Firearm with dual feed magazine

Abstract

A firearm with dual feed magazine has a frame defining a magazine well and defining a forward and rearward direction, a magazine configured to be received in the magazine well in a retained position, the magazine including a tubular body having an upper end and an opposed lower end, the tubular body defining adjacent first and second elongated passages, a first spring and first follower received in the first elongated passage, a second spring and second follower received in the second elongated passage, the first elongated passage configured to receive a first stack of ammunition, and the second elongated passage configured to receive a second stack of ammunition. The tubular body may include a divider between the first and second elongated passages and is configured to separate the first stack of ammunition from the second stack of ammunition. The divider may be a flat wall.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A firearm comprising:
 a frame defining a magazine well and defining a forward and rearward direction;   a magazine configured to be received in the magazine well in a retained position;   the magazine including a tubular body having an upper end and an opposed lower end;   the tubular body defining a plurality of adjacent passages;   a first spring and a first follower received in a first elongated passage;   a second spring and second follower received in the second elongated passage;   the first elongated passage configured to receive a first stack of ammunition; and   the second elongated passage configured to receive a second stack of ammunition.