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Old 12-24-2016, 12:08 PM
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One of my biggest pet peeves. I love reading and I cringe when an author describes a magazine as a clip.

Another is "muscle memory."
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Another is "muscle memory."
I hate this term.
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what about a 30 mag clip?
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Book I was listnening to on CD yesterday kept saying "Clip of Bullets". Also kept mentioning the "Smell of Cordite." (set in modern day LA)

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A chill runs down my spine when I'm talking guns with someone and they say clip instead of magazine.
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A chill runs down my spine when I'm talking guns with someone and they say clip instead of magazine.
Me too! And I work in a Gun Store! Argghhh! I have to bite my tongue a lot!
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what about a 30 mag clip?
Like the one Jerry Miculek invented?

YouTube - Jerry Miculek - 30 caliber Magazine Clip...

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Another is "muscle memory."
I remember my muscles. Haven't seen them in years, but I have fond memories of them...
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