Well to be fair, the weapons in ED may actually use clips. But it's kinda unlikely. There are some systems where rounds are mounted on clips which are stored in one big ammo box, but eh...
Considering ships are blowing up after dropping into rings, ships are blowing up after triggering assault bounties when being hit by skimmers which spawn above planetary bases and hit docking ships I would put this on the list of things to do much much later.