I just think, no one actually came out and said
Definition of magazine
Definition of clip.
It was made up as they went along.
I think the definitions we have now, were developed "after the fact".
We came up with real nice definitions that make good sense.
But it's hard to change inertia.
Everyone keeps interchanging. It's on tv. Neighbors use it wrong. It keeps getting passed around.
It's like the meme on the Internet about the dark horse regiment just lost some people, and they're on their way home.
It keeps coming up, year after year. And people keep passing it around.
And if a old veteran that fought Germans, or Commies, calls it a "clip", we'll I'm not going to be the snot nosed brat that tries to correct them.
I'll try to teach a new shooter, but really, I'm more interested in making sure they are safe, how they're shooting, and how's the targeting.
It's like suppressor/silencer.
Maxim made the suppressor. If I remember it right, he named it a silencer.
If he named it that, how can it be incorrect.
We have changed it to more closely demonstrate that it does not "silence", to help define our pro-gun argument.
But we're probably not going to change the minds of the millions who get their info from the tv.
And we're probably not going to change everyone's minds on clip/magazine.
We can educate.
But getting pissy about it will not really do anything.
