What "Plastic" were first Ruger 10/22 Clips made From
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elimsprint
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10/22's don't use "clips", they use "magazines".
elimsprint
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From your link:
A device, generally a strip of metal or plastic, used to hold loose cartridges together to facilitate faster loading of a rifle or magazine. A clip has no spring or follower, therefore a magazine is NOT a clip. And of course, vice versa.
A device, generally a strip of metal or plastic, used to hold loose cartridges together to facilitate faster loading of a rifle or magazine. A clip has no spring or follower, therefore a magazine is NOT a clip. And of course, vice versa.
Okay, you're pointing out the type of plastic these magazines were made from, yet you're getting upset because someone corrects your terminology? Seems incongruous to me.
Terminology matters. Firearm owners are fighting an ignorant redneck reputation. Not knowing the correct terms for gun parts is ammunition for the antis. We don't have the luxury of being lazy about language. They will use it against us. They argue out of fear and ignorance. If we prove to them that we are as ignorant as they about firearms, then our position weakens. Knowing firearm terminology is all part of being responsible and safe. A clip is an entirely different device than a magazine. If you tried to load a 10/22 with a clip, the firearm wouldn't function, or it would become dangerous to the user. A clip feed ammunition into a magazine and is always removable. A magazine holds ammunition waiting to be fed into battery. A magazine can be removable, but many are also integral to the firearm. It's like calling the urethra the bladder, if you'll excuse the image. Both handle urine, but do so differently and for a different purpose.
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TheGamerXxX
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I just want to add...
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I cleaned up this thread. Please let's help the op with his problem. Thanks
elimsprint
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I didn't think the OP had a problem other than his terminology and he wasn't the one who took offence to my well meaning correction of said terminology, unless I missed that
QUOTE"Okay, you're pointing out the type of plastic these magazines were made from, yet you're getting upset because someone corrects your terminology? Seems incongruous to me.
Terminology matters. Firearm owners are fighting an ignorant redneck reputation. Not knowing the correct terms for gun parts is ammunition for the antis. We don't have the luxury of being lazy about language. They will use it against us. They argue out of fear and ignorance. If we prove to them that we are as ignorant as they about firearms, then our position weakens. Knowing firearm terminology is all part of being responsible and safe. A clip is an entirely different device than a magazine. If you tried to load a 10/22 with a clip, the firearm wouldn't function, or it would become dangerous to the user. A clip feed ammunition into a magazine and is always removable. A magazine holds ammunition waiting to be fed into battery. A magazine can be removable, but many are also integral to the firearm. It's like calling the urethra the bladder, if you'll excuse the image. Both handle urine, but do so differently and for a different purpose. "
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Terminology matters. Firearm owners are fighting an ignorant redneck reputation. Not knowing the correct terms for gun parts is ammunition for the antis. We don't have the luxury of being lazy about language. They will use it against us. They argue out of fear and ignorance. If we prove to them that we are as ignorant as they about firearms, then our position weakens. Knowing firearm terminology is all part of being responsible and safe. A clip is an entirely different device than a magazine. If you tried to load a 10/22 with a clip, the firearm wouldn't function, or it would become dangerous to the user. A clip feed ammunition into a magazine and is always removable. A magazine holds ammunition waiting to be fed into battery. A magazine can be removable, but many are also integral to the firearm. It's like calling the urethra the bladder, if you'll excuse the image. Both handle urine, but do so differently and for a different purpose. "
Bla Blaaa Bla Blaaaa Blaaaaaa.... ;-)
