I'd like to address a pet peeve of mine

[Speedlace]

I ain't mad at ya. I'm still gonna say clip though.

You must work with the Brady Campaign.

Them damn clips.

 

[CEHollier]

To call a magazine a clip demonstrates a lack of fire arm knowlege. When you intentionally call a magazine a clip you come off as a NOOB.

 

[IfItFliesItDies]

Assault clip?

 

[CEHollier]

You must work with the Brady Campaign.

Them damn clips.

This proves my point in spades.

 

[oleheat]

You must work with the Brady Campaign.

Them damn clips.

Aren't they the sensible gun safety experts who only want us to have sensible clips that hold sensible amounts of ammo?

 

[XD-GEM]

My grandmother used to cut clips from magazines. She left me a bagful of them when she died.

 

[GatorCATM]

Thank you for your attention. That is all.

+1

 

[LA_Huntsman]

I really like them drum clips

AND!!! Let's not forget guns that use belt clips...

 

[Emperor]

Though this is very funny, I sincerely hope that when any of you hear a person that is really trying to learn our hobby refers to a magazine as a clip; that you all go out of your way to politely remind them of the difference?

Two weeks ago I am at Precision during lunch and three gentlemen with baggy pants and baseball caps askew strolled into the lane next to me. They were nice enough and asked me about my guns and what I liked about it etc. The three of them shared the one gun and seemed to want to be part of the fraternaty of gun lovers. I knew they were new to the range and the gun so I kind of kept an eye and an ear on them since I was next to them. I heard the apparent leader refer to his bullet holder as a clip and I shot all three of them!

AHA! Got ya! Actually, I stopped what I was doing, asked them to stop for a second and explained the difference between a clip and a magazine; and a pistol and a revolver. They seemed to have appreciated their new found knolwedge.

It was then I realized that I would be rewarded the next time these 3 fellows did a drive by in Scotlandville and would actually know the correct nomenclature of their murder weapon.

Education is a good thing.

 

[SpeedRacer]

My favorite misinformed combo move is "How many shells fit in that clip?"

I don't lose any sleep over it as I'm sure we've all done it. I still refer to ammo as "bullets" sometimes even though technically they are not. If you want to get really picky, there's no such thing as a semi-auto AK-47. But we all still call them AKs.

 

[Tulse Luper]

My pet peeve are people who are afraid of urine; the ones that freak-out if you don't wash your hands after you pee. If I'm at a public toilet, I ain't washing. The less contact with anything in a public bathroom the better. Know your enemy; it's not urine. Feces is our foe. Urine is sterile, and it can be your pal.

1. Lost at sea in a dingy? Guess what you're gonna be drinking.
2. Just got hit by a JellyFish? Some nice warm urine will clear that right up. Girls, you'll have to find a guy to pee on you - Sorry. AFAIK, there's no where on my body that I cannot reach with a strong urine stream: bring it on JellyFish.
3. Radiator starts to leak on a barren stretch of highway north of Rachel, Nevada? You guessed it: you are your own Prestone®. It's even the same color.
4. Little ennui setting in on that camping trip and you left your SuperSoaker® in the closet? Girls, you won't have the range we do, but with some strategery I'm confident even you could make a kill.

I challenge all of you to do any of the above with feces. Try cramming it in your radiator. Smear it on a terrible sting. Throw it at a fellow camper. Good luck with that.

 

[Gus McCrae]

I need some klips for my glock yo.

 

[LA_Huntsman]

My favorite misinformed combo move is "How many shells fit in that clip?"

I don't lose any sleep over it as I'm sure we've all done it. I still refer to ammo as "bullets" sometimes even though technically they are not. If you want to get really picky, there's no such thing as a semi-auto AK-47. But we all still call them AKs.

how may bullets fit in that shotgun clip...

 

[Swami]

I never post like this because it shows off one of my own pet peeves; but, since that is the title of this thread I have no choice but to point it out!

Sigh ...

"Activly" should be spelled actively, and it should be "...a gun's fixed magazine..." instead of "guns". The apostrophe is added to show possession, while the added "s" shows a plurality of guns.

I can't help it... it jumps out at me just as bad as hearing someone grabbin' them clips.

/grammar police off ... sigh...

 

[LA_Huntsman]

My pet peeve: Someone who speeds up and swerves in front of me only to turn at the next right and takes their sweet time doing it.

[/back on topic]... kinda sorta

 

[Emperor]

I never post like this because it shows off one of my own pet peeves; but, since that is the title of this thread I have no choice but to point it out!

Sigh ...

"Activly" should be spelled actively, and it should be "...a gun's fixed magazine..." instead of "guns". The apostrophe is added to show possession, while the added "s" shows a plurality of guns.

I can't help it... it jumps out at me just as bad as hearing someone grabbin' them clips.

/grammar police off ... sigh...

Then do not; and I really mean do not, read hotshotmatts posts from "wtb 9,40,45!"

 

[LA_Huntsman]

Then do not; and I really mean do not, read hotshotmatts posts from "wtb 9,40,45!"

there are many many reasons not to read that...

 

[Sin-ster]

My pet peeve: Someone who speeds up and swerves in front of me only to turn at the next right and takes their sweet time doing it.

[/back on topic]... kinda sorta

They probably call "magazines" clips and have rotten grammar, too.

I don't think I've ever corrected someone's terminology. As far as I'm concerned, it's a handy giveaway as to how much they know about firearms. If I'm asking someone for their opinion on a particular pistol, and one of the first things they tell me is the size of the "clip", I know to take the rest of it with a grain of salt.

I've said it before and I'll say it again-- never once have I heard a truly knowledgeable or serious shooter/gun person refer to a magazine as a clip.

 

[LA_Huntsman]

They probably call "magazines" clips and have rotten grammar, too.

I don't think I've ever corrected someone's terminology. As far as I'm concerned, it's a handy giveaway as to how much they know about firearms. If I'm asking someone for their opinion on a particular pistol, and one of the first things they tell me is the size of the "clip", I know to take the rest of it with a grain of salt.

I've said it before and I'll say it again-- never once have I heard a truly knowledgeable or serious shooter/gun person refer to a magazine as a clip.

and they stutter uncontrollably

 

[Richard in LA]

I never post like this because it shows off one of my own pet peeves; but, since that is the title of this thread I have no choice but to point it out!

Sigh ...

"Activly" should be spelled actively, and it should be "...a gun's fixed magazine..." instead of "guns". The apostrophe is added to show possession, while the added "s" shows a plurality of guns.

I can't help it... it jumps out at me just as bad as hearing someone grabbin' them clips.

/grammar police off ... sigh...

I see one that you missed. (Two, depending on how technical you want to be)

(Hint) look just to the bottom left of the banana clip on the right side of the picture.