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• neanderthal@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  clips.

  Magazines. Magazines include a feeding mechanism, usually a spring. Clips just hold bullets together.

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  • NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Very pedantic for a neanderthal

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    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Neanderthals were fairly progressive, mancaves came later.

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    • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Facts are facts, otherwise they’d be opinions

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So then all magazines are clips, but not all clips are magazines.

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    • neanderthal@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sort of. Another way of thinking about it. Clips feed magazines, magazines feed guns.

      www.fieldandstream.com/gear/clip-vs-magazine/?ori…

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      • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You missed my point. I own guns, know how to operate them, and know the names of the parts. I use magazine and clip interchangeably, because pointless pedantry doesn’t contribute anything to the conversation.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think you would say the clip is inside the magazine.

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