Magazine or Clip

[Win231]

It's amusing to me when people make a big deal out of using the wrong term for a magazine - calling it a "clip." Some gun shops have a poster on the wall with photos of clips & magazines with the caption: "Which do you want?"
I was browsing through an old issue of "American Handgunner" from September/October 1978. On page 5, there is an ad for Beretta pistols.
It reads: "Our heavy duty M92 9mm is the choice of law enforcement agencies around the world. Sixteen shots quick, it holds 15 staggered cartridges in the same length as traditional magazines--and another shell in the chamber ready to fire. To reload, just slip in another clip."

Maybe back then, "clip" was the proper term for "magazine," so should we really make a big deal out of people still using the term?"
And, calling a live cartridge a "shell" is also wrong. The shell is only the case...

I know, cool story, bro.

[Holden Caulfield]

A pedant is invariably more annoying than the error he is correcting.

[readysetgo]

I know, cool story, bro.

It's really not though.

[Quickdraw559]

A pedant is invariably more annoying than the error he is correcting.

[Mitch]

An actual firearms manufacturer (Savage) getting things mixed up:



It's no big deal. Not as big a deal as people calling cartridges "bullets," anyway.

[Divernhunter]

What if it is a dead(dummy or faulty) cartridge? Is it a shell, cartridge or round?

Or when you ask someone what they are shooting and they say 7mm or 30cal. That does not answer the question of what cartridge are they shooting. That only tells you the caliber they are shooting and the two are not the same.

It has always been a clip and a mag are different. People just use them in a wrong way just like your and you're. It bugs some people and other do not care or really do not know the difference. Then you have everyone in between.

[artb]

It's the chicken or the egg story.
In 1968 I carried as many loaded clips as possible to reload my M16.
A magazine was a ships hold where ammunition was stored.

So there. ....

[Ubermcoupe]

They're actually "magazine clips"...

[CGZ]

I put it this way

A clip is a device used to trasfer ammunition into the magazine of a firearm

A magazine is a device used to transfer ammunition into the chamber of a firearm.

[bronco75a]

They're actually "magazine clips"...

covering both bases, I like it.

[Mitch]

What if it is a dead(dummy or faulty) cartridge? Is it a shell, cartridge or round?

A cartridge is a cartridge, living or dead. It is comprised of bullet, case, primer and powder.

A thing that is shaped like a cartridge but doesn't actually have any of those components is commonly referred to as a snap cap.

[ProtectThe2nd]

A pedant is invariably more annoying than the error he is correcting.

LMAO

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[kriller134]

Magazine or Clip

https://youtu.be/OnEkeQF46n8

[Milsurp Collector]

― Confucius

[Redeyedrider]

It's amusing to me when people make a big deal out of using the wrong term for a magazine.

Like making a big enough deal to start a whole thread about it?