I'm looking at a SW9VE. No clip will lock in loaded or empty. When I insert the clip with the slide removed you can see that it wiggles so much side to side that the magazine catch doesn't engage the notch in the slide. Looking at the exploded parts diagram, I can't see that anything is missing or malformed.
Clip falling out
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okiegtrider
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clips...
Alk8944
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Try replacing the magazine catch and see if this cures it.
Note: Pistols do not have magazine releases, their primary function is to retain the magazine, not un-latch it! Got that Gamecock?? I realize this is a nearly universal mis-use, but it is still wrong. You don't call a trigger a "hammer release" do you, but that is what it does.
Note 2: Pistols have magazines, not clips. Guns like the Garand, Carcano, 1888 Commission Rifle, etc use clips, which are loaded into the guns magazine.
Note: Pistols do not have magazine releases, their primary function is to retain the magazine, not un-latch it! Got that Gamecock?? I realize this is a nearly universal mis-use, but it is still wrong. You don't call a trigger a "hammer release" do you, but that is what it does.
Note 2: Pistols have magazines, not clips. Guns like the Garand, Carcano, 1888 Commission Rifle, etc use clips, which are loaded into the guns magazine.
You're not by any chance putting a SW9VE magazine into a SW40VE frame, are you? They do not interchange, the 9mm magazine and frame mag well being more narrow than the 40. The 9 magazines are too loose in the 40 frame.
LedFowl
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Welcome to the forum, kwfinley. You've now had the "magazine vs. clip" lecture, as so many of us have. Again, welcome. 
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Hey Alk-
Help me out with the pics, please.
Joking aside, the WW II vets I grew up around used "clip" far more often than magazine. Probably to economize on syllables.
I remember clip being used far more often through the 50's and into the 60's.
I think the big flap over the term started when the erudite gun writers started pushing the point to show us how erudite they really were.
Help me out with the pics, please.
Joking aside, the WW II vets I grew up around used "clip" far more often than magazine. Probably to economize on syllables.
I remember clip being used far more often through the 50's and into the 60's.
I think the big flap over the term started when the erudite gun writers started pushing the point to show us how erudite they really were.
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Old TexMex
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Rusty,
I See what you did there.
I See what you did there.
Old TexMex
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Hey Alk-
Help me out with the pics, please.
Joking aside, the WW II vets I grew up around used "clip" far more often than magazine. Probably to economize on syllables.
I remember clip being used far more often through the 50's and into the 60's.
I think the big flap over the term started when the erudite gun writers started pushing the point to show us how erudite they really were.
Lee, I was raised by those WWII vets too. A magazine was a hold in a ship, where the powder was held. All their 1911s had clips....
silly old buggers.....
one eye joe
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GUESS WHAT BOYS----THE WW II, M1 GARAND HELD 8 ROUNDS IN AN "EN BLOC CLIP". ITS MILITARY NOMENCLATURE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING, "CLIP FED". THE 1911 HELD 8 ROUNDS OF .45 ACP IN A "MAGAZINE" AND HAD A "MAGAZINE RELEASE BUTTON". THE M14 / M1A, WHICH REPLACED THE M1 AS THE MAIN BATTLE RIFLE AFTER WW II, WAS "MAGAZINE FED" AS PER ITS NOMENCLATURE……
IT IS TRUE, HOWEVER, THAT IN MILITARY SLANG, THE TERM "MAG' AND "CLIP" WERE ERRONEOUSLY USED INTERCHANGEABLY. THE BIG FIELD 1ST SERGEANT WOULD HAVE HIS LARGE BOOT UP YOUR *** IF HE HEARD YOU MAKING THE ERROR IN BASIC TRAINING…..
IT IS TRUE, HOWEVER, THAT IN MILITARY SLANG, THE TERM "MAG' AND "CLIP" WERE ERRONEOUSLY USED INTERCHANGEABLY. THE BIG FIELD 1ST SERGEANT WOULD HAVE HIS LARGE BOOT UP YOUR *** IF HE HEARD YOU MAKING THE ERROR IN BASIC TRAINING…..
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I was given **** for calling a round or cartridge a bullet & a casing a shell.
& of course when I got extractor & ejector mixed up.
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But back to the OP I would like to see a picture of the gun , pistol , firearm & the magazine clip
& of course when I got extractor & ejector mixed up.
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But back to the OP I would like to see a picture of the gun , pistol , firearm & the magazine clip
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vmumford
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Well this thread has gone off topic. Back to kwfinly's question. Im interested to hear the outcome.
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A pistol is not supposed to release its magazine unless you want it to. I assume you're using factory, and not aftermarket magazines.
And yes, the correct terminology is magazine, not clip, or more correctly, a stripper clip, which is a device used to charge magazines.
A pistol is not supposed to release its magazine unless you want it to. I assume you're using factory, and not aftermarket magazines.
And yes, the correct terminology is magazine, not clip, or more correctly, a stripper clip, which is a device used to charge magazines.
The owners manual calls it a magazine release. You are wrong, and pretty much out of order.
gdnagle
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And before it comes up A Gun – Term for a mortar or artillery piece. Must never be used within the military to describe a pistol or rifle.
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Stripper Clip
Never heard of nor seen a "stripper clip" Is it X-rated or some such thing?
I used a credit card to charge my recent magazine purchase.
Never heard of nor seen a "stripper clip" Is it X-rated or some such thing?
I used a credit card to charge my recent magazine purchase.
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