Sometimes… a kiss is just a kiss… and…

[railfancwb]

…a clip is just a clip. 

[Pogey Bait]

I'm convinced the term "clip" referring to magazines was the result of American soldiers in WW2 firing M1 Garands.  When I was a kid I knew quite a few WW2 vets.  They always referred to any detachable magazine as a clip.  

[Eric]

A clip feeds a magazine. A magazine feeds a gun. The Garand 8-round clip gets inserted into the Garand's fixed magazine and then you shoot eight bad guys. Rinse and repeat.

[Batesmotel]

Bad pulp novels referred to magazines as clips. This helped popularize the term. Also referred to “Snicking off the safety” on revolvers. 

[janice6]

I just read a story where the bad guy was shooting a .22 mm handgun.  Sounded like a syringe.

[gwalchmai]

.22, .23, whatever it takes. 

[DAKA]

9 hours ago, gwalchmai said:

.22, .23, whatever it takes. 

Or if a 45 isn't enough, go for a 46

[Maser]

I grew up watching movies and TV shows and playing video games where magazines were referred to as clips.  Doesn't bother me in the least because whether you use clip or magazine, I know what it meant.  Now those who refer to suppressors as "cans" need to be thrown in a woodchipper feet first.  

[DAKA]

2 hours ago, Maser said:

I grew up watching movies and TV shows and playing video games where magazines were referred to as clips.  Doesn't bother me in the least because whether you use clip or magazine, I know what it meant.  Now those who refer to suppressors as "cans" need to be thrown in a woodchipper feet first.  

There was a joke about a guy who goes into a gun store to buy a gun. salesperson asks, what are you going to shoot, guy says..... cans...OK here's a 22.......no need bigger, ....380...no need bigger,,....,9mm, no

OK what kind of cans...(not PC)  Mexi....etc    

[Borg warner]

Calling a magazine a clip isn't as bad as calling a cartridge or a round a "bullet". Such as, "Does that gun have any bullets in it?"

 

[Maser]

A shotgun being called a "shotty" is obnoxious, cute, and funny at the same time to me for some reason. 

[railfancwb]

4 hours ago, DAKA said:

Or if a 45 isn't enough, go for a 46

Didn’t the nation just get rid of a 45 for a 46?

[railfancwb]

3 minutes ago, Maser said:

A shotgun being called a "shotty" is obnoxious, cute, and funny at the same time to me for some reason. 

“shotty” rhymes with “snotty”. Coincidence?

[Eric]

Words are tools. One of the hallmarks of a craftsman is using the correct tool for the job.

[Maser]

29 minutes ago, Eric said:

Words are tools. One of the hallmarks of a craftsman is using the correct tool for the job.

 

So you're telling me using a Glock as a hammer is not the right tool for the job? 

 

[ChuteTheMall]

1 hour ago, Maser said:

A shotgun being called a "shotty" is obnoxious, cute, and funny at the same time to me for some reason. 

I prefer scattergun to shotty but I'm an elitist snob.  At least nobody has suggested street howitzer. 

[Maser]

15 minutes ago, ChuteTheMall said:

I prefer scattergun to shotty but I'm an elitist snob.  At least nobody has suggested street howitzer. 

 

Cobray came pretty close with this one's name:

[Batesmotel]

2 hours ago, ChuteTheMall said:

I prefer scattergun to shotty but I'm an elitist snob.  At least nobody has suggested street howitzer. 

I have one in 40mm. It will shoot 2 pounds of shot. Or nails. Does that count as a street howitzer?  

[gwalchmai]

15 hours ago, Borg warner said:

Calling a magazine a clip isn't as bad as calling a cartridge or a round a "bullet". Such as, "Does that gun have any bullets in it?"

 

And yet, "Does that gun have any bullets in it?" does work, in that it tells whether the gun is loaded, since in most cases "bullets in the gun" requires cartridges. In fact, not all firearms need cartridges. 

[ChuteTheMall]

1 hour ago, gwalchmai said:

And yet, "Does that gun have any bullets in it?" does work, in that it tells whether the gun is loaded, since in most cases "bullets in the gun" requires cartridges. In fact, not all firearms need cartridges. 

We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

[M&P15T]

2 hours ago, gwalchmai said:

And yet, "Does that gun have any bullets in it?" does work, in that it tells whether the gun is loaded, since in most cases "bullets in the gun" requires cartridges. In fact, not all firearms need cartridges. 

"Bullets" in reference to a firearm being loaded (able to fire), doesn't work. You can insert bullets into any firearm, and it could still not be loaded, or able to fire. The correct question is "is the gun loaded?".

I'd love to work in a gun-store for a day or two. When some moron comes in asking for bullets, that's exactly what  they'd get; bullets. Need some 9MM bullets for your Glock 19? Here ya go.....

 

[gwalchmai]

16 hours ago, M&P15T said:

"Bullets" in reference to a firearm being loaded (able to fire), doesn't work. You can insert bullets into any firearm, and it could still not be loaded, or able to fire. The correct question is "is the gun loaded?".

I'd love to work in a gun-store for a day or two. When some moron comes in asking for bullets, that's exactly what  they'd get; bullets. Need some 9MM bullets for your Glock 19? Here ya go.....

 

Yes. Mostly.

One loads a muzzleloader with powder and bullets, but no cartridge. It is then loaded. 

[M&P15T]

5 hours ago, gwalchmai said:

Yes. Mostly.

One loads a muzzleloader with powder and bullets, but no cartridge. It is then loaded. 

There can be a bullet in a muzzle-loader, but no powder, wadding, percussion cap, etc. Same thing with basically any firearm.