Dude, you should just drop it.Thats because of the M-1. Once that rifle was changed out everything else was a magazine. Yes it takes time for people to change their vocabulary but its 2023. Maybe they are in their 40's thats the 80s and the AR platform had been in use for 30+ years. Anyway, The title of editor implies that their job is to know better, or at least to be able to do research.