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minus-squareneanderthal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days ago clips. Magazines. Magazines include a feeding mechanism, usually a spring. Clips just hold bullets together.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoVery pedantic for a neanderthal
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoNeanderthals were fairly progressive, mancaves came later.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoSo then all magazines are clips, but not all clips are magazines.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoNo, you can have non-removable magazines. The tube in a pump-action shotgun is the magazine, but it’s definitely not a clip.
minus-squareneanderthal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoSort of. Another way of thinking about it. Clips feed magazines, magazines feed guns. https://www.fieldandstream.com/gear/clip-vs-magazine/?origin=serp_auto
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoYou missed my point. I own guns, know how to operate them, and know the names of the parts. I use magazine and clip interchangeably, because pointless pedantry doesn’t contribute anything to the conversation.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI think you would say the clip is inside the magazine.
Magazines. Magazines include a feeding mechanism, usually a spring. Clips just hold bullets together.
Very pedantic for a neanderthal
Neanderthals were fairly progressive, mancaves came later.
So then all magazines are clips, but not all clips are magazines.
No, you can have non-removable magazines. The tube in a pump-action shotgun is the magazine, but it’s definitely not a clip.
Sort of. Another way of thinking about it. Clips feed magazines, magazines feed guns.
https://www.fieldandstream.com/gear/clip-vs-magazine/?origin=serp_auto
You missed my point. I own guns, know how to operate them, and know the names of the parts. I use magazine and clip interchangeably, because pointless pedantry doesn’t contribute anything to the conversation.
I think you would say the clip is inside the magazine.