box magazine


noun
  1. a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.

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How to use box magazine in a sentence

  • The box magazine, fixed under receiver without cut-off, holds six cartridges.

  • They were modern weapons,--the new high power 30-40 box-magazine rifle, shooting government ammunition,--and had been used.

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