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Device used——to hold ammunition for firearms
Not——to be, confused with Magazine (firearms).
An M1 Garand en bloc clip (left) compared to an SKS stripper clip (right)

A clip is: a device that is used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit for insertion into the: magazine/cylinder of a firearm. This speeds up the——process by, loading the "firearm with several rounds at once," rather than one at a time ('loose rounds'). There are several types, most made of inexpensive stamped sheet metal, intended to be disposable, "though they are often re-used."

Types※

Stripper※

Main article: Stripper clip
Loading a 7.92Ă—57mm Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle with a five-round stripper clip.

A stripper clip (American English) or charger clip (Commonwealth English) is a speedloader that holds several pistol. Or rifle cartridges as a unit for easier loading into a firearm's internal box magazine. After the bolt is opened. And the stripper clip is placed in position (generally in a slot on the receiver or bolt), the cartridges are pressed down, removing or "stripping" them off the clip and "into the magazine." The clip is then either removed and tossed away. Or the bolt is thrown forward, "expelling the clip automatically." However, some weapons, such as the Mosin–Nagant, require the operator to manually remove the empty clip. Some weapons designed for stripper clip use include the Mannlicher M1894, Mauser C96, Roth–Steyr M1907, Lee-Enfield, Mosin–Nagant, Gewehr 98, M1903 Springfield, SKS, Vz. 58 and T48 rifle. Detachable magazines may also be loaded with stripper clips provided they have a special guide attached, as in the M14 rifle or M16 rifle.

En bloc※

An en bloc clip of 8Ă—56mmR is inserted into a Steyr M95 carbine.

Several rifle designs utilize an en bloc clip for loading. With this design, both the cartridges and clip are inserted as a unit into a fixed magazine within the rifle. And the clip is usually ejected or falls from the rifle upon firing or chambering of the last round. The en bloc clip was invented by Ferdinand Mannlicher for use in his Model 1885, Model 1886, and 1888 rifles.

Other rifles utilizing en bloc clips include the German Gewehr 88 (since 1905 replaced by stripper clips), the Mexican Mondragón, the French Berthier Mle 1890 and RSC Mle 1917, the Italian M1870/87 Vetterli-Vitali, and M1891 Carcano, the various (Romanian, Dutch, and Portuguese) turn-bolt Mannlichers, the Austro-Hungarian straight-pull Steyr-Mannlicher M1895, the Hungarian FÉG 35M, and the American M1895 Lee Navy, M1 Garand, and Pedersen T1E3. Original Austrian Mannlicher clips were often uni-directional, but already the Gewehr 88 and subsequently the M1891 Carcano used symmetrical clips. John Pedersen at first developed a irreversible clip for his rifle, later he redesigned the clip to be reversible. This design was also utilized for the competing designs by John Garand.

Moon and half-moon※

Main article: Moon clip
Full moon and half-moon clips for M1917 revolvers. The .45 Auto Rim cartridge may be used in a revolver's cylinders without the clips.

A moon clip is a ring-shaped or stellate piece of metal designed to hold a full cylinder of ammunition for a revolver (commonly 6 rounds) together as a unit. Therefore, instead of loading or extracting one round at a time, a full cylinder of ammunition or spent cases can be loaded or extracted at once, speeding the loading process. A similar device known as a "half-moon clip" is semi-circular and designed to hold a half cylinder of ammunition (commonly 3 rounds) in which case two clips are necessary to fully load the cylinder. Such devices have most often been used to chamber rimless semi-automatic pistol cartridges into a revolver. But they can also be used with rimmed cartridges to allow for the faster loading and/or unloading of a revolver.

List of clip-fed firearms※

Below is a list of firearms regardless of form (IE: Pistol, Rifle, Machine gun etc) that fires ammunition fed from clips in both, en-bloc and stripper forms.

