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ACC = Remington ACCelerator |
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ACP = Automatic Colt Pistol
(.45 ACP, .32 ACP) |
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AD = Accidental Discharge |
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AE = Action Express (.41 AE,
.50 AE) |
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AFAIK = As far as I know |
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AFK = Away From Key Board |
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AWB = Assault Weapons Ban |
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B&D = Bain and Davis
(.357/44 B&D) |
BBL = Breech Loading
Barrel
(Receiving the charge at the
breech instead of at the
muzzle.) |
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BBWC = Bevel-Base WadCutter |
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BG = Bad Guy |
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BR = Bench Rest Remington
(6mm BR, 7mm BR) |
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BRB = Be Right Back |
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BT = Boat-Tailed |
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BTDT = Been There Done That |
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BTW = By The Way |
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BUG = Back up gun |
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CB = Cast Bullet |
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CCW = Concealed Carry Weapon
or Carry Concealed Weapon |
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CFP = Concealed Firearms
Permit-Utah |
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CHL = Concealed Handgun
License |
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CL = Remington Core-Lokt |
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COM = Center of Mass |
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CPL = Concealed Pistol
License |
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CQB = Close Quarters Battle |
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CQC = Close Quarters Combat |
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CYA = Cover Your *** |
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DA = Double Action |
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DAO = Double Action Only |
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DEWC = Double Ended
WadCutter |
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DF =
Drop Free (magazine) (see
FML - Full Metal Lined) |
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DOA = Dead on Arrival |
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Double-Tap = Two shots fired
quickly at the same spot on
a target |
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DPS = Deparment of Public
Safety |
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EFMJ = Expanding Full Metal
Jacket |
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EMT = Emergency Medical
Technician |
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ETA = Estimated time of
Arival |
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FA = Full Auto |
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FFL = Federal Firearms
License |
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FMJ = Full Metal Jacket |
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FML = Full Metal Lined
(magazine) (see DF -
Drop Free) |
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In current magazines the
metal lining extends the
whole way down the magazine
tube. These will drop out of
the gun even when full of
bullets. They are called
Fully Metal Lined (FML) or
Drop Free (DF) magazines. |
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Followers = |
The piece of plastic that
rests on top the magazine
spring. When the magazine is
empty its what pushes up the
slide stop. |
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FP = Flat Point |
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FS = Fixed/Factory Sights |
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FST = Winchester Fail Safe
Talon (Black Talon) |
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FTE = Failure to Eject |
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FTF- Failure to Feed |
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FTI = Failure to Ignite
(Fail to Fire) |
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FTS = Failure to stop |
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FWIW = For whats it worth |
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G&A = Guns & Ammo Magazine
(.40 G&A, .460 G&A) |
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GDHP = Speer Gold Dot Hollow
Point |
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GT = Glock Talk |
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GTer = A member of Glock
Talk |
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H&H = Holland & Holland
(.375 H&H) |
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H&R = Harrington &
Richardson (.32 H&R Mag.) |
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HBWC = Hollow-Base WadCutter |
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HP = Hollow Point |
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HPJ = Remington High
Performance Jacketed (Golden
Sabre) |
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HTGR = Hit The Ground
Running. |
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IHMSA = International
Handgun Metallic Silhouette
Assoc.(7mm IHMSA) |
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IIRC = If I recall correctly |
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IWB = Inside waistband |
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JDJ = J. D. Jones (.375 JDJ) |
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JHP = Jacketed Hollow Point |
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JRS = John R. Sundra (7mm
JRS) |
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JSP = Jacketed Soft Point |
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KB = KaBoom (explosive case
failure) |
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LC = Long Colt (.38 LC) |
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L-C/T = Hornady Lead
Combat/Target |
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LEO = Law Enforcement
Officer |
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LHP = Lead Hollow Point |
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LR = Long Rifle (.22 LR) |
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LRN = Lead, Round Nose |
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LRND = Last Round Nose Dive
(magazine problem) |
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LSWC = Lead Semi-WadCutter |
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LTC = License to Carry
