ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,037, issued on March 3.

"Hunting or sports weapon with improved magazine arrangement" was invented by Daniel Dentler (Leutkirch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hunting or sports weapon with a handguard (4) attached to a receiver (5) and a barrel (3), wherein the barrel (3) with a cartridge chamber (34) leads into a breechblock (26) and forms a breech face (20) for the cartridge to be fired there, wherein a magazine well (24) for the introduction of a magazine (17) is arranged on or in the receiver (5), and on the receiver (5) a trigger unit (6), wherein a buttstock (11) adjoins the receiver (5), wherein the magazine (17) is...