dh1633pm
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Don't see why it matters. Like asking for a Coke and getting a Pepsi. It happens.
Do you correct someone if they refer to a magazine as a clip?
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Captcurt
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Never corrected anyone about a mag, but when a friend's wife asked me if I had any bullet paper I had to do something. When I finally got the tears from my eyes and got up off of the floor I corrected her and printed her some targets.
chicharrones
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It depends on the conversation I'm having. With a new shooter that is trying to learn from me, I'll tell 'em the difference.
Sav .250
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It`s kind of like E-bonics. Unless it`s an English class............who cares.
chicharrones
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Well, let’s see how this goes...
It’s “COULDN’T care less”. If you can care less, then you still care.
LiveLife
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LOL, you got me there.
I guess Suburban could carry a lot of body bags ... especially with the middle seats folded down flat.
Mizar
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That thread generated 33 replies for only half a day?!? Splendid...
ontarget
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This is pretty much where I stand. And always done in good humor. As far as strangers, who cares.Only to friends
Sistema1927
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There is a big difference between "correcting" and "educating". One can "educate" without being a jerk.
As to the origin of "magazine", it is a ship's or fort's ammunition storage locker, and the term came over to small arms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_(artillery)
Now how that term came to describe a print periodical has me scratching my head.
As to the origin of "magazine", it is a ship's or fort's ammunition storage locker, and the term came over to small arms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_(artillery)
Now how that term came to describe a print periodical has me scratching my head.
berettaprofessor
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Yes. And while you're at it, ask them, for me, to please not ask people to "school them" on something or other. It makes my head hurt.
BSA1
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This is a good topic for a new thread.
Just why is a magazine called a magazine?
I read Handloader and The American Rifleman magazines (usually while in the Throne Room
). The only thing I have read on a magazine from a firearm is the stamping the manufacturer did when they made it. Some firearm magazines don't have any writing on them so does that make it a blank page? 
Mark 40
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If I was mentoring someone, I'd make the correction.
Strangers, no
Strangers, no
jeff-10
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No.
edwardware
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From the Arabic for 'to store up', or 'storeroom', via Italian and French, to English.
https://www.google.com/search?q=define:magazine
B1gGr33n
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There are two times I'll correct someone.
1) I like to poke fun with my friends and family when they do it. If we're shooting, and they ask if I have an extra clip, I'll hold up a mag and say something like "Nope, only got these things".
2) If I'm at the gun store and looking for a mag, and the sales guy uses the term 'clip', I'll say "No, my gun doesn't take clips. I need a magazine."
1) I like to poke fun with my friends and family when they do it. If we're shooting, and they ask if I have an extra clip, I'll hold up a mag and say something like "Nope, only got these things".
2) If I'm at the gun store and looking for a mag, and the sales guy uses the term 'clip', I'll say "No, my gun doesn't take clips. I need a magazine."
Jackal
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Online, always. In person, almost never.
Hokkmike
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If they are a regular shooter - yes, maybe. If they are a newbie, friend, or casual shooter no!
I am MUCH more concerned with how they point and handle a firearm.
I am MUCH more concerned with how they point and handle a firearm.
Arkansas Paul
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When you live in the south, any soda is a "Coke". lol
As for the topic of discussion, I don't. There was a time I was more apt to do things like that, but the older I get, the less I worry about such things.
Although calling AR15s "Assault rifles" may still elicit a correction from me.
bassjam
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Well said, there is a distinct difference between educating someone (who really wants to learn) and correcting someone who doesn't care.
I was "educated" long ago about what a magazine vs a clip is. But it is irritating to see others simply "correct" people online who use the wrong term. To me, that's worse than the person who just doesn't know any better on the right term.
Jim Watson
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We have a tolerant bunch here. Most boards, calling a "magazine" a "clip" (like a lot of military veterans do) really brings out the Internet Experts whose main expertise is the distinction.
Calling a "cartridge" a "bullet" is common, and no more harmful EXCEPT in discussions of ammunition or reloading specifics.
(I bet there are a lot of Magazine Purists loading their ammunition feeding devices with "bullets." Or even "boolits," shudder.)
Calling the maximum measurement of a barrel slug the "bore diameter" does set my teeth on edge.
Calling a "cartridge" a "bullet" is common, and no more harmful EXCEPT in discussions of ammunition or reloading specifics.
(I bet there are a lot of Magazine Purists loading their ammunition feeding devices with "bullets." Or even "boolits," shudder.)
Calling the maximum measurement of a barrel slug the "bore diameter" does set my teeth on edge.
everydefense
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It definitely hurts my ears, but I admit I let some ignorance pass uncorrected if I feel it will be falling on deaf ears, anyway.
Good Ol' Boy
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The English language is getting more and more eroded with each day. The "words" being added to the dictionary each year hurt a lot more than someone misusing gun terms.
No, I do not correct strangers saying incorrect things. Not enough time in the world for that, and I like to avoid confrontation.
No, I do not correct strangers saying incorrect things. Not enough time in the world for that, and I like to avoid confrontation.
doubleh
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Life is too short to stress over something so trivial. Call it a clip if you want or a magazine or just mag. I know what you mean. Some words are the generic term for a group of things in some parts of this country. I saw "coke' mentioned. Around here "you want a coke" means " do you want a cold drink" and you choose what you wish. Coke, tea, pepsi, orange soda, gatorade, whatever. Same way with clip, magazine, or mag. No one will be confused-----and no one cares that you think we are wrong----and we don't want to hear about it. Let's just go shoot and you can stick your "bullets" it whatever you prefer to call it.
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