Why people call Mags clips?

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Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

Does it really make a difference if someone refers to a mag as a clip. If you search 30 round clip in google search you'll get back 30 round magazine as a search result. Magazine and clip nowadays are interchangeable terms. Bagging on someone for calling a magazine a clip is just nitpicking. Stripper clip on the other hand.

It's not nitpicking since they are different in a simple technical sense. They are both different items and perform different functions. I agree it's one thing to correct someone for technical purposes and another to do it for the sake of being an elitist asshole, but small details matter in pretty much every hobby.

I find myself doing what predator20 does mostly though, constant reference to the item being a magazine and not a clip when referring to a magazine, as it's the most subtle and mannerly way of letting the correct information get out. Rarely do I outwardly dispute the difference between a magazine and a clip unless I'm among company who respects me and who I respect enough to know it's not about ego, it's just about correct terminology.