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- From: bbx!bbxrbk!russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ Kepler)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Clips are not magazines
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.033809.11574@bbxrbk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 04:56:21 GMT
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- Organization: russ at home in Albuquerque New Mexico
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- 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):
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- ## Clips are pieces of metal which do not enclose or completely
- ## surround cartridges.
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- # A rule of thumb: "If it has a spring, it's a magazine."
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- Further, if it *is* a spring, it's a clip.
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