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In reply to the discussion: Help me out with weapon terminology please [View all]MicaelS
(8,747 posts)24. Easy way to remember...
Clips load magazines.
Magazines load guns.
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So I carried an M16A1 in Vietnam. The fact that someone can carry something similar in El Paso
wasupaloopa
Aug 2019
#31
Magazine because it contains the springs to push rounds up and can be changed out.
NutmegYankee
Aug 2019
#6
I prefer to just say, "Look gun-humper, they both feed bullets into the chamber so you can kill
Hoyt
Aug 2019
#9
NRA babbling points. You must be able to identify an AR-15 hammer spring blind folded
brewens
Aug 2019
#11
They say we can't just call them assault rifles because technically, these days those are
brewens
Aug 2019
#45
Generally if you are pushing legislation it is helpful to know what you are talking about-ymmv
EX500rider
Aug 2019
#15
As useful as it is to short-circuit their objection by just using the correct term from the start,
RockRaven
Aug 2019
#16