The M-1 rifle had an unusual arrangement. The en-bloc clip (which held 8 cartridges) was actually inserted into the top of the rifle. An internal magazine fed cartridges into the chamber while the clip remained in the rifle. The clip ejected from the bottom of the rifle after the last round was fired. This hybrid design may have contributed to the confusion between clips and magazines. Many older rifles used a stripper clip that attached above an internal magazine such that the rifleman manually pushed the stack of cartridges down the clip and into the magazine. The awful, hated black rifle (aka Armalite 15/16 pattern) normally uses a 20 or 30 round detachable magazine. Military cartridges come in 10-round stripper clips with an adapter called a "spoon". You can attach the loaded clip to the top of the magazine (with the spoon) and load all 10 rounds with one authoritative push.
As a point of information, in many states you cannot hunt deer with an AR-15 or other rifle using the military 5.56 (aka .223) cartridge because it is not considered sufficiently powerful for large game. The .223 cartridge started like as a varmint load. > -----Original Message----- > From: Curley McLain via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:47 PM > > Not to argue, as I am sure you are technically correct, and I believe the > military does use that nomenclature. Out here in the sticks, I always heard > the M1 type as a "stripper clip" while the replaceable magazine was called a > clip. The origin of magazine was where (black) powder was stored. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
