Clip versus Magazine Definition

[wcd]

Ok Clip for me at least no brained the cartridges are clipped together. But Magazine ? Seriously how does that make sense? I am really confident I have never used a periodical to load my 1911 ? So a little research was in order. Appears Magazine is an old term that originated from something that was meant to store. Interesting.

 

[DadSmith]

Clip to me is something like the Garand uses, or a stripper clip etc.
Magazine to me is something that has a spring in it to push up and out ammunition.

Magazine
MAGAZINE, noun

1. A store of arms, ammunition or provisions; or the building in which such store is deposited. It is usually a public store or storehouse.

2. In ships of war, a close room in the hold, where the gunpowder is kept. Large ships have usually two magazines.

Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Magazine

Websters Dictionary 1828 - Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Magazine

webstersdictionary1828.com

 

[Kurr]

A clip is more properly called an "en bloc clip" The more ya know!

I would think clipped together to be a linked belt.

 

[chipbennett]

All multi-round firearms have magazines, as far as I'm aware. The magazine is where the rounds are contained prior to being fired.

Some firearms have removable magazines, in which the magazine can be removed from the firearm, reloaded with rounds, replaced with the same or a different magazine, etc.

Some firearms have fixed magazines, in which the magazine cannot be removed from the firearm. For such firearms, a clip may be used as a tool to reload the magazine. The clip holds the rounds, properly oriented, for loading into the magazine.

(About this time, you should have heard a ping in your head. Or is that just me. Wait: don't answer that.)

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Ok Clip for me at least no brained the cartridges are clipped together. But Magazine ? Seriously how does that make sense? I am really confident I have never used a periodical to load my 1911 ? So a little research was in order. Appears Magazine is an old term that originated from something that was meant to store. Interesting.

When you think about it the term magazine for both the periodical and for the containing of rounds is congruous. Both are used to collect and hold a group of things. One does it for various articles and the other does it for cartridges

 

[wcd]

When you think about it the term magazine for both the periodical and for the containing of rounds is congruous. Both are used to collect and hold a group of things. One does it for various articles and the does it for cartridges

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Exactly that is what I had found interesting.

 

[Ingomike]

Exactly that is what I had found interesting.

Can we retitle the thread, language is interesting?

Seriously though, some of the historical meanings are quite interesting…

 

[Sigblitz]

I posted here. For posterity.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Can we retitle the thread, language is interesting?

Seriously though, some of the historical meanings are quite interesting…

Good idea. Like Fathom.
A fathom is 6'. Which is roughly the length of a man's outstretched arms, fingertip to fingertip.

And the saying "I cant fathom...." and "I cant put my arms around this problem" means the same thing.

 

[Cameramonkey]

A clip is more properly called an "en bloc clip" The more ya know!

I would think clipped together to be a linked belt.

Dont forget stripper clips.

 

[WebSnyper]

Dont forget stripper clips.

Who would forget them. The best kind.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Dont forget stripper clips.

Stripper clips are great. They keep the strippers fresh after you open a bag of them.

 

[NyleRN]

Dont forget stripper clips.

Dear Penthouse, ..........

 

[Ingomike]

Dont forget stripper clips.

Can’t have those. If my wife found those on my phone I’d be toast….

 

[SheepDog4Life]

All multi-round firearms have magazines, as far as I'm aware. The magazine is where the rounds are contained prior to being fired.

Some firearms have removable magazines, in which the magazine can be removed from the firearm, reloaded with rounds, replaced with the same or a different magazine, etc.

Some firearms have fixed magazines, in which the magazine cannot be removed from the firearm. For such firearms, a clip may be used as a tool to reload the magazine. The clip holds the rounds, properly oriented, for loading into the magazine.

(About this time, you should have heard a ping in your head. Or is that just me. Wait: don't answer that.)

This, exactly and concisely... as would be expected from an engineer... the math-and-physics-oriented kind, not the train-driving kind.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

Battery is another word that has undergone a similar interesting shift in meaning. It used to mean a set of multiple artillery pieces firing in conjunction with one another (which it still can mean.) The word was borrowed to also mean a set of electrical cells connected together to provide electrical power in conjunction with one another. Interestingly enough, most of the things we call "batteries" (think AA and AAA alkaline batteries) are actually, strictly speaking, not batteries, but simply individuals cells. Typical 9 volt batteries, however, are true batteries, since they contain six 1.5 volt cells connected in series to provide the full 9 volts.

The more you know.

 

[Ingomike]

Good idea. Like Fathom.
A fathom is 6'. Which is roughly the length of a man's outstretched arms, fingertip to fingertip.

And the saying "I cant fathom...." and "I cant put my arms around this problem" means the same thing.

I’m curious now on the evolution of munitions and ammunition to their current meanings. But to busy to look them up now but this thread made me think of it…

 

[wcd]

Can we retitle the thread, language is interesting?

Seriously though, some of the historical meanings are quite interesting…

Indeed I was kind of thinking between general firearms area and break room.


indeed how does something evolve from Military store house to magazine.

 

[JAL]

Second meaning. "Magazine" has a long time usage going back centuries for the room, building or bunker on a ship for ammunition and gunpowder storage.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Second meaning. "Magazine" has a long time usage going back centuries for the room, building or bunker on a ship for ammunition and gunpowder storage.

Dude, couldnt even make it to post 5?