As a result, the magazine follower tends to rock or tilt, causing malfunctions.

All four branches reported malfunctions caused by the M3 magazine, mostly attributed to defective or jammed magazine followers.

The magazine follower rises to hold the action open while the cross beam at the forward end of the slide compresses the recoil spring.

An auxiliary magazine spring was added from mid-1940 to retain the magazine and aid the magazine follower.

The magazine follower on the 98k would lock the bolt's forward motion on an empty magazine.

Before the larger models of these rifles were made, cost-cutting measures in production resulted in the removal of the internal bolt hold open, and relocation to the magazine follower.

The slide stop was activated by the absence of a cartridge in the feedway, not by the magazine follower as in most automatics.

A steel floorplate and stainless magazine follower were introduced, partially revoking changes introduced in the 1964 model.

After the last round has been fired, the magazine follower lifts the slide catch, which locks the slide open.

The box had an open top and bottom, closed by tape, so that the magazine follower could push the rounds up into the rifle during firing.