Abbreviations -- As Used on This Forum

[patsher]

Hey guys, we've talked about collecting abbreviations in one place, and so with Ken's blessing, here we go. Please post your suggestions, and I will collect them and put them into alphabetical order on this #1 post. Eventually, Ken will make them into a sticky. Thanks, everyone, in advance for your help!


ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS -- AS USED ON THIS FORUM


***** Moved to the "Classics and Stickies" Section. Please continue to add items for the list here; I will update the master list with them .

[Gelandangan]

I am relatively new here, and I learn some terms related to the forum.
It took many frantic search to figure out what the others are talking about before I found out what they mean.
Among others;

On the casting material:
WW = wheel weight


On Lube:
LLA = Lee Liquid Alox
JPW = Johnson Paste Wax
45-45-10 = 45% LLA + 45% JPW + 10% Mineral Spirit
FWFL = Felix World Famous Lube


On additional component:
GC = Gas Check

[oneokie]

PB, plain base
BB, bevel base
PP, paper patch

[MT Gianni]

Cramer= A manufacturer of molds that developed an internal HP pin. Not all Cramers are HP molds
Soup Can= The Lee 113 fp 30 cal boolit, not to be confused with the 7mm Soup can or any other one resembling a small can,. This is the original.
WDWW= Water dropped wheel weights
OQWW+ oven quenched WW. You can heat treat by other means but you can't water quench without an oven.
Mule Snot= Lee Liquid Alox

[rockrat]

WCWW---water cooled wheel weights
ACWW---air cooled wheel weights
#2---Lead alloy comprised of 90%lead, 5%tin,5%antimony
Lino---linotype alloy
SWMBO--She Who Must Be Obeyed (at least while she's looking:))

[82nd airborne]

AR-15 abbreviations:
Forward Assist = FA
Bolt carrier group = BCG
Free float hand gaurd = FF

[41magfan]

Noob= new member?
Squib= not enough or no powder
cob= cranky old b*****d

[stubshaft]

Catsneeze = light load

[DIRT Farmer]

RB, round ball
PBR, patched round ball
BP, the real stuff black powder
SxS DBL BBL M/L, side by side double barrel muzzloader
fg, ffg, fffg, ffffg, Black powder granulations

[home in oz]

Something like **** for a censored word.

[DeanoBeanCounter]

OK, you asked for it. I've been collecting for a long time. PLEASE edit. It would be quite helpful to have an official list. There are two lists, most are duplicated.

