Abstract: A magazine (1) for a small arm comprising a follower spring (3) and a follower (6), and means for indicating the loading condition of the magazine is characterized in that indicator means (4, 5) responding to the position of a section (3') of the follower spring (3) located at a distance from the follower (6) are provided at a point of the magazine (1) which is visible when the firearm is ready to fire. This permits the loading condition to be determined in a very simple manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a box magazine for firearms, having a longitudinal housing (1), one end thereof being provided with an ejection opening for the frontmost cartridge contained in the magazine; it includes a follower, spring loaded in the direction of this ejection opening and being in a contacting relationship with the last cartridge, and with the follower spring, designed as a scroll spring (13), whose one end is attached to the housing in the vicinity of the ejection opening and whose scroll spring shaft (11, 12) is mounted on the follower (4) and whose axis is arranged at right angles to the direction of motion of the follower.

Abstract: A shoulder arm, especially a rifle, having a barrel, a recess, which is perpendicular to the axis of the barrel, formed in a member which is fixedly connected with the barrel, and a roller-shaped breech member coaxially arranged in the recess and capable of being swivelled about its longitudinal axis for loading. The breech member contains a firing chamber which, in the firing position of the breech member, is in alignment with the barrel and is closed to the rear. The shoulder arm also has an arrangement for swivelling the breech member out of the firing position and into a loading position, in which the firing chamber is accessible for the introduction of a cartridge. The recess is designed in the form of a cylindrical hole, whose wall serves to mount the roller-shaped breech member and to directly close the firing chamber when it is located in the firing position.