Stripper clip

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A stripper clip (also known as a charger or charger clip, especially in Commonwealth English military vocabulary) is a speedloader that holds several cartridges (usually between 5 and 10) together in a single unit for easier and faster loading of a firearm magazine. Stripper clips were originally utilized in infantry bolt-action rifles, such as the Russian Mosin–Nagant, the British Lee–Enfield, and the German Mauser Model 1889, Gewehr 98, and its variant the Karabiner 98k, the Mauser action related American M1903 Springfield and M1917 Enfield, Swiss K31, and many others. Stripper clips were also employed in newer, semi-automatic rifles with internal box magazines, such as the Soviet SVT-40, SKS and the Egyptian Hakim Rifle. Semi and full automatic firearms using both stripper feed inserts and detachable box magazines are the Canadian (FNC1A1) version of the L1A1 self-loading rifle, and the Chinese Type 63. In contemporary times, they are used to top off detachable box magazines for semi...

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