G26ster wrote:Depends on the context. Sure, if someone on this forum asks about clips for their 1911, then of course we know they mean magazines, and only a few will offer a "correction." But in another universe I live in, when I'm not on this forum, in the M1 Carbine world for example, if someone asks where to get clips for their carbine, they're most certainly not going to get info on magazines. If they come back and say they meant magazines, then they will be corrected. Not in an attempt to be condescending, but rather to point out that clips and magazines for that weapon are two very different items, and if you want to find what you are looking for you need to use the correct terminology.speedsix wrote:...magazine vs. clip, silencer vs. suppressor...the controversy is both anal and banal...and the only good it serves is to give those who jump excercise...what matters is that the message is understood...and there's not a member here who really doesn't know that when someone refers to a clip they mean magazine...
As for the news story in the OP, yes we know they meant magazine, but as with all things concerning the press reporting about weapons, they usually don't get it right anyway, as all handguns are Glocks, all rifles are AK-47s, and all "clips" are evil devices that spew thousands of rounds per second.
...as in when a Border Patrol ossifer's exporting them to ole Mejico!!!
