Thanks in advance for the warm welcome.
Well, I would be too quick to draw conclusions there, pardner.
You know this group can be down right ornery. I mean if you misuse "clip" instead of "magazine" or say something disparaging about the 1911, the Garand or a scout rifle you could end up in a barrage of not so "warm" replies.
JUST KIDDING. 
Oh by the way. Jeff Cooper used the terms Clip and Magazine interchangeably in some writings. The 1911 is okay for a single action, limited capacity bottom feeder. The Garand is nothing but nostalgia gone awry. And a scout rifle is very unbalanced fad.
The Alf