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.
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
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
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