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  • NugginFutz
    Chieftain
    • Aug 2013
    • 2622

    Firearm Related Acronyms (FRA)

    As a companion document to the Glossary, here is a short list of relevant acronyms. Please feel free to suggest additions by sending PM to me, LR1955 or bwaites.

    Part 1


    AA: Alexander Arms
    AAC: Advanced Armament Corporation
    ACC: Remington ACCelerator
    ACOG: Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
    ACP: Automatic Colt Pistol
    ACR: Adaptive Combat Rifle (Remington)
    ACS: Adaptable Carbine/Storage
    AD: Accidental Discharge
    AE: Action Express, i.e.; .50 AE
    AFA: Armed Females of America
    AJHP: Aluminum Jacketed Hollow Point
    AK: Avtomat Kalashnikova
    AO: Adjustable Objective
    AO: AO Precision Manufacturing (formerly Advanced Ordinance)
    AOW: Any Other Weapon
    AP: Armor Piercing
    APFSDS: Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot
    API: Armor Piercing, Incendiary
    APT: Armor Piercing, Tracer
    AR: ArmaLite Rifle
    AW: Assault Weapon
    AWB: Assault Weapon Ban
    ATF: Alcohol Tobacco Firearms (See BATFE)
    BALL: Ball Ammo/FMJ/TMJ
    BAR: Browning Automatic Rifle
    BATFE: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Explosives
    BBL: Barrel/Bull Barrel
    BC: Ballistic Coefficient
    BCG: Bolt Carrier Group
    BCM: Bravo Company MFG
    BFH: Barrel, Forged, Hammer (BFH)
    BHP: Browning Hi-Power/P-35
    BMG: Browning Machine Gun
    BOB: Bug Out Bag
    BOF: Bureau of Firearms
    BOL: Bug Out Land (a place of retreat for when the SHTF)
    BPCR: Black Powder Cartridge Rifle
    BPE: Black Powder Express
    BPV: Bullet Proof Vest/Individual Body Armor
    BR: Bench Rest
    BRR: Bench Rest Remington
    BT: Boat Tail
    BTE: Battle Tested Equipment
    BUG: Back Up Gun
    BUIS: Back Up Iron Sights
    C&R: Curio & Relic
    CAL: Caliber
    CAR: Colt Automatic Rifle/CAR-15
    CARL: Curio and Relic License, 03 FFL
    CAS: Cowboy Action Shooting
    CB: Cast Bullet
    CC: Concealed Carry
    CCL: Concealed Carry License
    CCP: Concealed Carry Permit
    CCRKBA: Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
    CCW: Concealed Carry Weapons
    CG/COG: Center Of Gravity
    CHL: Concealed Handgun License
    CIII: Class III FFL - dealer of NFA firearms
    CL: Remington Core-Lokt
    CLDF: Civil Liberties Defense Foundation
    CLGS: Carbine Length Gas System
    CMP: Civilian Marksmanship Program
    CMT: Continental Machine and Tool Co.
    COAL/COL: Cartridge Overall Length
    COF: Course Of Fire
    COM: Center Of Mass
    CPHV: Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
    CPL: Concealed Pistol License
    CQ: Close Quarter(s)
    CQB: Close Quarter(s) Battle
    CQC: Close Quarter(s) Combat
    CUP: Copper Units of Pressure
    CZDA: Double Action
    DAA: Double Action Automatic
    DAO: Double Action Only
    DCM: Director of Civilian Marksmanship
    DD: Daniel Defense
    DEWC: Double Ended Wad Cutter
    DGI: Direct Gas Impingement
    DI: Direct Impingement
    DIAS: Drop-In AutoSear
    DM: Designated Marksman
    DPICM: Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Ammunition
    DPMS: DPMS Firearms, LLC/Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services
    DRN: Dead Right Now
    DROS: Dealer's Record of Sale
    DRT: Dead Right There
    EAA: European American Arms
    EBR: Evil Black Rifle
    EMP: Enhanced Micro Pistol - Springfield Armory
    EOP: Elevated Optical Platform
    ERC: Extended Range Carbine
    FA: Full Auto
    FC: Forcing Cone
    FCG: Fire Control Group
    FFL: Federal Firearms License
    FMJ: Full Metal Jacket
    FML: Fully Metal Lined
    FN: Fabrique Nationale d'armes de'Guerre/Flat Nose
    FNH: Fabrique Nationale d'armes de'Guerre (National Factory of War Arms)
    FOB: Forward Operating Base
    FOID: Firearm Owner's Identification Card
    FOV: Field Of View
    FFP: First Focal Plane
    FP: Flat Point / Firing Pin
    FPS: Feet Per Second / Firing Pin Spring
    FS: Front Sight
    FSB: Front Sight Block (Gas Block)
    FST: Front Sight Tower
    FTE: Failure To Eject/Extract
    FTF: Failure To Feed/Failure To Fire
    FTRTB: Failure To Return To Battery
    FUBAR: Foobared Up Beyond (All Recognition/Any Repair)
    GA: Gauge -shotgun bore diameter
    GAP: Glock Automatic Pistol
    GCA: Gun Control Act (of 1968)
    GDHP: Speer Gold Dot Hollow Point
    GI: Government Issue
    GOA: Gun Owners of America
    GPU: Gas Piston Upper
    GR: Grain
    HBWC: Hollow-Base Wad Cutter
    HC: Hard Cast
    HD: Home Defense/Heavy Duty
    HE: High Explosive
    HEAT: High Explosive Anti Tank
    HP: Hollow Point
    HPBT: Hollow Point Boat Tail
    HPJ: Remington High Performance Jacketed (Golden Saber)
    HS: Hydra-Shok
    HSC: Handgun Safety Certificate
    HST: Hammer, Sear, & Trigger
    IBS: International Benchrest Shooters
    ID: Inside Diameter / Identification
    IDPA: International Defensive Pistol Association
    IHMSA: International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association
    ILA: Institute for Legislative Action - NRA
    IMBELIMR: Improved Military Rifle
    IPSC: International Practical Shooting Confederation
    IWB: Inside the Waistband, holster
    JHC: Jacketed Hollow Cavity
    JHP: Jacketed Hollow Point
    JMB: John Moses Browning
    JSP: Jacketed Soft Point
    K98: German Mauser 98 in Karabiner length
    KAC: Knight's Armament Company
    kB: kaBOOM!
    L-C/T: Hornady Lead Combat/Target
    LBC: Les Baer Custom
    LC: Long Colt
    LCP: Lightweight Compact Pistol
    LCR: Lightweight Compact Revolver
    LE: Law Enforcement
    LEA: Law Enforcement Agency
    LEAA: Law Enforcement Alliance of America
    LEO: Law Enforcement Officer
    LFI: Lethal Force Institute
    LHP: Lead Hollow Point
    LMT: Lewis Machine & Tool Co.
    LOS: Line Of Sight
    LR: Long Rifle/Lower Receiver
    LRN: Lead, Round Nose
    LRPK: Lower Receiver Parts Kit
    LRT: LaRue Tactical
    LSR: Light Sniper Rifle
    LSWC: Lead Semi-Wad Cutter
    LTC: Lead Truncated Cone
    LTL: Less Than Lethal
    LV-JHP: Low Velocity-Jacketed Hollow Point
    LWC: Lead Wad Cutter
    Last edited by NugginFutz; 12-14-2016, 05:45 PM.
    If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
  • NugginFutz
    Chieftain
    • Aug 2013
    • 2622

