Talk:Magazine (firearms)/Archives/2009/February

Requested move: Magazine → Magazine (publication)

This requested move would make way for Magazine (disambiguation) to be moved to Magazine, and for incoming links to Magazine to be disambiguated. Please see Talk:Magazine#Requested move. --Una Smith (talk) 07:07, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

No, this is just one in a long long stream of never-ending attempts by User:Una Smith to bypass discussing her policy of making all primary topics disambiguation pages. Nest, she'll fill the dab with anything that ever remotely was called anything at any time in the history of English anything to do with "magazine" in whole or in part. Una, make your policy proposal at dab, instead of piece by piece. What are you afraid of, that all of Wikipedia will disagree with you and force you to stop doing it piece by piece? --KP Botany (talk) 07:59, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I'll have to say that if the purpose of posting this on the WP:Gun talk page was to garner sympathy because we're likely to say, "OOOHhh, yes, we should make Magazine a disambig page because that means that gun magazines will have an even footing with regular magazines..." well, the logic is lost on me. A magazine is clearly something you read. There are other uses, yes, but that's what the "other uses" template is all about. I'm again' it. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 17:40, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Nukes4Tots here. I'm not convinced that swapping the disambiguation and the publication around will really serve any of our readers better. Jclemens (talk) 01:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Video Game Reloading

I have no knowledge in guns. One thing I observe from reloading video games (mostly FPS and TPS) is that when you try to reload a clip even if the current clip has not been exhausted, there is no ammo waste. I.e. if you have 5 bullets remaining in the magazine, reloading will add 25 bullets to the 30-bullet magazine. The previous 5 bullets will not be discarded. Is this the case in real life? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 15.203.233.78 (talk) 07:35, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a forum, please go back to reloading your "clips" in Call of Duty 4. — DanMP5 15:08, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

NO. All that will remain in a firearm during a magazine change is the ONE cartridge in the chamber, unless the chamber is empty. Trasel (talk) 14:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the answer is "that depends". There are a number of cases with different designs of magazine fed firearms, and here's what happens in each:

• Tubular magazine. The magazine is fixed to the firearm, and is loaded from the front or rear typically with one round at a time (see speedfeeder for the exception). Since loading is one round at a time, the magazine can be "topped off" to full capacity at any time.
• Fixed box magazine. The magazine is a non-removable part of the firearm, and loaded from the top. The magazine can be loaded one round at a time, topping it off, or, with many military firearms, it can be loaded from a clip. With stripper clips, it is possible to insert all or just part of the cartridges on the clip. With the M-1 Garand, which used en-bloc clips, it was typically only loaded with full 8 round clips; if you want to top off, it's best to eject the remaining partial clip, save it, and put in a full clip. Loading a partial clip is very awkward.
• Closed bolt, detachable box magazine. Removing the magazine removes all cartridges but the one in the chamber, if a round is chambered. This describes most modern semi-automatic and automatic firearms.
• Open bolt, detachable box magazine. Removing the magazine removes ALL cartridges, as the cartridge is chambered and fired in one motion. This applies mostly to submachine guns, and magazine fed squad automatic weapons.

That's all the cases I can think of. It is also possible, though awkward, to "top off" many magazine fed firearms by locking the bolt back, and feeding rounds through the ejection port into the magazine, but this is very awkward. Generally you'd swap out the partial magazine for a full one, and put the partial magazine away to use or top off later. scot (talk) 15:10, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

...and Wikipedia is NOT a forum. Read WP:NOTFORUM. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 19:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but someone was asking a question, and someone else was giving out incomplete information, on a topic relevant to the article. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they read the article, and did not find the information they needed; I don't see it explicitly covered in the article. I think this provides evidence that the article is incomplete in this area. Not sure yet how to fit that information in, however. scot (talk) 14:25, 18 February 2009 (UTC)