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magazine
Sign in to saveAlso known as mag, clip, magazine clip, gun magazine, firearm magazine
ammunition storage and feeding device of a firearm
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Vinony's link graph records 1,778 inbound references to magazine, and connects out to bolt action, carbine and primer.
Vinony files it under Firearm components and Magazines (firearms).
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- container
- Part of
- repeating firearm
- Image
- Magasin d'un F ass 90.jpg
- Connects with
- firearm
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Encyclopedic overview
A staggered-column 9×19mm Browning Hi-Power pistol box magazine. The top image shows the magazine loaded and ready for use, while the lower image shows it unloaded and disassembled. Loading of small arms ammunition into a magazine.
A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a repeating firearm, either integral with the gun (internal or fixed external) or detachable. The magazine functions by holding several cartridges within itself and sequentially pushing each one into a position where it may be readily loaded into the barrel chamber by the firearm's moving action. The detachable magazine is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "clip," although this is technically inaccurate since a clip is actually an accessory device used to help load ammunition into the magazine or cylinder of a firearm.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “magazine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.