You might have fired a ‘clip’ from a Garand, but if you emptied an M1 30 cal Carbine you used a magazine. Oh how quickly we forget without practice ...
I didn’t “forget” I more than likely never knew the difference. As I said I was a kid in the USAF and aside from knowing the destructive power of our aircraft, which I never flew (but guarded on occasion, I barely knew what end of the “gun” the f’n bullet came out. Nor did I care.
It was the early 1960’s, America ruled, the skies were blue, the women were easy and the drinks were cheap in the UK. What more would a hormone driven 18 yr old be interested in....?