Ignorance Admitted

[Steve.43]

I guess I might as well 'fess up and admit that I don't know the difference between "clips" and "magazines." I'd appreciate someone giving definitions of the two so an IQ-challenged dingbat like myself can understand, once and for all.

 

[tradertator]

 

[Steve.43]

Thanks, Tradertator.

 

[Jtgarner]

Good picture! The basic way to tell the difference is that a clip DOES NOT HAVE A SPRING and a magazine DOES HAVE A SPRING.


And this is why I LOVE INGO! Ask this anywhere else and you would probably be told that you shouldn't own a gun if you don't inherently know the difference.

 

[Bravo-4-2]

Clips feed magazines and magazines feed guns.

 

[Steve.43]

Good picture! The basic way to tell the difference is that a clip DOES NOT HAVE A SPRING and a magazine DOES HAVE A SPRING.


And this is why I LOVE INGO! Ask this anywhere else and you would probably be told that you shouldn't own a gun if you don't inherently know the difference.

Amen. I appreciate the courteous way in which INGO members provide information to those who want to learn more about firearms. INGO members are the best.

 

[Steve.43]

Clips feed magazines and magazines feed guns.

More good info. So does that mean I can load my mags quickly by using a clip? And does the clip have to be made for my particular gun?

 

[IndyGunworks]

a clip HOLDS ammo, a magazine FEEDS ammo.

 

[Steve.43]

a clip HOLDS ammo, a magazine FEEDS ammo.

Oh...OK, got it. Thanks again.

 

[IndyGunworks]

More good info. So does that mean I can load my mags quickly by using a clip? And does the clip have to be made for my particular gun?

Some clips load detachable magazines.... like stripper clips for an AR, you will need a clip guide to facilitate loading the mag, but yes it makes it quicker and easier in the field.

Some clips load INTERNAL magazines. Like the 1903, mauser, and garand.

Typically yes, the clip must be made for the specific use/gun.

 

[Scutter01]

Some clips load detachable magazines.... like stripper clips for an AR, you will need a clip guide to facilitate loading the mag, but yes it makes it quicker and easier in the field.

Some clips load INTERNAL magazines. Like the 1903, mauser, and garand.

Typically yes, the clip must be made for the specific use/gun.

If you simply need something to assist loading a mag, there are generic magloaders as well, but they are neither mags nor clips. I don't want to confuse the issue, though.

 

[SmileDocHill]

You can read a magazine and learn about clips and you can watch a clip and learn about magazines too.

 

[smokingman]

You can read a magazine and learn about clips and you can watch a clip and learn about magazines too.

I watched a clip on youtube that led me to read a magazine that showed difference between a clip and a magazine.I have a pretty good handle on it now,or so my wife says.If she asks for one I know which one to bring now.

Clip

Magazine

 

[actaeon277]

There is no difference.
It's just created, so that people can laugh at each other and feel good about it.

Millions of WWII vets called them clips or mags (BAR mags)
There are army journals from the early days, when they first came out, calling them clips/mags.
Manufacturers have called them clips/mags.

Seriously, who cares.

 

[Que]

And here we go...

 

[IndyGunworks]

There is no difference.
It's just created, so that people can laugh at each other and feel good about it.

Millions of WWII vets called them clips or mags (BAR mags)
There are army journals from the early days, when they first came out, calling them clips/mags.
Manufacturers have called them clips/mags.

Seriously, who cares.

Using the correct terminology when you are speaking about something is the first indicator that you are indeed knowledgeable about the subject matter.

They are two different words, with two different meanings, and are two different items, that have two different applications. To say they are the same just because its a common mistake made, doesn't make it any less of an error.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Here is what you sound like when you think these terms are "interchangeable" or that the are the "same thing"

[video=youtube;QrCBIFp9834]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCBIFp9834[/video]

 

[LANShark42]

Clips feed magazines and magazines feed guns.

Not that any of the answers here are wrong (other than the one that says it doesn't matter) but this is how I explain it to people.

 

[gregkl]

There is no difference.
It's just created, so that people can laugh at each other and feel good about it.

Millions of WWII vets called them clips or mags (BAR mags)
There are army journals from the early days, when they first came out, calling them clips/mags.
Manufacturers have called them clips/mags.

Seriously, who cares.

Wrong quote. Oops. Though I do kind of agree with you somewhat. When the 1911 came out, the magazines were called clips. I still call them magazines but around my wife I call them mags. If I say something about a magazine, she thinks I am talking about that paper bound thingee you read!

 

[gregkl]

Clips feed magazines and magazines feed guns.

This was the one I wanted to quote. I will try to remember this. It simplifies things.