| ACOG |
Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight |
| ACP |
Automatic Colt Pistol |
| AD |
Accidental Discharge |
| AE |
Action Express |
| AF |
Alternative Force |
| AFAIK |
As Far as I Know |
| AOP |
Assault on Principal [exec protection] |
| AOW |
Any Other Weapon [zip guns, other non-standard small-bore
firearms] |
| AP |
Armor Piercing |
| API |
Armor Piercing, Incendiary |
| APT |
Armor Piercing, Tracer |
| ATM |
At The Moment |
| AWB |
Assault Weapons Ban (part of the 1994 Crime Bill) [legislation] |
| BAR |
Browning Automatic Rifle |
| BC |
Ballistic Coeffecient |
| BG |
Bad Guy |
| BHP |
Browning Hi-Power |
| BMG |
Browning Machine Gun |
| BOHICA |
Bend Over, Here It Comes Again |
| BTT |
Back To Top |
| BTW |
By The Way |
| CC |
Concealed Carry |
| CCH |
Concealed Carry Handgun |
| CCL |
Concealed Carry Licence |
| CCW |
Concealed Carry Weapon (license) |
| CHL |
Concealed Handgun License |
| CPL |
Concealed Pistol Licence |
| CIAO |
This is not an acronym. It's Italian for "bye." |
| COM |
Center Of Mass |
| CONUS |
CONtinental United States |
| CQB |
Close-Quarters Battle |
| CQC |
Close-Quarters Combat |
| CRISAT |
Cooperative Research Into Small Arms Technology |
| CRS |
Can't remember squat (stuff ....... etc!) |
| CWP |
Concealed Weapon permit |
| CYA |
Cover Your Arse |
| DA |
Double Action |
| DAO |
Double Action Only |
| DARFC |
Duck And Run For Cover |
| DD |
Destructive Device (generally bombs and large-bore weapons) |
| DOA |
Dead On Arrival [police] |
| DPS |
Department of Public Safety (most states have them) |
| DRT |
Daed Right There |
| EDC |
Every Day Carry |
| EDP |
Emotionally Disturbed Person [NYPD] |
| EIN |
Employer Identification Number |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| FFL |
Federal Firearms License(e) |
| FOPA |
Firearm Owners Protection Act (of 1986) [legislation] |
| FTE |
Failure to Extract/Eject |
| FTF |
Failure to Feed |
| FTF |
Failure to Fire |
| FTF |
Face to Face (selling) |
| FUBAR |
****** Up Beyond All Recognition |
| FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
| GAP |
Glock Automatic Pistol |
| GCA |
Gun Control Act (of 1968) [legislation] |
| GD&R |
Grin, Duck, & Run |
| GG |
Good Guy |
| HD |
Home Defense |
| HDC |
Home Defense Carbine |
| HMG |
Heavy Machine Gun |
| HSP |
Highly Sensitive Person/People |
| IANAL |
I Am Not A Lawyer (Doctor/Rat) |
| IFF |
Identification - Friend or Foe |
| IIRC |
If I Remember Correctly |
| IDLE |
International Date Line East |
| IDLW |
International Date Line West |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO |
In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| IWB |
Inside the WaistBand |
| JBT |
Jack Booted Thug |
| JMB |
John Moses Browning |
| JMHO |
Just My Humble Opinion |
| KYPD |
Keep Your Powder Dry |
| LDA |
Light Double Action |
| LE |
Law Enforcement |
| LEA |
Law Enforcement Agency |
| LEO |
Law Enforcement Officer/Official |
| LLEA |
Local Law Enforcement Agency |
| LMG |
Light Machine Gun |
| LOS |
Line Of Sight |
| LTCF |
Licence to carry firearms |
| MIM |
Metal Injection Molding |
| MOA |
Minutes Of Angle (angular measurement, 1/60 of a °, 360°
in a circle) |
| MOB |
Middle Of Back |
| NAP |
Non-Aggression
Principle (and criticism) |
| ND |
Negligent Discharge |
| NFA |
National Firearms Act (of 1934) [legislation] |
| NIB |
New In Box |
| NIMBY |
Not in My Back Yard |
| NWO |
New World Order |
| OMO |
Only My Opinion |
| OODA |
(Loop) - Observe, Orientate, Decide, Act |
| OOTB |
Out Of The Box |
| OT |
Off-Topic |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
| OWB |
Outside the WaistBand |
| PASGT |
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops |
| PBR |
Point Blank Range |
| PDW |
Personal Defense Weapon |
| PHB |
Pointy-Haired Boss (Dilbert reference, a boss without
a clue) |
| POA |
Point Of Aim |
| POI |
Point Of Impact |
| POTUS |
President Of The United States |
| POV |
Point of View |
| PT |
Physical Training |
| PTL&PTA |
Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition |
| RKBA |
Right to Keep and Bear Arms |
| SA |
Single Action |
| SAK |
Swiss Army Knife |
| SCOTUS |
Supreme Court Of The United States |
| SA |
Single Action |
| SA |
Situational Awareness |
| SHTF |
S--- Hits The Fan |
| SLR |
Self-Loading Rifle |
| SMLE |
Short Magazine Lee Enfield |
| SMG |
Sub Machine Gun |
| SNAFU |
Situation Normal - all ****** up |
| SOB |
Small Of Back |
| SOCOM |
Special Operations COMmand |
| SOL |
**** Out of Luck |
| SOT |
Special Occupational Tax license (administered by the
BATFE) |
| SWAT |
Special Weapons And Tactics |
| SxS |
Side by Side (i.e. a shotgun) |
| TEOTWAWKI |
The End Of The World As We Know It |
| TID |
Tax ID number |
| TU |
Tits Up (military origin, meaning f---ed; often spelled
phonetically as "Tango Uniform") |
| TTIWWP |
This Thread is Worthless Without Pictures |
| WCF |
Winchester Center Fire |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See is What You Get |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |
| YRMV |
Your Results May Vary |
BULLET ACRONYMS (Short List)
|
| BBWC |
Bevel Base WadCutter [bullet design] |
| BT |
BoatTail [bullet design] |
| EFMJ |
Expanding Full Metal jacket [bullet design] |
| FMJ |
Full Metal Jacket [bullet design] |
| FP |
Flat Point [bullet design] |
| HBWC |
Hollow Base Wadcutter [bullet design] |
| HP |
Hollow Point [bullet design] |
| J |
Jacketed [bullet design] |
| JFP |
Jacketed Flat Point [bullet design] |
| JHC |
Jacketed Hollow Cavity [bullet design] |
| JHP |
Jacketed Hollow Point [bullet design] |
| L |
Lead [bullet design] |
| LRN |
Lead Round Nose [bullet design] |
| LSWC |
Lead Semi-WadCutter [bullet design] |
| LWC |
Lead WadCutter [bullet design] |
| RN |
Round Nose [bullet design] |
| SJ |
Semi-Jacketed [bullet design] |
| SJHP |
Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point [bullet design] |
| SP |
Soft Point [bullet design] |
| SWC |
Semi-WadCutter [bullet design] |
| TC |
Truncated Cone [bullet design] |
| TMJ |
Total Metal Jacket [bullet design] |
| WC |
WadCutter [bullet design] |
