clip vs. mag

[pontifex]

personally, i don't care what term you use, i know what you're talking about. a lot of people argue that clips are for rifles and magazines are for pistols. to me, it should be the other way around, just seems to make more sense that way.

but anyway, i'm looking for a holster for my new 1911 and found this on the Cabela's site:

1911 clip pouches

holster with clip pouch

Clip pouches for rifles

now here's magazine pouches

 

[FoBoT]

the airplane will take off

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
the airplane will take off

not if someone has a gun, unless its the air marshal. you're a terrorist otherwise

 

[Rubycon]

clip = hold paychecks together
mag = metal flashlights cops beat brothers with

:laugh:

 

[SonnyDaze]

It's just verbage. In the military we used the term magazine for both weapons (rifle/pistol). We never used the term "clip". We don't call them bullets either.....they are "rounds". As in a "round" of ammunition.

 

[Rubycon]

LOL @bullets.

Let's git dem dare bullets for dat um shotgun of yers.

Rounds, shells, etc. Of course faster than a speeding shell (superman) sounds rather weird eh? 😛

 

[CallMeJoe]

A magazine is a fully enclosed device used for rifle or pistol. It fully contains the rounds it holds (like what you have for your 1911). A clip is just that; it holds the rounds from one end, gripping them from the ejector groove (like what was used on a WWII vintage M1 Garand).

 

[userman]

Its a magazine not a clip, Rounds instead of bullets. Bullets is something a cowboy would say. (cowboys =undisciplined hot headed guys that gets people killed)

 

[Special K]

clip vs. magazine

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: userman
..Rounds instead of bullets...

Or Cartridges.

 

[Conky]

Clips are what they call them on TV and mags or magazines is what they are called in real life... unless all your learning comes from TV. 😛

Another term TV loves to mangle is "semi-automatic". It's amazing how many crimes are committed by people with "automatic" handguns. Automatic sounds so much sexier than "semi-automatic". Too bad automatic handguns start at around $3,000 with proper permits and the average crackhead will never even see one.

 

[pontifex]

Dictionary.com's definition of cartridge clip - says rifle or pistol

Magazine

Again, I don't care what term you use, but it seems to be generally accepted that they are interchangeable words.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Special K
clip vs. magazine

that seems to be going in a completely different direction.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
LOL @bullets.

Let's git dem dare bullets for dat um shotgun of yers.

Rounds, shells, etc. Of course faster than a speeding shell (superman) sounds rather weird eh? 😛

But shells don't move, unlike bullets. 🙂

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Conky
Clips are what they call them on TV and mags or magazines is what they are called in real life... unless all your learning comes from TV. 😛

Another term TV loves to mangle is "semi-automatic". It's amazing how many crimes are committed by people with "automatic" handguns. Automatic sounds so much sexier than "semi-automatic". Too bad automatic handguns start at around $3,000 with proper permits and the average crackhead will never even see one.

Heh back when Jose Canseco was picked up for whooping on his wife, the news reported that the police "found an automatic assault pistol" in his vehicle. Was something like a S&W 5096.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Oh, and clips load magazine. That's it.