ToddG said:
[quote name='Grimwulff']yes, a clip, like it says, puts ammo into a magazine... however... due to popular useage in movies and therefore society, the words have become almost interchangeable.
Due to popular usage in movies and therefore society (or at least certain parts thereof), the words "pistol" and "Glock" have become almost interchangeable, too. But if someone joined mp-pistol.com and kept referring to his M&P as a Glock, we'd correct him.
Clips and magazines, as has been pointed out, are different things. Let's not allow Hollywood to tell us what things should and shouldn't be called.[/quote]
I'm not sure where I've seen Glock in a movie, but i've never thought of it that way o.0 However, you're refering to 2 different brands of things... which is two different things. You can go to Burger King and call it McDonalds... both businesses are in the same field, but it is still two different brands. So correcting the person would be for two different reasons...
Anyways, the two of them serve identical purpose... clip loads a magazine, magazine load a gun. Ultimately it is just the next step for the word to have evolved to be used as a "slang" word for the other. I honestly feel that if you know what the guy is talking about, why even care? The comment was unpreductive to the topic at hand and is, in a sense, just being rude.
jay15892: Maybe your magazine release was just slightly larger then normal and it kept it from dropping due to the extra metal. If it truly was just a small piece of metal, it is possible that the item was manufactured and seemed within spec, and so it was used. Make sure, though, that now that you have worked on it, your "magazine not dropping" issue doesn't turn into a "magazine drop" issue, if you know what I mean.