Re: OT/OT Clip vs. Magazine - What's the difference


"Dave Williams" <dwill104@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was corrected yesterday by one of the federal marshalls who guard
this federal bldg where I slave away at my institutional beige
desk.....

what is the difference btwn a clip and a magazine? I was referring to
that clip on CNN of an officer being shot as he turned his back on
someone he stopped. I said he emptied his clip, he said it was a
magazine....

thx all - Craig


I guess technically it's a magazine in that it is the device that holds
the ammo. Specifically, it's a detachable magazine (some guns, rifles
mostly, have fixed internal magazines set into the body that aren't
removable and are loaded from the top). Clips can be like stripper clips,
which hold rounds of ammo in a row so they can easily and quickly loaded
into a magazine, or an en bloc clip like on the M1 Garand, where there is
a metal frame that holds the rounds and the whole package is loaded into
the gun. The M1 clip can't be topped off and the metal clip gets ejected
when the last round is fired.

All technical description aside, many people use the terms clip and
magazine interchangably when refering to detachable magazines for pistols
or rifles. Apparently your marshall is a "purist".

Dave



I would say RobG had it right from te times I had rifle instruction on
SMLEs. The 5 round clip went into the fixed magazine. The distinction
nowadays is probably pedantic at best; I can't think of a rifle or pistol in
widespread service that has the clip and magazine arrangement.



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