Firearm Related Acronyms (FRA)

[NugginFutz]

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
CZ: Česká Zbrojovka (or "Czech Arms Factory")
DA: 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
IMBEL: Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil (Military Material Industry)
IMR: 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

[NugginFutz]

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

[NugginFutz]

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.