Patent attributes
A carrier for spare ammunition magazines for rifles. The carrier includes a shell that receives the magazine, a latch mechanism that releasably retains the magazine in the shell, and a connector that attaches the carrier body to an article that is worn or that is carried by the user. The latch mechanism may engage an axial protrusion on an end of a rotary-type magazine or may engage a recess in a side of a box-type magazine. The latch mechanism may be spring biased so that when depressed by a finger the magazine drops out a bottom of the carrier. The connector may be, for example, a clip that attaches to a belt or other article that is worn by a user or a clamp that attaches to an accessory rail or other part of a firearm that is carried by a user.