(Massachusetts) |
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Mag = Magnum (.357 Mag, .44
Mag) |
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MC = Metal Cased |
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Mexican carry = (IWB)
without holster |
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mm = millimeter (10mm, 7mm
Mag) |
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MRWC = Mid-Range WadCutter |
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NATO = North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (7.62 NATO,
5.56 NATO) |
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NDF = Non-Drop Free
(magazine) (see NFML) |
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NFML = Non-Full Metal
Lined (magazine) (see NDF -
Non-Drop Free) |
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The original Glock magazines
were designed to stay in the
gun if the magazine release
was pressed and there were
bullets still in the
magazine. They did this by
making the magazines without
the metal lining running all
the way to the base of the
magazine. These are
Non-Fully Metal Lined (NFML)
magazines also known as
Non-Drop Free (NDF)
magazines. |
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NG = Negligent Discharge |
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NIB = New In Box. Meaning a
gun is new. |
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NS = Night Sights |
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OC or OC Spray = Pepper
Spray |
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OD = Olive Drab |
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Open Carry = Carry of a
firearm where the gun and
holster are clearly visible |
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OWB = Outside waistband |
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Para. (sometimes Pb) =
Parabellum[3] (9mm Para.) |
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PB* = Lead Bullet |
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PC = Politically Correct |
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POS = Piece of **** |
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PL = Remington Power-Lokt |
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PPC = Pindell-Palmisano
Cartridge (.22 PPC, 6mm PPC) |
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PSP = Pointed Soft Point or
Plated Soft Point |
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Rem = Remington (.223 Rem,
.35 Rem) |
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Ren = Charles Rensing & Jim
Rock (.270 Ren) |
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RF = RimFire (.22 RF) |
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RNL = Round Nosed Lead |
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ROTF = Rolling On The Floor |
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RTFM = Read The %^#!ing
Manual |
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S&H = Shipping and Handling |
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S&H = Sharpe & Hart (7x61
S&H) |
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S&W = Smith & Wesson (.40
S&W, .32 S&W) |
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SA = Semi Auto or
Springfield Armory |
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SA = Single Action |
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SD = Self Defense |
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SHTF = When the "stuff" hits
the fan. |
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SJHP = Semi-Jacketed Hollow
Point |
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SJSP = Semi-Jacketed Soft
Point |
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SOB = "Small Of Back"
carrying at 6:00 o'clock,
right along the spine |
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SOD = Special Operations
Division |
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SOT = Special Operations
Team |
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SP = Soft Point or Spire
Point |
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Spl. = Special (.38 Spl. .32
Win Spl.) |
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Sprg. = Springfield Armory
(.30-06 Sprg.) |
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SPTZ = Spitzer |
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SS = Strongside: carrying
the sidearm on the side you
are 'handed'. |
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STHP = Winchester Silver Tip
Hollow Point |
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Stunad = Italian pidgeon
English term meaning jackass
or moron.... |
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SWAT = Special Weapons and
Tactics (Team) |
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SWC = Semi Wad Cutter |
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SX = Hornady Super eXplosive |
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SXT = Winchester Supreme
eXpansion Talon (Black
Talon) |
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TC = Truncated Cone |
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T/C = Thompson/Center |
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TCU = Thompson/Center and
(Wes) Ugalde (7mm TCU, 6mm
TCU) |
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TMJ = Total Metal Jacket |
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TSW = Team Smith & Wesson
(.356 TSW) |
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TU= Tango Uniform =
"breasts"
up, = dead (not functioning) |
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VLD = Very Low Drag |
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WC = WadCutter |
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WCF = Winchester Center Fire
(.25-20 WCF, .32-20 WCF) |
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White box = Cheap ammo
(see WWB) |
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Win = Winchester (.308 Win,
.32 Win Spl.) |
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WMR = Winchester Magnum
Rimfire (.22 WMR) |
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WS = Weakside: opposite of
strongside. Usually used for
magazine carry. |
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WTB = Want To Buy |
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WTF = What the **** |
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WTS = Want To Sell |
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WTT = Want To Trade |
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WWB = "Winchester White Box"
ammunition |
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XTP = Hornady eXtreme
Terminal Performance |
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YMMV = Your Mileage May
Vary. |
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