"Clip"? It IS a clip. Speak for yourself Stinkypete. Enough of the PC BS. Long before the internet and the bearded tactical crowd, it was standard practice in the firearms industry, from the WW1 era up until the 70's and 80's, to use the terms "Clip", "Clip capacity" and "Clip Magazine" in the gun advertisements. If you had walked into a gun shop and asked for a gun magazine, the owner might offer you your choice of
Guns and Ammo or
Shooting Times. If you said you wanted a CLIP, he would ask what caliber and model. Yes, we all knew about the Garand clip being an actual clip. No one cared in my neighborhood. Good grief!
Don't believe me??? Do a Google search / images under the words Remington, Winchester or Marlin and "clip". You will find numerous vintage ads using the term Clip. It's what we called them, because it was what the MANUFACTURERS called them!
If you want to call it a magazine, fine. Clip, magazine... who cares? And as far as criticism towards the OP's choice of words, enough already.
Some of you guys need to get out and shoot more.
