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05-17-2010, 07:27 AM | #1 |
The Old Fart Janitor
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Common Abbreviations used!
ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
AF - alternative force; military: Air Force AFAIK - as far as I know Anti - an individual who opposes the RKBA for private citizens ASA - Australian Shooting Association BG - bad guy; big grin (as in or a smiley) BOHICA - bend over here it comes again BOR - Bill Of Rights BTT - back to top BTW - by the way CCRKBA - Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms CAS - cowboy action shooting CHL - concealed handgun license CLDF - Civil Liberties Defense Foundation COA - Citizens Of America COD - cash on delivery CONDITION RED - Under attack. CONDITION ORANGE - Heightened awareness; alert to potential threats. CONDITION YELLOW - Normal awareness of one?s environment. CONDITION WHITE - Unawareness of one?s environment. CPHV - Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (an enemy of the RKBA) CQB - close quarters battle CQC - close quarters combat CRPA - certified royal pain in the a__ DAISNAID - do as I say, not as I do DFTT - don't feed the troll DVC - Diligentia Vis Celeritas - Latin for Accuracy, Power, Speed FFL - federal firearms license Flame - insults... mud slinging. Not permitted on TFL. FOP - Fraternal Order of Police FOUP - Firearm Owners Unification Project FUBAR - fouled up beyond all recognition FWIW - for what it's worth FYI - for your info GG - good guy GI - government issue GOA - Gun Owners of America HCI - Handgun Control Incorporated (an enemy of the RKBA) IDPA - International Defensive Pistol Association IINM - if I?m not mistaken IIRC - if I remember correctly ILA - Institute for Legislative Action (Div. of the NRA) IMO - in my opinion IMHO - in my humble opinion IMNSHO - in my not so humble opinion IPSC - International Practical Shooting Confederation IRL - in real life IYDMMA - if you don?t mind me asking JMO - just my opinion JPFO - Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership KISS - keep it simple stupid KYPD - keep your powder dry LEO - law enforcement officer LEAA - Law Enforcement Alliance of America LEA - law enforcement agency LFI - Lethal Force Institute LMAO - laughing my a__ off LOL - laughing out loud Member - registered TFL member with less than 15 posts MMM - Million Mom March Molon Labe - Click Here NIB - New in Box NOYB - none of your business NRA - National Rifle Association NSSF - National Shooting Sports Foundation OF - old fart OFIT - old fart in training OMG - oh my gosh OTOH - on the other hand POS - piece of s___ PTL&PTA - praise the lord and pass the ammunition REMF - rear echelon mother f_____; derogatory name for a non-combatant in a combat zone or a military occupational specialty that would keep one from combat duty were hostilities to be engaged RKBA - right to keep and bear arms ROTF - rolling on the floor ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing ROTFLMAO - rolling on the floor laughing my a__ off RPA ? royal pain in the a__ SAF - Second Amendment Foundation SAS - Second Amendment Sisters; Special Air Service (British military special operations unit) SASS - Single Action Shooting Society SATF - Second Amendment Task Force Senior Member - registered TFL member with 15 posts or more SHOTShow - Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Travel Show SHTF - s___ hits the fan Sic Semper Tyrannis - thus to tyrants forever SNAFU - situation normal, all fouled up SOP - standard operating procedure SSAA - Sporting Shooters Association of Australia SWAT - special weapons and tactics TANSTAAFL = there ain't no such thing as a free lunch TEOTWAWKI - the end of the world as we know it TIA - thanks in advance TLA - three letter acronym Troll - someone posting with the purpose of inflaming or starting an emotional response... basically done by jerks with nothing better to do with their spare time. TRT - Tyranny Response Team TTW - taunting the wookie URL - uniform resource locator USPSA - United States Practical Shooting Association WTSHTF - when the s___ hits the fan WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get YMMV - your mileage may vary
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05-17-2010, 07:36 AM | #2 |
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Firearms related Abbreviations
Accurate Arms - modern gun powder manufacturer