ACWW Air Cooled Wheel Weight
ACP Automatic Colt Pistol
Ag symbol for Silver
AISTI And I'm Sticking To It
Al symbol for Aluminum
As symbol for Arsenic
Au symbol for Gold
Av Average Velocity
AWOL Absent With Out leave
BB Bevel Base
BBWC Bevel Base WadCutter
BC Ballistic Coefficient
BHN Brinell Hardness Number
Bi symbol for Bismith
BP Bronze Point
BP Black Powder
BP Bullet Pull
BPCR Black Powder CaRtridge
BPS Black Powder Silhouette
BR Bench Rest
BRBNTRB Be Right Back, Need To ReBeer
BS Bull Stuff (S**t)
BT Boat Tail
BTDT Been There, Done That
BTW By The Way
BWB Back With Beer
C Compressed charge
CAV Cavalry
CB Cast Bullet
CF Center Fire
CMJ Complete Metal Jacket
COL Cartridge Overall Length
COW Cream Of Wheat
CRAFT Can't Remember A F*****g Thing
CRS Can't Remember Stuff (S**t)
Cu symbol for Copper
CUP Copper Units of Pressure
CV Coefficient of Variation
DILLIGAF Does It Look Like I Give A F**k?
FL Full Length
FLGC Full Length Gas Check (Jacked)
FLS Full Length Sized
FMJ Full Metal Jacket
FN Flat Nose
FP Flat Point
FPS Feet Per Second
FWFL Felix World Famous Lube
FWC Full Wad Cutter
FWIW For What It's Worth
GB Group Buys
GC Gas Check
GYHOOYA Get Your Head Out Of You’re A**
HB Hollow Base
HBWC Hollow Base WadCutter
Hg symbol for Mercury
HGAC Haven't Got A Clue
HIIK Heck (He**) If I Know
HJ Half Jacket
HP Hollow Point
HT Heat Treated
HTFDIK How The F**k Do I Know?
HTWW Heat Treated Wheel Weight
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IMH(BA)O In My Humble (But Accurate) Oppinion
IMHO In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
IMR Improved Military Rifle
INC I Need Coffee
INCB I Need Coffee Bad
ITWW In The Worst Way
J Jacketed
JHC Jacketed Hollow Core/Cavity
JFP Jacketed Flat Point
JHP Jacketed Hollow Point
KMAGYOYO Kiss My A** Goodby, Your On Your Own
LMAO Laugh My A** Off
LB/L Lead Bullet
LBT Lead Bullet Technology
LD Loading Density
LFN Long Flat Nose
LA Liquid Alox
LLA Lee Liquid Alox
LOL Laugh Out Loud
LOML Love Of My Life (or wife), not gun
LOS Line of Sight
LRN Lead Round Nose
LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
LWC Lead Wad Cutter
M Magnum
MC Metal Case
ME Muzzle Energy
MFW My F***ing Word
Mo symbol for Molybdenum
MOA Minute of Angle
MR Mean Radius
MV Muzzle Velocity
NFW No F***ing Way
Ni symbol for Nickel
NIB New In Box
NS Neck Sized
NSS No Stuff (S**t) Sherlock
NTB Not To Bright
NTS Not To Shabby
NW No Way
OAL Over All Length
OAW Older And Wiser
OAWW Oven Annealed Wheel Weight
OBSK Old But Still Kicking
OHT Oven Heat Treat
OMW Oh My Word
OPB Other Peoples Brass
OTOH On The Other Hand
PB Plain Base
Pb symbol for lead
PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PETA People Eating Tasty Animals
PITA Pain In The A**
PL Power-Lokt
PLMK Please Let Me Know
PMWFCFF Pat Marlin's World Famous California Flake Flux
POA Point Of Aim
POI Point Of Impact
*** Parrent Over Shoulder
*** Peace Of Stuff (S**t)
PP Paper Patch
PR PRimer
PSI Pounds Per Square Inch
PSP Pointed Soft Point
PTD Pointed
RB/R Round Ball
RF Rim Fire
RKBA Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RN Round Nose
RNFP Round Nose Flat Point
ROFLMAO Rolling On Floor LMAO
RS Range Scrap
RT Round Tip
S symbol for Sulphur
SAA Single Action Army
Sb symbol for Antimony
SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
SD Sectional Density or Standard Deviation
SEE Secondary Explosive Effect
SFB Stuff (S**t) For Brains
SHTF Stuff (S**t) Hit The Fan
SIL Silhouette
SJ Short Jacket
Sn symbol for Tin
SOL S**t Out Of Luck
SP Soft Point
SPCL Soft Point Core-Lokt
SPD Slipped Past Darwin
SP Spire Point/Soft Point
Spz Spitzer Point
SSP Single Shot Pistol
SWAG Scientific Wild A**ed Guess
SWC Semi-WadCutter
SWMBO SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED
TC Truncated Cone
TEOTW The End Of The World
TEOTWAWKI The End Of The World As We Know It
TMS That's My Story
TMJ Total Metal Jacket
TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TOF Time of Flight
VOE Voice Of Experience
WAG Wild A**ed Guess
WC WadCutter
WCWW Water Cooled Wheel Weight
WDWW Water Droped Wheel Weight
WETSU We Eat This Stuff (S**t) Up
WFN Wide Flat Nose
WP White (smokeless) Powder
WQ Water Quench
WTB Want To Buy
WTS Want To Sell
WW Wheel Weight
YWWV Your Mileage May Vary
Zn symbol for Zinc

