My IBM Korean War era M-1 carbine

[tenOC]

At fun shows, some astute buyers and sellers still call them "clips" in the heat of discussion. When they have time to measure their usage they use "mag" or magazine". Just something I've noticed.

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[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I also shot a lot of different weapons during my tours. Loved the .50's the M-16 was new out with problems. Never did like the M-14. The M-79 beside being effective for what it was intended for, was fun to shoot, the ammo was just too darn heavy. The M-60 was a great machine gun with belt feed .308 ammo, but other then movies it needed more then one person. Always had a liking of the BAR. One man, magazine fed. But again, you could only carry so many magazines. One thing pretty much went along with all those rifles. You also carried a 1911. More fun looking back then at the time.

[browningautorifle]

Love the BAR, enjoyed coming to the US forts and doing a weapons swap. One was in Pendleton in about '94. We shot the USMC tools and they shot our FNs . Most thought they were too heavy...

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Some use the term clips. I tend to see it used more often by non gun enthusiasts.

Euphemism is a word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. Personally I see nothing harsh, blunt, unpleasant or embarrassing about the word magazine. It is just one of the many misused gun terms. There was an article in the July 2014 Guns & Ammo mentioning this and others. From that article.

Clip vs. Magazine

You know that boxy rectangular thingy that holds cartridges and slides into the bottom of your semi-auto pistol? It’s not a clip — no matter how often the term is misused. It’s a magazine.

A magazine holds shells under spring pressure in preparation for feeding into the firearm’s chamber. Examples include box, tubular, drum and rotary magazines. Some are fixed to the firearm while others are removable.

A cartridge “clip” has no spring and does not feed shells directly into the chamber. Rather, clips hold cartridges in the correct sequence for “charging” a specific firearm’s magazine. Stripper clips allow rounds to be “stripped” into the magazine. Other types are fed along with the shells into the magazine — the M1 Garand famously operates in this fashion. Once all rounds have been fired, the clip is ejected or otherwise released from the firearm.

In essence, clips feed magazines. Magazines feed firearms.


Another's that makes me smile are:
Assault Rifle.
Some think AR as in AR15 means Assault Rifle. When it actually refers to ArmaLite, after the company that developed it in the late 1950’s.
Cartridge vs. Bullet.
How often do you hear some say they bought a box of bullets instead of cartridges.

There are many others. I was horrible in my English class in school. But whether considered a euphemism, slang, or common term, in my opinion they are not used correctly.

Boy did I digress from our topic, sorry.

[browningautorifle]

I tend to see it used more often by non gun enthusiasts.

Exactly what I meant.

[Beerhunter]

A magazine holds shells under spring pressure in preparation for feeding into the firearm’s chamber.

I would disagree with the use of the word"shell", that is used extensively in American English,for cartridge. A shell is an artillery projectile that goes bang.

[shadycon]

Shells? let's go to the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Magazines? Playboy perhaps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clip? Holds paper together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DaveHH]

Hey RR, good to see you made it to the carbine forum. It's DaveH from the MWR.

Folks, I'll vouch for this guy, he's good to go. Interesting guy and Navy vet. Nice carbine, very nice.

[river rat]

Good to see you over here Dave also.

[fn111557]

Shells? let's go to the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Magazines? Playboy perhaps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clip? Holds paper together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't want sand in my shotgun!