ACP - automatic Colt pistol AE - action express Anneal - To soften metal by heating. Used to extend the useful reloading life of brass cartridge case necks by softening them and permitting more reloading operations to be performed before the work hardening effect of the cold, forced reshaping of the resizing operation causes metal fatigue in the neck area and makes the brass case unusable for further reloading. Brass and copper are annealed by fast cooling, usually by quenching, from a heated condition. Steel is annealed by a slow cooling. Quenching of steel from high heat has the opposite effect from the same treatment of brass and copper. AP - armor piercing API - armor piercing, incendiary APT - armor piercing, tracer AR - assault rifle BAR - Browning Automatic Rifle Bearing Surface - that portion of a bullet that contacts the bore of the barrel as it travels from chamber to muzzle. Sufficient bearing surface is required for good accuracy. BBWC - Bevel Base Wadcutter (bullet design) BC - ballistic coefficient: indexed measure of a bullets ability to overcome resistance in flight relative to the performance of a standard projectile used to compute ballistics tables. (mathematically: ratio of bullet's SD to its coefficient of form, or the ratio of bullet's weight to the product of the square of its diameter and its form factor (coefficient of form)). Bedding - material and/or methods used to fit rifle action to a stock. BMG - Browning machine gun Bore - the inside of a firearm's barrel. Bore sight - to align the sights of a firearm by sighting through the barrel bore BP - black powder BPCR - black powder cartridge rifle Brisance (brissance) - the "shattering" effect of explosives; the burn rate, in terms of acceleration, i.e., how quickly is the maximum burn rate of an explosive mass reached? BT - boattail (bullet design) Bullet - the projectile which is expelled from a firearm's barrel at firing Burn rate - the relative speed at which gun powders burn (explode) This is determined by the size and shape of granules, amount and nature of any coatings and, in some cases, specific physical design of the granules, such as perforations, tubes, rods, ball (beads) or disk shapes (flattened beads). Cal. - Caliber (inches or millimeters); projectile (bullet) diameter or diameter of some specifically defined point in the bore of a barrel; the nominal or approximate diameter of a bore expressed similarly. CCW - concealed carry weapon Chamber - the portion of a firearm which contains the cartridge at firing. Chambering - i.e., "This rifle is available in the following chamberings: ?"; Specific machined dimensions to the interior rearmost portion of a barrel which results in a chamber that will accept and safely fire one cartridge design only, i.e., .30-'06 Springfield, .270 Winchester, .223 Remington, .38-55 Winchester-Ballard, .45-'70 Government, etc. Although acceptable chamber dimensions are defined and accepted throughout the firearms industry by the ANSI-approved SAAMI, there are many "wildcat" and "improved" variations of standard SAAMI chamberings in use. Charge - quantity of powder; usually in grains. One avoirdupois pound equals 7,000 grains. Choke - in a shotgun, the taper in the last few inches of the barrel. This is usually a tightening of the bore to a slightly smaller diameter from the actual gauge measurement of the barrel. Some typical choke names, from least to most taper, are: cylinder (no taper), improved cylinder (or simply: "improved"), modified cylinder ("modified") and full choke ("full"). This is not a complete list, but typical. CLASS III - Refers to the Class III FFL required to deal in NFA items (full-auto, suppressors, etc.) Clip ? A strip of metal that is used to hold cartridges together to facilitate the loading into (usually) an internal rifle magazine. CONDITION 1 - Pistol: Full magazine, cartridge in chamber, hammer cocked, safety on. AKA "cocked and locked." CONDITION 2 - Pistol: Full magazine, cartridge in chamber, hammer down, safety off. CONDITION 3 - Pistol: Full magazine, chamber empty. CONDITION 4 - Pistol: Full magazine separate from gun, chamber empty. Components (reloading) - individual components that make up the "recipe" for a hand loaded cartridge. The four components are: primer, case, bullet and powder. CRUISER READY - Shotgun: Full magazine, chamber empty, hammer down, safety off. CUP - copper units of pressure; a method of measuring chamber pressure, most common with shotguns Cylinder Gap - the distance between the front of the cylinder and the rear of the barrel in a revolver. DA - double action, as opposed to single action (SA), DA cocks the hammer and positions a cartridge for firing with a single pull, through full travel, of the trigger DAO - double action only DEWC - double ended wadcutter (bullet design) EAA - European American Arms, a manufacturer of firearms FMJ - full metal jacket (bullet design) FN - There are several arms factories in different countries which use the initials "FN", standing roughly for National Factory. FP - flat point (bullet design) FPS - feet per second FTF - failure to feed/failure to fire G&A - Guns & Ammo (print magazine) GA - gauge (also: ga.) GCA - Gun Control Act (1968) GC - gas check; a copper-zinc alloy cup used as gilding to protect the base of lead bullets from hot gas obduration during internal ballistics. H&R - Harrington & Richardson, a manufacturer of firearms HBWC - hollow base wad cutter (bullet design) Headspace - measurement between two points in a chamber which are the confining boundaries of cartridge movement during chambering and firing. HD - Home Defense Hodgdon - modern gun powder manufacturer HP - hollow point (bullet design) IMR - modern gun powder manufacturer: Improved Military Rifle; formerly DuPont JHC - jacketed hollow cavity (bullet design) JFP - jacketed flat point (bullet design) JHP - jacketed hollow point (bullet design) JMB - John Moses Browning. The designer of some of the best guns ever made. KYPD - keep your powder dry LOS - line of sight LRN - lead round nose (bullet design) LSWC - lead semi-wad cutter (bullet design) LWC - lead wad cutter (bullet design) Mag. - magazine; magnum; also: mag. Magazine- ammunition holders that are equipped with a spring to move the ammo, these are not clips. MM - Millimeters; also mm MV - muzzle velocity, usually in fps. Velocity of the bullet at or very near the muzzle of the barrel MOA - minute of angle NAA - North American Arms, a manufacturer of firearms NEF - New England Firearms, a manufacturer of firearms NFA - National Firearms Act (1934) O/U - over/under (shotgun) OAL - overall length Ogive - a measure of the curvature forward portion of the bullet. The radius of the ogive is usually expressed in multiples or fractions of the caliber. PBR - point blank range PDW ? Personal Defense Weapon POA - point of aim. POI - point of impact. PPC - Cartridge designed in 1974 by Dr. Louis Palmisano and Ferris Pindell. Based on the 220 Russian case with a head diameter of .441 - .445. Considered to be the most efficient cartridge design available, the .22 cal PPC and 6mm PPC virtually dominate benchrest accuracy competition in the world today. PSI - pounds per square inch; also: psi. This is the normally accepted measure of pressure exerted on the inside wall of the chamber of a modern rifle or handgun during the firing cycle. By convention and tradition, a shotgun pressure rating is in CUP. PSI is slowly replacing the use of CUP as a standard reference of pressure in all firearms testing and pressure proofing. RN - round nose (bullet design) S&W - Smith & Wesson SA - single action, as opposed to double action (DA), SA releases the trigger for primer contact and firing AFTER cocking of the hammer and positioning of the cartridge for firing by means other than pulling the trigger. SAA - Single Action Army; a famous design of revolver by Colt used in early America and credited with finalizing the popularity of mass produced, brass cartridge handguns. This is the cowboy revolver of Hollywood Western Motion Pictures. SAAMI - Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute; an accredited standards developer for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) SAF - Second Amendment Foundation SD - sectional density; ratio of bullet's weight, in pounds, to its cross-sectional area, in inches. SJHP - semi-jacketed hollow point SKS - Samozaryadnaya Karabina Simonova, or Self-loading carbine Simonov. Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov was one of the old Soviet Union's foremost arms designers. The rifle was adopted by the USSR in 1945, and was made both there and in China. SLR - self loading rifle SMG - sub machine gun SP - soft point (a bullet design) SWC - semi wadcutter (a bullet design) TC - truncated cone (a bullet design) Throat - leade, freebore. That portion of the barrel bore immediately forward of the chamber. In some rifle chamber designs, the throat may be long and may transition into a relatively slow taper to full depth of lands and grooves (rifling). In other rifle designs the throat is relatively short and the transition to full depth rifling is abrupt, although all barrels have some taper from throat to full depth rifling. The immediate effect of the two extremes in design is to determine the maximum distance a bullet may protrude out the front of the case. This determines the final overall length of the loaded cartridge, for a given bullet shape. TMJ - total metal jacket (a bullet design) WC - wad cutter (a bullet design) USRAC - U.S. Repeating Arms Company; firearms, ammo and reloading component manufacturer
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05-17-2010, 07:37 AM | #3 |
The Old Fart Janitor
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Government Abbreviations
AG - Attorney General
BATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (also ATF) CIA - Central Intelligence Agency CMP - Civilian Marksmanship Program (formerly DCM) DCM - Dept of Civilian Marksmanship (now defunct as an organization; see CMP) DOD - Department Of Defense DOJ - Department Of Justice EO - Executive Order FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation HUD - Housing and Urban Development IRS - Internal Revenue Service JAG - Judge Advocate General JBT - jack booted thug NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization NFA - National Firearms Act (1934) NSA - National Security Agency OSS - Office of Strategic Services (predecessor to the CIA) VA - Veterans Administration WPA - War Powers Act
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05-17-2010, 07:44 AM | #4 |
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Good information Calvin!
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05-17-2010, 08:31 PM | #5 |
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Holey smokes Calvin! Good thing you made this a sticky, otherwise I couldn't remember what all of those mean!
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