Q-pods are not clips!!

[fallout11]

Paintballs ARE ammo, Trains. At least, for paintball games.
Sorry, mate.

Technically, any projectile launched or fired by a "gun" constitutes "ammunition", or "ammo" for short.

Ahh, but what would I know about it, I've only been playing for 18 years......

[wageslave]

The word "clip" has been used as slang for "magazine" for almost as long as there have been magazine-fed weapons, it's not exactly a new term.

[Jack & Coke]

LOL! That's awesome...

One of my friends went through police academy. He told me there was this cadet who kept saying "clip" instead of "magazine" in a confident "I know more than you" attitude. The drill instructor made him wear a big oversized paper clip as a necklace whenever they were at the firing range. The guy never said "clip" by mistake again...

Intelligent people with high firearms IQ NEVER say "clip" when refering to a "magazine"

Ignorant people with low firearms IQ ALWAYS say "clip" when refering to "magazine"

[The Spanish Inquisition]

what about the "clip" that is used with the M1 Garand? is that a magazine? because it is actually held inside the gun. So does the gun have an internal magazine, or is the clip actually a magazine?

[Pickle]

I believe the M1 actually used a clip. Trains, good topic and well thought out response. Yes, it is paintball related because it is relating to a paintball product. I just hope this thread does not go the way of "is mil-sim bad for paintball's image?".

Regarding slang terms Clip vs. Magazine and being interchangeable. Q-loader is a manufacturer and a business. Personally, when I see a business is using incorrect terminology or incorrect english I wonder about the other aspects of the company. So, (and I know this may sound nit picky) unless the company is being run by 14 year old kids I will wonder about the company.............just a little

[personman]

Ahhhh thread ressurection!

[Mister Sinister]

To answer the Garand question. The clip that is shown on the left is whats called a "stripper clip" what you do is you place the end of it in a set of grooves above the magazine then push the cartridges off of it and into the magazine then the clip is removed you close the bolt and your ready to go. The difference with a Garand is that the whole clip and cartridges slide into the magazine of the gun. When the last shot is fired the empty clip is ejected out of the magazine.

[Pickle]

Ahhhh thread ressurection!

[AutomagRT1483]

They look like pods to me. Not clips or magazines.

[Creative Mayhem]

If I may... I would like to quote my friend Mango from the "Paintballers are ricers at heart thread....

Seriously....what is happening to AO.....

[The Spanish Inquisition]

I blame bananaman and friends. Ever since they arrived this place is becomming more and more like some of those other forums.

Down with BANNANAMAN.

[Destructo6]

what about the "clip" that is used with the M1 Garand? is that a magazine? because it is actually held inside the gun. So does the gun have an internal magazine, or is the clip actually a magazine?

The Garand and Steyr Mannlicher, among very few, use an Ebloc clip to load the rifle's magazine. You may be accurate in claiming that the Enbloc clip becomes part of the magazine when inserted, but the Enbloc clip, in and of itself, is not a magazine.

[XbeasleyX]

Firearms are firearms , Paintball is Paintball. I think everyone just needs to quit their whining about misuse of firearms terms in paintball on forums and just inform somone in person if they misuse a term. sheesh.

[rx2]

Ahh, such a topic brings back fond memories of one that arose last year. Do you remember that one, J&C?

[Jack & Coke]

vaguely... I'm just happy to see someone else who knows the difference between a "clip" and a "magazine".

When you grow up around firearms and strick training (Dad), you learn there is always a right way, and a wrong way to approach firearms... from safe handling habits to knowing the proper name of gun parts.

Maybe it's just how I was brought up... in any case, ALL of my friends who either are in law enforcement, or the military know which is which, and none of them ever eroneously refer to a magazine as a clip.

Whether people choose to use "clip" or "magazine" is no big deal. I really don't care. They have every right to look ignorant.

I just hope this thread helps those who didn't know the difference learn something new. Whether or not they choose to use this knowledge is up to them...