I’m a fire arms enthusiast and one thing that bothers me is to hear other people say clip when they mean(?) to say magazine.
I found a great article on the website The Gun Zone that explains the difference between the two. Here is an excerpt:
A clip is different from a magazine and the terms are by no means interchangeable. Using “clip” when one means “magazine” is akin to saying “tires” when one actually means “wheels.” If it does get the speaker immediately corrected, often unkindly, in newsgroups and on Forums, then such a malaprop marks the user as a hopeless newbie.
If you’ve been referring to magazines as clips thinking they’re synonymous, I would strongly recommend you to read the article I mentioned above; it’ll explain the differences between the two.
Cheers!
