Pistol and Rifle Magazines are not clips!
Posted by TSgt C Cason, USAF Retired Security Forces on 28th Mar 2024
Pistol and Rifle Magazines ARE NOT CLIPS!
A large populace of folks uneducated in the nomenclature of firearms and accessories are calling a magazine a clip. This is totally incorrect!
Clip: one piece stamped steel with no separate independently moving parts. Used to load rifles with internal. non removable magazines. The clip is used to load the magazine. Military ammo is issued in 20 round boxes, 10 rds. on each clip and the magazine adapter is placed on top of the magazine, clip inserted in adapter and push down 10 rounds into the magazine.
Magazine: usually a detachable firearm accessory containing several independently moving parts.
The 4 parts of a magazine: body, base, spring, and follower.