook part of said strap. 6. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of cartridge holder members is substantially fabricated from a material selected from the group consisting of neoprene, polyurethane webbing, segmented polyurethane fiber, nylon fabric, rubber, and synthetic elastomeric fiber. 7. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, further comprising an aperture disposed through said tab member. 8. The combination cartridge holder of claim 7, further comprising a lanyard attached to said tab member. 9. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, wherein said rigid substrate is sized and adapted to magnetically couple to a firearm in a manner selected from the group consisting of: a side of a shotgun at or near a receiver region of said shotgun; anda side of a rifle at or near a chamber region of said rifle. 10. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, wherein said plurality of cartridge holder members has an outer surface that is substantially made of a material that can act as a mating surface in a hook-and-loop coupling to another surface having a compatible hook-and-loop mating surface. 11. The combination cartridge holder of claim 1, wherein said user-grip tab member is further comprised of at least one surface that is substantially made of a material that can act as a mating surface in a hook-and-loop coupling to another surface having a compatible hook-and-loop mating surface. 12. A method of making a combination cartridge holder comprising the steps of: providing a firearm having a magnetic portion;providing a rigid substrate with magnetic properties removably and magnetically coupled to said magnetic portion of said firearm;providing a plurality of cartridge holder members disposed on an outer surface of said rigid substrate, wherein each of said cartridge holder members is flexible and has elastic properties to allow for gripping an inserted cartridge;inserting a cartridge into one of said plurality of cartridge holder members; andproviding a rigid, non-magnetic, user-grip tab member disposed at one end of and on the outer surface of said rigid substrate, wherein said tab member is adapted to allow a user to grip and exert leverage to detachably remove said cartridge holder from said magnetic portion of said firearm. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein at least one of said plurality of cartridge holder members is adapted to be adjustably fitted to an inserted piece of equipment. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein: said at least one adjustable cartridge holder member is defined by a strap of material that is fixedly coupled at a point along said strap to said rigid substrate;said strap of material has a hook part of a hook-and-loop coupling on one side, and has a loop part of a hook-and-loop coupling on the other side; andsaid strap of material can be made into a variable-sized holder by detachably coupling a portion of said loop part of said strap to a portion of said hook part of said strap. 15. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of: providing an aperture disposed through said tab member. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of: providing a lanyard attached to said tab member. 17. A method of using the combination cartridge holder according to claim 1, comprising the steps of: inserting at least one shell of firearm ammunition into one of the plurality of cartridge holder members mounted on said rigid substrate;removing said rigid substrate from the firearm it is magnetically coupled to;attaching said rigid substrate, with said inserted at least one firearm ammunition shell, to a firearm in a manner selected from the group consisting of:magnetically to a side of a shotgun at or near a receiver region of said shotgun; andmagnetically to a side of a rifle at or near a chamber region of said rifle;as necessary, removing said at least one shell of firearm ammunition from said cartridge holder member and loading said shell into said firearm. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of: grasping said user-grip tab member and exerting leverage to detachably remove said cartridge holder from said firearm; andas necessary, attaching either another combination cartridge holder containing at least one firearm-ammunition shell or the original combination cartridge holder with at least one newly loaded firearm-ammunition shell to a side of said firearm. 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of: inserting at least one piece of non-ammunition equipment into at least one of said plurality of cartridge holder members, wherein said non-ammunition piece of equipment is selected from the group consisting of a game call, a hunting-scent container, a compass, a GPS device, a map, a knife, a multi-tool, and a portable light. 20. A combination cartridge holder comprising: a firearm having a magnetic portion;a rigid substrate with magnetic properties removably and magnetically coupled to said magnetic portion of said firearm;a plurality of cartridge holder members disposed on an outer surface of said rigid substrate, wherein (i) each of said cartridge holder members is flexible and has elastic properties to allow for gripping an inserted cartridge, (ii) one of said plurality of cartridge holder members is adjustable via a hook and loop coupling along a longitudinal axis of said adjustable cartridge holder member, and (iii) at least one of said plurality of cartridge holder members has an outer surface that is substantially made of a material that can act as a mating surface in a hook-and-loop coupling to another surface having a compatible hook-and-loop mating surface;a cartridge removably inserted into one of said plurality of cartridge holder members; anda rigid, non-magnetic, user-grip tab member disposed at one end of and on the outer surface of said rigid substrate, wherein said tab member (i) is adapted to allow a user to grip and exert leverage to detachably remove said cartridge holder from said magnetic portion of said firearm, (ii) has an aperture disposed through said tab member, and (iii) includes a lanyard removably coupled to said tab member via said aperture.