magazine vs clip obsession

[criticalbass]

I continue to be amazed at the vehemence with which people jump on this common confusion.

Why don't people get keyboard whipped as much when they identify a revolver as a pistol when everyone knows that's wrong? I am sure there are other examples of common errors, but I know of nothing that brings out criticism as much as when somebody calls a magazine a clip.

Maybe this misquote applies: "A little knowledge is an annoying thing."

Your thoughts?

 

[OliverKlohzoff]

You know, I was thinking about this exact thing today when I was at the gun show and this huge booth full of 1000's of magazines had a huge sign hanging above the place that said "CLIPS". I got a real LOL of it.

 

[ignerntbend]

There are plenty of WWII veterans who call a magazine a clip. They just don't know any better, I guess.
Another confusion from my own youth is the use of the word automatic. A bunch of people would call an autoloader an automatic, and call a machine gun a "full" automatic. People like that oughta be horse whipped. John Moses Browning himself invented a pistol to fire a cartridge called the .45 Automatic Colt Pistol. Exsqueeze me Johnny, you dumb bastard, that should be .45 Semi-Automatic Colt Pistol.

 

[Ignored Member]

I purposefuly call mags "clips" just to annoy those that it bothers. It so stupid to make such a big deal over something so petty.

 

[John64]

The M1 Garand of World War 2 uses a clip.

 

[vdub]

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[Ignored Member]

The m1 uses a magazine. Glocks use clips.

 

[DavidMcmillan]

And some people call their car a Ford

 

[cichlid-dave]

I understand the difference and just don't care. What comes out of my mouth is what I say.

 

[roachjuice]

I understand the difference and just don't care. What comes out of my mouth is what I say.

Lol hell yea. Its like mother****er you know what I'm talking about.