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Offline Dascoo

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Lets get this straight......
« on: August 21, 2006, 01:29:50 pm »
Ok this bugs me that people can't seem to understand the difference between a clip and a magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clip_%28ammunition%29 < this is what a clip is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_%28firearm%29 < this is a magazine.

STOP ASKING ME FOR CLIPS WHEN I DONT HAVE ANY!

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2006, 01:49:20 pm »
The problem is your focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude but people like you I really pity. So maybe you could use the few brain cells you have and take advantage of the knowledge I have given you now. Good luck.
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2006, 01:56:20 pm »
People just say clip because it's 4 letters and two syllables shorter.

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2006, 01:58:36 pm »
What about "mag?"  Hmm?!

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2006, 02:04:49 pm »
Brock is confuzzled now, dammit. :-\
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2006, 02:09:59 pm »
Clip is a bunch of bullets grouped together to put inside a magazine... brock is now not confuzed...
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2006, 02:15:34 pm »
Clip is easier to say. Mag is horrible.
Why not?
I need ammo?
Thats what I'd actually say. Even though its longer, but it makes perfect sense and can be used with any type of gun.
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2006, 02:17:09 pm »
The problem is your focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude but people like you I really pity. So maybe you could use the few brain cells you have and take advantage of the knowledge I have given you now. Good luck.


What ever happen to the "live and let live" attitude?

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2006, 03:15:51 pm »
The problem is your focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude but people like you I really pity. So maybe you could use the few brain cells you have and take advantage of the knowledge I have given you now. Good luck.


What ever happen to the "live and let live" attitude?

Are you serious ?

I think you are. I think you need to use your brain more often.
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2006, 06:06:01 pm »
The problem is your focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude but people like you I really pity. So maybe you could use the few brain cells you have and take advantage of the knowledge I have given you now. Good luck.


What ever happen to the "live and let live" attitude?

Are you serious ?

I think you are. I think you need to use your brain more often.

Well your last little article, you stated life was about experiences and how the only mattered to you. Maybe this is how he gets his kicks. Either you need to learn how to express your views with more precision or you need to use *your* brain more often.

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2006, 06:07:29 pm »
Thank you for this information.

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2006, 06:34:09 pm »
Clip is a bunch of bullets grouped together to put inside a magazine... brock is now not confuzed...

clips don't go in magazines.  magazines are used to hold individual bullets, whereas clips are used on their own

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2006, 06:39:43 pm »
No clips load bullets into rifle magazines in groups. You place the clip over the rifle, then you press any finger on the top bullet, sliding the bullets into the magazine. Flies, your probably thinking of the m1 garands En bloc clip.

Where's peemonkey...he'll explain this easier....ithink

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2006, 07:13:36 pm »
The problem is your focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude but people like you I really pity. So maybe you could use the few brain cells you have and take advantage of the knowledge I have given you now. Good luck.


What ever happen to the "live and let live" attitude?

Are you serious ?

I think you are. I think you need to use your brain more often.

Well your last little article, you stated life was about experiences and how the only mattered to you. Maybe this is how he gets his kicks. Either you need to learn how to express your views with more precision or you need to use *your* brain more often.

Well first of all I didn't write the "The problem is your focusing...". Second of all, have you noticed how random that paragraph is ? Which leads to conclusion that I wasn't being serious. Average person would've caught it, so you need to get off my ass and use your brain. :-*
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2006, 07:16:03 pm »
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Second of all, have you noticed how random that paragraph is

That paragraph is random?

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2006, 08:18:17 pm »
peemonkey's here:
common usage has made the word "clip" the same as "magazine". Sorry, but this is pretty much how it's gotten. Most people I deal with don't say "clip" when they mean "stripper clip"(proper usage), they're talking about "magazines". "magazines" are always "magazines" though.
SKS uses a stripper clip to load up it's magazine.
AKM uses magazines that can be loaded singally by hand, or with 10 round stripper clips.

It doesn't really matter too much as long as you remember to call it a stripper clip, other than that, everything's a magazine.
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2006, 08:27:08 pm »
But it isn't a magazine! A clip loads the bullets into the magazine!

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2006, 08:44:14 pm »
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1323705

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explains exactly what a magazine and a clip is and compares them.
god, it was the first google search result
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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2006, 10:02:50 pm »
im currently using the steyr as my main machine gun, i like to use weapons that aren't used as much to try and get others to use them.

but not the minigun lol.

Anyway, I voted for the AUG. And if this is supposed to be a poll between the two guns then why is there a "neither" option? I assume people should pick the one they dislike the least if they aren't very fond of either gun.



The problem is your focusing on the things in life that don't really matter. When I was a kid I had hopes and dreams. We all did. But over time, the daily grind gets in the way and you miss the things that really matter, even though they are right in front of you, staring you in the face. I think the next time you should ask yourself "Am I on the right track here?". I don't mean to be rude but people like you I really pity. So maybe you could use the few brain cells you have and take advantage of the knowledge I have given you now. Good luck.


I remember that, where was it originaly?

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Re: Lets get this straight......
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2006, 10:34:15 pm »

That paragraph is random?

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I remember that, where was it originaly?


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That thing talks about hopes and dreams and being on the right track. Any retard would be able to notice it is out of place.

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