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Article #7998Re: Clips are not magazines
From: Henry E. Schaffer
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:15
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:15
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In article <1993Jan27.033809.11574@bbxrbk> bbx!bbxrbk!russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ Kepler) writes: #In article <1993Jan26.102654.4647@megatek.com> cjp@megatek.com (Chris "Systems Stud" Pikus) writes: ###From article <ATAYLOR.93Jan25172736@gauss.nmsu.edu>, by ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy): ### ### Clips are pieces of metal which do not enclose or completely ### surround cartridges. ## ## A rule of thumb: "If it has a spring, it's a magazine." # #Further, if it *is* a spring, it's a clip. Don't the U.S. military stripper clips for both 5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO have springs in them? --henry schaffer [MODERATOR: Yup! :-) ]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!rtech!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!unity.ncsu.edu From: hes@unity.ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer) Newsgroups: rec.guns Subject: Re: Clips are not magazines Message-ID: <1993Jan27.165930.5213@ncsu.edu> Date: 28 Jan 93 04:15:35 GMT Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 17 Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu