magazine / clips

RylanBrissette · 03-12-2007, 08:55 PM

Yeah this post is a bit old but I would like to clear up a few things

There is a difference between a clip and a magazine. The only reason I think people call a Magazine a "clip" is cause its fast/easy to say, or simply a habit. A clip is essentialy what it sounds like. A clip that holds bullets together. The M1 Garand is a good example. It has a 8 round en bloc CLIP, and that clip is inserted into the magazine. The magazine in the M1 is just an internal spring that gives the rounds in the clip force towards the chamber. Now when most people think of a Magazine, they are thinking of what is properly called a "Box Magazine". There are M1 Garand type magazines and what is called a Tubular Magazine, which is common on pump shotguns. The Box Magazine is all your handgun/rifle mags that are removable. ALL MAGAZINES have some sort of a spring, and clips generally do not!

I say clip as a habit, but that isn't correct. I have met people who corrected me when I refered to my mag as a "clip".

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03-12-2007, 08:55 PM	#13
RylanBrissette User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 189 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Yeah this post is a bit old but I would like to clear up a few things There is a difference between a clip and a magazine. The only reason I think people call a Magazine a "clip" is cause its fast/easy to say, or simply a habit. A clip is essentialy what it sounds like. A clip that holds bullets together. The M1 Garand is a good example. It has a 8 round en bloc CLIP, and that clip is inserted into the magazine. The magazine in the M1 is just an internal spring that gives the rounds in the clip force towards the chamber. Now when most people think of a Magazine, they are thinking of what is properly called a "Box Magazine". There are M1 Garand type magazines and what is called a Tubular Magazine, which is common on pump shotguns. The Box Magazine is all your handgun/rifle mags that are removable. ALL MAGAZINES have some sort of a spring, and clips generally do not! I say clip as a habit, but that isn't correct. I have met people who corrected me when I refered to my mag as a "clip".