To: ansel12
Due, perhaps, to the M 1 Garand’s use of en bloc clips to reload.
161 posted on
10/12/2023 9:23:27 AM PDT by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
If that was it then it had everyone using the word “clip” pretty much until the last 20 years or so.
I think the internet created this big thing about correcting people for saying clip.
168 posted on
10/12/2023 9:31:08 AM PDT by
ansel12
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