The Gun Thread

[Cotton]

Magazines, amigo.

Timestamped like a mofo.

 

[skidadl]

WHATEVER! I have a shitload of them but I don't know what they are called!

 

[Cotton]

WHATEVER! I have a shitload of them but I don't know what they are called!

How many "clips" do you have?

I have 30 thirty round mags.

 

[NoDak]

You know that I don't know what the hell I'm doing here...

You're doing fine. Just getting started is good enough. You'll learn as you go.


But just in case you were wondering what exactly the difference between a magazine and a clip was... The short answer is a clip is used to speed load a magazine. The magazine is what holds the rounds and feeds them into the chamber of the weapon.

A little better, longer explanation. Magazine vs. Clip - What's the Difference?

 

[skidadl]

You're doing fine. Just getting started is good enough. You'll learn as you go.


But just in case you were wondering what exactly the difference between a magazine and a clip was... The short answer is a clip is used to speed load a magazine. The magazine is what holds the rounds and feeds them into the chamber of the weapon.

A little better, longer explanation. Magazine vs. Clip - What's the Difference?

Now I see that I need to buy some clips. Thanks for the tip, coach.

Loading magazines is a bit of a pain. So clips is what I need then, huh?

 

[skidadl]

How many "clips" do you have?

I have 30 thirty round mags.

I don't know but I think I need more.

 

[Cotton]

Now I see that I need to buy some clips. Thanks for the tip, coach.

Loading magazines is a bit of a pain. So clips is what I need then, huh?

Dude...

 

[jsmith6919]

A few weeks ago was $599

Damn. I sure miss the days of $300 for 1k + 10 mags

Considering buying more but it sucks paying double or more than what I did last year

 

[Cotton]

Damn. I sure miss the days of $300 for 1k + 10 mags

Considering buying more but it sucks paying double or more than what I did last year

I have about 5k right now, so I will sit tight for now.

 

[jsmith6919]

I have about 5k right now, so I will sit tight for now.

I have a little more than that and put a stop to range days except for sighting in so holding off for a bit too. Hopefully with Remington resuming production it might go down a hair at least

 

[NoDak]

Now I see that I need to buy some clips. Thanks for the tip, coach.

Loading magazines is a bit of a pain. So clips is what I need then, huh?

I don't own any, myself. Never really saw the need. But I have used them while I was in the Army. I didn't see the point of loading your clips just to use them to load the magazine. But the ammo we'd get in the Army was already preloaded into clips, so we could use a speed loader. You could load a 30 round magazine in about 4-5 seconds.

 

[jsmith6919]

I don't own any, myself. Never really saw the need. But I have used them while I was in the Army. I didn't see the point of loading your clips just to use them to load the magazine. But the ammo we'd get in the Army was already preloaded into clips.

I have some stripper clips that came with my SKS but I converted it to removeable mags soon as I got it and have never used them

 

[Smitty]

Magazines, amigo.

Yup I was instructed only ignorant amateurs call them “clips.”

 

[Smitty]

I only have one rifle and like 300 rounds of ammo and 3 magazines.

Sucks being poor.

 

[jsmith6919]

Bought a Springfield Hellcat 9mm for $500 off Texasguntraders today but had to run down to Waco to get so add in $40ish for fuel

 

[NoDak]

Recently bought a Savage .17 HMR This is hands down the best varmint gun I've ever owned. Fast, flat, and accurate. Same aiming point from 25 yards to 150. Probably shot a couple hundred gophers over the last couple weeks.

Ammo is a MFer to find, tho.

 

[jsmith6919]

Recently bought a Savage .17 HMR This is hands down the best varmint gun I've ever owned. Fast, flat, and accurate. Same aiming point from 25 yards to 150. Probably shot a couple hundred gophers over the last couple weeks.

Ammo is a MFer to find, tho.

Yeah I've been hesitant to buy anything in the new calibers because of how hard it is to find ammo for them

 

[roughneck266]

Recently bought a Savage .17 HMR This is hands down the best varmint gun I've ever owned. Fast, flat, and accurate. Same aiming point from 25 yards to 150. Probably shot a couple hundred gophers over the last couple weeks.

Ammo is a MFer to find, tho.

Damned HMR is like shootin a laser. When it does start dropping it definitely drops, but up to that point it's about as flat as anything out there. Turned quite a few hog brains into pink oatmeal.

 

[Cotton]

Bought a Springfield Hellcat 9mm for $500 off Texasguntraders today but had to run down to Waco to get so add in $40ish for fuel

That's a really good deal in today's market. I bought my Springfield XDS .45 for about that pre-pandemic.

 

[jsmith6919]

That's a really good deal in today's market. I bought my Springfield XDS .45 for about that pre-pandemic.

There's another Hellcat for $500 on there in San Antonio if anyone is close to there and wants a good deal