Magazine vs. Clip

[skfullgun]

Perhaps I'm getting old, irritable, or both, but it really irks me that people who own guns are not educated enough about then to know the difference between a magazine and a clip.

Example: In a recent conversation with an individual crediting to sell a semi-auto handgun, he told me it was missing the "clip".

I know there are bigger problems out there, but this is just one of my pet peeveds, right up there with people who want to sit through a green light IN FRONT of me.

 

[skfullgun]

I regret the mistakes. I'm using my phone and need to preview before posting. Them, not then. Desiring, not crediting, and peeves...

 

[robertc1024]

Common complaint on here.

The clips that is.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I would NEVER call anyone out on that error ...

 

[sineypem]

Give them a stripper clip with 7.62x54r when they ask for a clip for their glock

 

[Moonpie]

Not a biggie for me.
I love the Darwin Award Candidates who call a .380 a baaaad MF.
Or the savant that swears a shotgun "shoots harder" with a 30" long barrel than a 28" barrel.
Then there are the rocket surgeons who put smokeless powder into a muzzle loader. Well hell! It's black. It'll work.

 

[jrbfishn]

Racist

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[Shady]

I wish all I had to worry about was what someone called a gun part.

 

[easy rider]

clips load magazines, not the other way around

 

[Mikewood]

Live is really too short to get your possum wrapped around your crankshaft over this sort of thing. I personally use it to gauge how much someone knows about guns. Another good “tell” is If they pick up the gun with their finger on the trigger. Or use the word gun when they mean shotgun, rifle, pistol or revolver. I have to deal with a lot of people that dislike guns and having someone interested in them is cool and I don’t mind if they use the wrong word.


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[skfullgun]

Interesting perspectives.

This is my rifle. This is my gun...

 

[seeker_two]

Give them a stripper clip with 7.62x54r when they ask for a clip for their glock

And I'd throw it back at you and yell, "RULE .303!".....

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[ZX9RCAM]

Not a biggie for me.
I love the Darwin Award Candidates who call a .380 a baaaad MF.
Or the savant that swears a shotgun "shoots harder" with a 30" long barrel than a 28" barrel.
Then there are the rocket surgeons who put smokeless powder into a muzzle loader. Well hell! It's black. It'll work.

How about the ones who think you don't need to aim with a shotgun.

 

[Younggun]

Wait, a shotgun isn't a gun?

 

[AustinN4]

 

[Mikewood]

Gun.

Rifle.

Nomenclature is pretty confusing...

 

[Younggun]

Gun.
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Nomenclature is pretty confusing...

Gun.
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Rifle.
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Nomenclature is pretty confusing...

Definition is pretty simple.

gun
ɡən/
noun

1. 1.
   a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.
   synonyms: firearm, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, carbine, automatic, handgun, semiautomatic, machine gun, Uzi; More
   

 

[Mikewood]

Definition is pretty simple.

gun
ɡən/
noun

1. 1.
   a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.
   synonyms: firearm, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, carbine, automatic, handgun, semiautomatic, machine gun, Uzi; More
   

That is one definition...

 

[Younggun]

A more acceptable source, from Merriam-Webster:

Definition of gun
1a :a piece of ordnance usually with high muzzle velocity and comparatively flat trajectory
b :a portable firearm (such as a rifle or handgun)
c :a device that throws a projectile

 

[Vaquero]

I got more important things to worry about.