User blog comment:GoldenApple NB/Vocab Cleanup/@comment-27374562-20151210024619

Everything except the Trailblazer would be mag-fed. And revolvers use speed-loaders, not clips.

To my knowledge, there are actually TWO different types of clips:

1. Clips: The type of clip that is actually inserted into the weapon and removed (sometimes automatically) when the ammuniton is expended; the original M1 Garand is the most popular form of rifle that employs this mechanism (BING! goes the clip as it pops out after the last round). This kind of clip becomes, once loaded, essentially part of the rifle's internal firing mechanisms.

2. Stripper Clips: These look like the left example posted by Hunter below. They're used to load high-capacity rifle magazines (20 to 30+ rounds) that employ high-tension springs for reliability of feeding, many of which can be difficult to load to capacity simply by hand. A stripper clip affords the loader more leverage and weight to work with, making it easier for them to push down the magazine's follower and compress the spring. Once all of the rounds have been inserted, the stripper clip is pulled out while the rounds remain in place due to the magazine design.

Either way, neither is utilized in $A$ 4. Really, the only term you need regarding weapons is "capacity". It's a universally understood term that is not prone to semantic interpretation and/or argument.

- MTR