clip or magazine
Hello; Can someone please tell me the difference between a clip and or magazine.? As I see removable mags/clips called both. Thank you, kacey2
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A clip can be used to feed ammunition into a magazine, but the magazine feeds the ammunition to the gun. 0 -
A magazine contains the ammo in a firearm and can be removable or detachable.
A clip holds a given amount of ammo and is then inserted into a magazine. The clip for M1 Garands is a good example.
However, clip is a very common term for a detachable magazine. Arguably incorrect even though some gun maker call it that.0 -
Not directed toward you just one of the many pics about it online, http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=magazine+vs+clip&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=U4kqTY6LNsT7lwffttiKAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CC4QsAQwAQ&biw=1912&bih=10900 -
Clips keep chips closed.[:D] 0 -
A magazine has a follower and spring. A clip just holds the cartridges. I would say the M1 Rifle has no magazine. I suppose you could say the clip, spring and follower in the M1 Rifle together make up a magazine. 0 -
The 4 on the left are clips.... while the 2 on the right are magazines.
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I have a factory "clip" from Savage, it holds three 30-30 win rounds. It is removable.
Hard to keep folks calling them by the correct term when the manufactors do it also.0 -
...and, I will add, that a magaazine does NOT have to be removeable. Some guns have "blind" magazines that are built into the gun, like many Savage Model 99s that load through the open breechbolt ( and quite a few others, too). Also, a good number of rifles with tube-fed magazines count as having non-removeable magazines, plus many shotguns are equipped similarly.[;)] 0
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