Patent attributes
In one aspect, a magazine safety system for preventing loading of a live ammunition cartridge into a firing chamber of a firearm is provided. The firearm has an associated ammunition caliber. The safety system includes a safety block comprising an inner member configured for insertion along an inner surface of a wall of a magazine well of the firearm, the magazine well having an opening for receiving a magazine. An outer member is configured to attach to the inner member along an outer surface of the wall of the magazine well and one or more fasteners secure the inner member to the outer member to secure the wall of the magazine well between the inner member and the outer member. The inner member has a thickness configured reduce an axial extent of the opening to permit insertion of a first magazine sized to carry blank ammunition rounds having a length which is less than live ammunition cartridges having the associated ammunition caliber, while preventing insertion of a second magazine sized to carry live ammunition cartridges having the associated ammunition caliber.
