Ah, but the mousegun has to cheat. Ammunition that doesn’t feed from the magazine, float tubes being a bit more involved than bedding.... Things like that. ;)
“That said, no military pattern rifle will ever be able to steal my heart away from my Garand (I said I was old didn’t I?). It’s a treat to be able to use the word “clip” with impunity and watch all the pedantic types twitch.”
They shouldn’t twitch over an accurate statement. Now, you call the M14’s magazines “clips” and we’ll have words. ;)
Copy that 08. An en-bloc is a clip, a stripper is a clip, a tube is a magazine and a box magazine is a magazine.
What I was getting at is my annoyance at the way some people never miss an opportunity to correct people about it. I'm becoming a curmudgeon I think, because I sometimes use the term clip incorrectly because it gives me the same feeling I get when I drive to the end of my block before I buckle my seat belt.
May there be many safe and happy emptied magazines in your future.