Rifle identified in Dallas shootings as an SKS. Semi-auto - typically 10rnd fixed mag EDIT - OR NOT.

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44. The terms can be a little confusing, but here is a decent explanation.

The standard SKS rifles has an internal fixed magazine of 10 rounds. The ammo be loaded into the magazine one at a time or with a stripper clip (or just clip).

A magazine holds shells under spring pressure in preparation for feeding into the firearm’s chamber. Examples include box, tubular, drum and rotary magazines. Some are fixed to the firearm while others are removable.

A cartridge “clip” has no spring and does not feed shells directly into the chamber. Rather, clips hold cartridges in the correct sequence for “charging” a specific firearm’s magazine. Stripper clips allow rounds to be “stripped” into the magazine. Other types are fed along with the shells into the magazine — the M1 Garand famously operates in this fashion. Once all rounds have been fired, the clip is ejected or otherwise released from the firearm.

In essence, clips feed magazines. Magazines feed firearms.

Read more: http://www.gunsandammo.com/gun-culture/9-misused-gun-terms/#ixzz4Dui4J0RQ

Here are ten rounds of SKS ammo on a stripper clip:
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Here is a picture of someone loading an SKS magazine with a stripper clip.
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The bolt of the SKS is locked back, one of the clip is inserted into the top of the magazine, the shooter presses down on the ammo to strip the ammo off the clip into the magazine, and then the empty clip is removed. The bolt is released, a cartridge is chambered, and the rifle is ready to fire.