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To: TC Rider

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood a clip to be internal, a magazine to be external...


43 posted on 06/01/2004 3:28:28 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

Today, a magazine is that box loaded with cartridges.
The clip basically is a cartridge clip for an M-1 Garand.
That's the simple version because my movie and dinner is on in a couple of minutes.


62 posted on 06/01/2004 4:53:28 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems.)
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To: Iscool
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood a clip to be internal, a magazine to be external...

A magazine is the removable 'box' that is used to reload a pistol or some rifles. An empty magazine is removed and a full one popped in to replace it.

A clip is a metal strip that holds ammo that is 'stripped' off of the clip into an internal magazine. The military M-1 is typical of this style. The media commonly confuse the two. (but then they think an AR-15 is a machine gun also.)

65 posted on 06/01/2004 6:27:39 PM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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