Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-26431461-20190702133635/@comment-26431461-20190802192150

Monkeyman0490 wrote: I think nerf actually does say clip because it sounds cooler, IMO magazine sounds cooler. Especially when it's shortened to "mag".

I think the reason Nerf still calls them clips is because that's how the first Nerf clips were named, and it was too late to turn back once they figured out (if ever) what the difference was.

That might explain why later lines such as RIVAL and Vortex call them "magazines".