    #2
    Firearm Related Acronyms (FRA) Part 2

    M193: 5.56x45mm 55-grain ball cartridge.
    M195: 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank.
    M196: 5.56x45mm 54-grain tracer cartridge, red cartridge tip.
    M202: 5.56x45mm 58-grain FN SSX822 cartridge
    M755: 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank specifically for the M234 launcher.
    M855 LF: 62-grain green tip w/tungsten penetrator and a steel core. Lead Free
    M855: 5.56x45mm 62-grain FN SS109 ball cartridge, green tip w/steel penetrator and a lead core.
    M856: 5.56x45mm 64-grain FN L110 tracer cartridge
    M995: 5.56x45mm 52-grain AP cartridge, black cartridge tip.
    MAG: Box Magazine/Magnum
    MAP: Maximum Allowable Pressure
    MC: Metal Cased
    ME: Muzzle energy/Middle East
    Mils/mRad: Milliradians
    MIM: Metal Injection Molding
    MK262: 5.56x45mm 77-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
    MK318: 5.56x45mm 62-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
    MLGS: Mid Length Gas System
    MLU-26: Early USAF designation for 5.56x45mm ball cartridge produced by Remington.
    MM: Millimeter
    MN: Mosin Nagant
    MOA: Minute Of Angle
    MOD: Moderator
    MOE: Magpul Original Equipment
    MRWC: Mid-Range Wad Cutter
    MSH: Main Spring Housing
    MSR: Modern Sporting Rifle
    MV: Muzzle Velocity
    NAA: North American Arms
    NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    NBRSA: National Benchrest Shooters Association
    NCIC: National Crime Information Center
    ND: Negligent Discharge
    NEF: New England Firearms
    NFA: National Firearms Act (of 1934 )
    NRA: National Rifle Association
    NRMA: National Reloading Manufacturers Association
    NSSF: National Shooting Sports Foundation
    OAL: OverAll Length
    OC: Open Carry
    OCW: Optimal Charge Weight (Dan Newberry's process for load work-ups and determining most accurate and "stable" load)
    OOB: Out Of Battery
    OD: Outside diameter / Olive Drab
    OP: Original Post(er)
    OTB: Out of The Box
    OTM: Open Tip Match
    OTMRP: Open Tip Match Rear Penetrating
    OWB: Outside the Waistband, holster
    PB: Lead/Lead Bullet
    PBR: Point Blank Range
    PDS: Piston Driven System RRA
    PDSC: Piston Driven System Carbine RRA
    PDSP: Piston Driven System Pistol RRA
    PDSR: Pistol Driven System Rifle RRA
    PDW: Personal Defense Weapon
    PF: Precision Firearms
    PK: Pulemyot Kalashnikova (or "Kalashnikov's Machinegun") A 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia
    PKM: The current, modernized, product-improved version of the PK model
    PL: Remington Power-Lokt
    PLGS: Pistol Length Gas System
    POA: Point Of Aim
    POI: Point Of Impact
    POST: Peace Officer Standards and Training
    POV: Privately Owned Vehicle
    PPC: Pindell-Palmisano Cartridge
    PRI: Precision Reflex Inc.
    PRS: Precision Rifle/Sniper
    PSA: Palmetto State Armory
    PSI: Pounds Per Square Inch
    PSP: Pointed Soft Point/Plated Soft Point
    QA: Quality Assurance
    QC: Quality Control
    RE: Receiver Extension (Buffer Tube)
    REM: Remington
    RF: RimFire
    RFB: Rifle, Forward-ejecting Bullpup
    RIA: Rock Island Arsenal
    RKBA: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
    RLGS: Rifle Length Gas System
    RN: Round Nose
    RNL: Round Nosed Lead
    ROI: Return On Investment
    RRA: Rock River Arms
    RSO: Range Safety Officer
    RUM: Remington Ultra Mag
    S&H: Sharpe & Hart
    S&W: Smith & Wesson
    SA: Semi Auto
    SAA: Single Action Army
