"Clips for my gun"

[sinac84]

THEY ARE CALLED MAGAZINES!


I feel better.

It was one of the first things I learned about firearms, on the first day I ever held a gun in my hands. Those things that feed rounds into the weapon are called magazines, not clips.

 

[mgonza]

^x 2 million. it is so annoying. I know people understand what you mean but that's not the point. But if you are going to purchase something that requires as much responsibility as a firearm does at least learn the BASIC proper lingo. I'm not saying you need to know the exact name of every part in your gun (trunnions, sears, bolts...) but calling a magazine a clip is just plain ignorance.

 

[tlw1179]

x3

 

[sinac84]

Good to know I'm not alone. Its so bad that, if I hear someone I don't even know say "clip" I will say "magazine" out loud. Just can't help it.

 

[tlw1179]

Good to know I'm not alone. Its so bad that, if I hear someone I don't even know say "clip" I will say "magazine" out loud. Just can't help it.

yep you got it bad lol

 

[Outsydlooknin]

My sks takes clips, so doesnt my M1 Garand. There are some guns that do take clips.

 

[mgonza]

When I used hear some one say clip I tried to educate polity, but most of the time they are people that don't really care enough about firearms to remember so I just gave up.

 

[Kman]

My knowledge is limited,so maybe someone can answer this. Were early repeating firearms mainly clip fed and magazine fed firearms came later?

Magazine fed firearms came first,clip fed later. Thanks google

 

[unclear.six]

 

[sinac84]

I'm just refering to people calling a 1911, Glock, AR15, or AK47 magazines as "clips". It is suppost to be called a clip, then call it a clip, if its called a magazine, call it a magazine. When someone calls a magazine a clip, it makes me think they are going to go up to the firing line holding the pistol "gangsta" style...