magazine assembly includes a front housing 40 having a front surface 39 a spring housing 42 a carousel type rotor wheel 44 and a rear housing 46 having a rear surface 47 preferably with the exception of the spring 43 in the spring housing 42 which is preferably made of steel all of the other magazine assembly 38 components are made of plastic however these components can be made of any other suitable material that is able to withstand the stresses associated with discharging projectiles being repeatedly inserted and removed from the magazine well 28 being repeatedly loaded and any of the other stresses associated with operating and servicing a projectile magazine assembly 38 under various operating conditions preferably the front housing 40 and or the front surface 39 is opaque in order to prevent any individual which may be the user 39 s intended target from viewing the contents of the magazine assembly 38 while the rear housing 46 and or the rear surface 47 is translucent in order to provide the user with the capacity of readily ascertaining the type and number of projectiles remaining in the magazine assembly 38 preferably the front housing 40 and the rear housing 46 are connected together or mated.