    SAAMI: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
    SAF: Second Amendment Foundation
    SAM: Shooters Arms Manufacturing
    SAR: Search And Rescue
    SAS: Second Amendment Sisters
    SASS: Single Action Shooting Society
    SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon
    SBR: Short Barreled Rifle
    SBS: Short Barreled Shotgun
    SCAR: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Assault Rifle
    SCHV: Small Caliber, High Velocity
    SCSA: Steel Challenge Shooting Association SCSA
    SD: Sectional Density
    SDZ: Surface Danger Zone
    SEI: Smith Enterprises Inc.
    SFP: Second Focal Plane
    SHTF: Sh1t Hits The Fan
    SJHP: Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
    SJSP: Semi-Jacketed Soft Point
    SKS: Samozaryadniy Karabin Simonov
    SLR: Self Loading Rifle
    SMG: SubMachine Gun
    SMLE: Short Magazine Lee Enfield- the .303 caliber British Army rifle
    SNAFU: Situation Normal, All Foobared Up
    SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
    SOST: Special Operations Science and Technology
    SP: Soft Point/Spire Point
    SPC: 6.8 Special Purpose Cartridge
    Spl.: Special - As In .38 Spl.
    SPL: Sound Pressure Level
    SPRG: Springfield Armory
    SPTZ: Spitzer
    SRT: Special Response Team/Swift Response Team
    SS: Stainless Steel
    SS109: NATO code for the M855 (US CODE) 5.56x45 62 grain FMJ
    SSA: Single Action Army (Colt's SA Revolver/Colt 45)
    SSAA: Sporting Shooters Association of Australia
    SST: (Hornady) Super Shock Tipped
    STHP: Winchester Silvertip Hollow Point
    SUR: Sport Utility Rifle
    SWAT: Special Weapons And Tactics
    SWC: Semi-Wad Cutter
    SWS: Superior Weapons Systems
    SX: (Hornady) Super eXplosive
    SXT: (Winchester) Supreme eXpansion Talon (Black Talon)
    TC: Truncated Cone/Thompson Center
    TCU: Thompson/Center and (Wes) Ugalde
    TDI: Tactical Defense Institute
    TMJ: Total Metal Jacketed
    UBR: Utility/Battle Rifle
    USPSA: United States Practical Shooting Association
    USRAC: U.S. Repeating Arms Company
    UTA: Underground Tactical Arms
    VLD: Very Low Drag
    WAGC: Women Against Gun Control
    WC: Wad Cutter
    WCF: Winchester Center Fire
    WIN: Winchester
    WMR: Winchester Magnum Rimfire
    WW: Windham Weaponry
    XM287: 5.56x45mm 68-grain ball cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM779.
    XM288: 5.56x45mm 68-grain tracer cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM780
    XM777: 5.56x45mm ball cartridge.
    XM778: 5.56x45mm tracer cartridge.
    XM996: 5.56x45mm so-called "Dim Tracer" with reduced effect primarily for use with night vision devices.
    XTP: (Hornady) eXtreme Terminal Performance
    YHM: Yankee Hill Machine
    YOM: Year Of Manufacture
    Last edited by NugginFutz; 12-14-2016, 05:44 PM.
    If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

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    • NugginFutz
      Chieftain
      • Aug 2013
      • 2622

      #3
      All,

      In order to prevent this from becoming a series of concatenated random definitions, please PM the people mentioned at the top of this thread for any additions. That way, the definitions can be inserted in alpha order, thus making the list more functional and the new FRA more easily found.

      Thanks.

      p.s. Thanks for the new solicitations, ppl.
      Last edited by NugginFutz; 01-10-2015, 04:27 PM.
      If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

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