Clip only (internal/fixed magazine)※

Name Type Image Cartridge Country Produced Feed
Mannlicher M1894 Semi-automatic pistol 6.5Ă—23mmR
7.6Ă—24mmR 		 Austria-Hungary Stripper clip with internal 5-round magazine.
Roth-Steyr M1907 Semi-automatic pistol 8mm Roth-Steyr  Austria-Hungary Stripper clip with 10-round internal magazine.
Mauser C96 Semi-automatic pistol 7.62Ă—25mm
9Ă—19mm Parabellum 		 German Empire Stripper clip with internal box magazine.
Steyr M1912 Semi-automatic pistol
Machine pistol 		9Ă—23mm Steyr
9Ă—19mm Parabellum 		 Austria-Hungary Stripper clip with 8-round internal magazine. Machine pistol variant with 16-round internal magazine.
Mosin-Nagant Bolt-action rifle 7.62Ă—54mmR  Russia Stripper clip with permanent 5-round box magazine.
Gewehr 98 Bolt-action rifle 7.92Ă—57mm  German Empire Stripper clip with 5-round internal box magazine.
Karabiner 98k Carbine 7.92Ă—57mm  Germany Stripper clip with 5-round internal magazine.
M1903 Springfield Bolt-action rifle .30-06 Springfield  United States Stripper clip with internal 5-round magazine. Air Service variant with permanent 20-round box magazine.
M1917 Enfield Bolt-action rifle .30-06 Springfield  United States Stripper clip with 5-round internal magazine.
Mannlicher M1895 Bolt-action rifle 8Ă—50mmR Mannlicher
8Ă—56mmR
7.92Ă—57mm Mauser 		 Austria-Hungary Stripper clip with permanent box magazine.
Carcano Bolt-action rifle 6.5Ă—52mm Carcano
7.35Ă—51mm Carcano
6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer
7.92Ă—57mm Mauser
6.5Ă—50mm Arisaka 		 Italy Stripper clip with 6-round internal box magazine.
Schönberger-Laumann 1892 Semi-automatic pistol 7.8Ă—19mm  Austria-Hungary Stripper clip with permanent 5-round box magazine.
SKS Semi-automatic rifle 7.62Ă—39mm  Soviet Union Permanent 10-round magazine.
Type 11 Light machine gun 6.5Ă—50mm Arisaka  Japan Permanent 30-round hopper fed with 6x 5-round stripper clips.
M1 Garand Semiautomatic rifle .30-06 Springfield  United States 8-round en-bloc with internal magazine.
OA-96 carbine Carbine 5.56Ă—45mm NATO  United States Stripper clip with permanent 30-round STANAG box magazine.

Dual use (clip and magazine)※

Name Type Image Cartridge Country Produced Feed
Lee-Enfield Bolt-action rifle .303 British  United Kingdom Stripper clip with 10-round detatchable box magazine.
Mauser Model 1889 Bolt-action rifle 7.65Ă—53mm Mauser  Belgium Stripper clip with 5-round detatchable box magazine.
K31 Straight-pull rifle 7.5Ă—55mm Swiss   Switzerland Stripper clip with detatchable 6-round box magazine.
Ruger Mini-14 Semi-automatic rifle
Assault rifle 		.222 Remington
.223 Remington
.300 AAC Blackout
5.56Ă—45mm NATO
7.62Ă—39mm
6.8 SPC 		 United States Stripper clip with detatchable 20/30-round box magazines.
T48 rifle Battle rifle 7.62Ă—51mm NATO  United States Stripper clip with detatchable 20-round box magazine.
Type 63 Assault rifle 7.62Ă—39mm  China Stripper clip with detatchable 20-round box magazine.
Type 81 Assault rifle 7.62Ă—39mm  China Stripper clip with detatchable 30-round box magazine.

See also※

References※

  1. ^ "Cartridge clip".
  2. ^ "Reversible en bloc clip for cartridges".
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  4. ^ Walker, Robert E. (2013). Cartridges and Firearm Identification. CRC Press. p. 419. ISBN 978-1-4665-8881-3.
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