Clip vs Mag

[Mexican Kerry]

I hear people argue about wrong terminology on gun forums, but this is by far the most prevalent topic. Does anybody else ever hear this?

Somebody asks a legitimate question regarding their firearm's magazine, but makes the mistake of referring to it as a clip. Then people pile on calling them ignorant, telling them to learn the correct terms if they want to participate in the holy art of internet conversation.

Then some jag-off expert will post the ID chart showing different types of magazines, with a comparison to a clip. Then ask "Are you talking about the clip for a C-96 Mauser Broomhandle, or the mag for a Ruger MkIII?

Serious? The kid is asking where to buy more mags for his new pride and joy GSG 1911! Do you think he knows what a C-96 is? Do you think he cares? He might in a few years, but ffs, he's new and wants someone to say "Sweet pistol dude, yeah I know where you can get more clips. Buy a couple more from XXXX, and get out there and shoot son!

The gun community is good people, but I hate the internet. Except KAC, you fucking rock!

[jackalo626]

Ill rip you a new one! Call a mag a clip and ill fire off!

[ssracer]

I won't lie that it grates on my nerves to hear it wrong...but I don't jump on every person who mixes it up. There's a guy at work who is pretty big into guns, mostly buying/selling/trading. He has never used the word magazine...always clip. I've never said a word to him but I grate my teeth every tome he does it. Just a pet peeve

[Mexican Kerry]

Ill rip you a new one! Call a mag a clip and ill fire off!

But its ok if we're talking about a Glock, right?

[WLJ]

Bad enough he had to call a magazine a clip, then he had to bring up Glocks

[jackalo626]

Ill rip you a new one! Call a mag a clip and ill fire off!

But its ok if we're talking about a Glock, right?

You know nothing of Glocks foreigner! Collect your antiques and stand down!

[Mexican Kerry]

Haha, but they are clips if its a Glock. Rap says so.

Seriously though, is it that hard to let something like this slide and just help people out with their new interest? Sure, maybe let them know that its in fact a magazine, and if they want, explain the difference. But to unleash and trash them is unnecessary. Its also going to make them not want to come back to maybe learn more.

[Toddstang]

[son of liberty]

A mile is not a kilometer , even though they both measure distance .

[Mexican Kerry]

A mile is not a kilometer , even though they both measure distance .

No arguing that. A mag is not a clip, but they both serve as a means of conveyance for ammunition. So, if this is a peeve for knowledgeable folks, said folks should clarify for the new shooters (or those stubborn old farmers with a bolt .22 that holds 10 in the clip) that there is a difference.

Personally, I let it go with people. Unless they seem to want to learn more about these things. If that's the case I'll do what I can to enlighten them (function/components/etc of a particular firearm). If I don't get that vibe, I'm not going to waste my time, they probably don't care.

But I don't jump on them for using the wrong word. Just me.

[Frailer]

You're absolutely right MK. Perhaps it's because it's one of the few things that everyone within the "gun culture" knows, so it's a shibboleth of sorts.

Confuse an ejector with an extractor and you'll be forgiven, but call a magazine a clip and it's Katie bar the door.

[son of liberty]

I leave it to people who really care to argue the point, I could give 2 shit less honestly.

[Mexican Kerry]

I leave it to people who really care to argue the point, I could give 2 shit less honestly.

I never posted because I particularly care about the point, it bothers me more when people make a big deal about it, and I wanted to know what folks here thought.

[son of liberty]

I leave it to people who really care to argue the point, I could give 2 shit less honestly.

I never posted because I particularly care about the point, it bothers me more when people make a big deal about it, and I wanted to know what folks here thought.

Did not mean to imply that you did, just that I understand the point of correcting , but dont care enough to do it myself. It is never helpful to be a dick to new gun owners who might not know there mistake, and hardly an issue worth getting worked up about, so I would hope them that do feel the need to correct people on it, do it with some class.

[Mexican Kerry]

Fair enough. But on the internet, class is often checked at the door haha.

[rustynuts]

My brother and sister-in-law, both long time gun owners and freqent shooters, still call it a 'clip'. I don't bother to correct most people any more, I know what they're talking about.

I did get a bit of a shock at the gun show yesterday though. A friend from work, a "gun nut" if ever there was one, said he needed to find a 20 round clip for his AR. I must have looked at him a bit funny because he face palmed and said, "I know, I know....."

[jackalo626]

Haha, but they are clips if its a Glock. Rap says so.

Seriously though, is it that hard to let something like this slide and just help people out with their new interest? Sure, maybe let them know that its in fact a magazine, and if they want, explain the difference. But to unleash and trash them is unnecessary. Its also going to make them not want to come back to maybe learn more.

To be clear I only correct people I know and having fun. Usually my fil because it works him up but not to a novice. Even if I did it would be tactful for education. If a person walks into a gunshop and calls a magazine a clip, they are going to be open season for an employee to screw them on price and advice on what they need.

[jackalo626]

Haha, but they are clips if its a Glock. Rap says so.

Seriously though, is it that hard to let something like this slide and just help people out with their new interest? Sure, maybe let them know that its in fact a magazine, and if they want, explain the difference. But to unleash and trash them is unnecessary. Its also going to make them not want to come back to maybe learn more.

To be clear I only correct people I know and having fun. Usually my fil because it works him up but not to a novice. Even if I did it would be tactful for education. If a person walks into a gunshop and calls a magazine a clip, they are going to be open season for an employee to screw them on price and advice on what they need.

[Manzanita]

My buddy from Ohio who comes down to hunt every year on his FIL's (my neighbor a couple properties down) land, who is also a gun nut, constantly calls them clips. I've given up on correcting him. He also thinks deer have horns. I've given up on that, too. Every deer season he causes my OCD to flare up something awful, at least until he goes back to Ohio.

[Mexican Kerry]

One of my buddies has been a shooter since he was knee high to a grasshopper, and is devoted to any and all aspects of sport shooting. Still calls them clips too. Some people you aren't going to change.

[Mexican Kerry]

What bothers me more is when my buddy comes over and calls any of my pistols "45's", regardless of what caliber they actually are. He associates them with 45 so that's what all of them are. My little bit of ocd I guess. He's come a long way though, he used to also call 1911's "911's". And my nickel pistols will always be "chrome" to him.

[guncrank1]

Well if somebody says "clip" for magazine then they don't know much, no matter how long shooting.

[WLJ]

Like nails on a chalkboard
Bet if you kept calling their car a bike they're correct you.

[irishrob]

We have a guy at work that constantly calls a mag a clip but we just figure it's because he's from Indiana.

[kyswede]

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