ACWW Air Cooled Wheel Weight
ACP Automatic Colt Pistol
Ag symbol for Silver
AISTI And I'm Sticking To It
Al symbol for Aluminum
As symbol for Arsenic
Au symbol for Gold
Av Average Velocity
AWOL Absent With Out leave
BB Bevel Base
BBWC Bevel Base WadCutter
BC Ballistic Coefficient
BHN Brinell Hardness Number
Bi symbol for Bismith
BP Bronze Point
BP Black Powder
BP Bullet Pull
BPCR Black Powder CaRtridge
BPS Black Powder Silhouette
BR Bench Rest
BRBNTRB Be Right Back, Need To ReBeer
BS Bull Stuff (S**t)
BT Boat Tail
BTDT Been There, Done That
BTW By The Way
BWB Back With Beer
C Compressed charge
CAV Cavalry
CB Cast Bullet
CF Center Fire
CMJ Complete Metal Jacket
COL Cartridge Overall Length
COW Cream Of Wheat
CRAFT Can't Remember A F*****g Thing
CRS Can't Remember Stuff (S**t)
Cu symbol for Copper
CUP Copper Units of Pressure
CV Coefficient of Variation
DILLIGAF Does It Look Like I Give A F**k?
FL Full Length
FLGC Full Length Gas Check (Jacked)
FLS Full Length Sized
FMJ Full Metal Jacket
FN Flat Nose
FP Flat Point
FPS Feet Per Second
FWFL Felix World Famous Lube
FWC Full Wad Cutter
FWIW For What It's Worth
GB Group Buys
GC Gas Check
GYHOOYA Get Your Head Out Of You’re A**
HB Hollow Base
HBWC Hollow Base WadCutter
Hg symbol for Mercury
HGAC Haven't Got A Clue
HIIK Heck (He**) If I Know
HJ Half Jacket
HP Hollow Point
HT Heat Treated
HTFDIK How The F**k Do I Know?
HTWW Heat Treated Wheel Weight
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IMH(BA)O In My Humble (But Accurate) Oppinion
IMHO In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
IMR Improved Military Rifle
INC I Need Coffee
INCB I Need Coffee Bad
ITWW In The Worst Way
J Jacketed
JHC Jacketed Hollow Core/Cavity
JFP Jacketed Flat Point
JHP Jacketed Hollow Point
KMAGYOYO Kiss My A** Goodby, Your On Your Own
LAMO Laugh My A** Off
LB/L Lead Bullet
LBT Lead Bullet Technology
LD Loading Density
LFN Long Flat Nose
LA Liquid Alox
LLA Lee Liquid Alox
LOML Love Of My Life (or wife), not gun
LOS Line of Sight
LRN Lead Round Nose
LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
LWC Lead Wad Cutter
M Magnum
MC Metal Case
ME Muzzle Energy
MFW My F***ing Word
Mo symbol for Molybdenum
MOA Minute of Angle
MR Mean Radius
MV Muzzle Velocity
NFW No F***ing Way
Ni symbol for Nickel
NIB New In Box
NS Neck Sized
NSS No Stuff (S**t) Sherlock
NTB Not To Bright
NTS Not To Shabby
NW No Way
OAL Over All Length
OAW Older And Wiser
OAWW Oven Annealed Wheel Weight
OBSK Old But Still Kicking
OHT Oven Heat Treat
OMW Oh My Word
OPB Other Peoples Brass
OTOH On The Other Hand
PB Plain Base
Pb symbol for lead
PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PETA People Eating Tasty Animals
PITA Pain In The A**
PL Power-Lokt
PLMK Please Let Me Know
PMWFCFF Pat Marlin's World Famous California Flake Flux
POA Point Of Aim
POI Point Of Impact
*** Parrent Over Shoulder
*** Peace Of Stuff (S**t)
PP Paper Patch
PR PRimer
PSI Pounds Per Square Inch
PSP Pointed Soft Point
PTD Pointed
RB/R Round Ball
RF Rim Fire
RKBA Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RN Round Nose
RNFP Round Nose Flat Point
ROFLAMO Rolling On Floor LMAO
RS Range Scrap
RT Round Tip
S symbol for Sulphur
SAA Single Action Army
Sb symbol for Antimony
SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
SD Sectional Density or Standard Deviation
SEE Secondary Explosive Effect
SFB Stuff (S**t) For Brains
SHTF Stuff (S**t) Hit The Fan
SIL Silhouette
SJ Short Jacket
Sn symbol for Tin
SOL S**t Out Of Luck
SP Soft Point
SPCL Soft Point Core-Lokt
SPD Slipped Past Darwin
SP Spire Point/Soft Point
Spz Spitzer Point
SSP Single Shot Pistol
SWAG Scientific Wild A**ed Guess
SWC Semi-WadCutter
SWMBO SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED
TC Truncated Cone
TEOTW The End Of The World
TEOTWAWKI The End Of The World As We Know It
TMS That's My Story
TMJ Total Metal Jacket
TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TOF Time of Flight
VOE Voice Of Experience
WAG Wild A**ed Guess
WC WadCutter
WCWW Water Cooled Wheel Weight
WDWW Water Droped Wheel Weight
WETSU We Eat This Stuff (S**t) Up
WFN Wide Flat Nose
WP White (smokeless) Powder
WQ Water Quench
WTB Want To Buy
WTS Want To Sell
WW Wheel Weight
YWWV Your Mileage May Vary
Zn symbol for Zinc

LOL can also mean lots of luck, so:
LOL
Dean

[patsher]

Great job, guys! Got 'em in from the posts above. Keep 'em coming!

[stubshaft]

RCBS = Rock Chucker bullet swage
SAECO - Santa Anita Engineering Co.

[Calamity Jake]

CAS=cowboy action shooting.

R-P= Remington Peters

WW= Winchester Western

W-C= Winchester Cartrage

[Gelandangan]

here is more, related to this site,

RTFM - Read The F Manual before you use the dang stuff..

[Jim]

IGYNYSOB!
I got you now, you son of a b1+c#!

Years ago, I worked with a korean pipefitter. After hours of struggling with a particularly difficult project, he screamed this out. I thought it was Korean for victory or somethin'.

[EOD3]

I saw PBR up the line called Patched Round Ball ???

In my X-world PBR Patrol Boat Riverein or Pabst Blue Ribbon, neither has much to do with Boolets. :D

[Recluse]

beagle, as in to "beagle a mold" meaning to use a technique to slightly enhance the overall diameter of a cast boolit.

TL, which in front of certain boolit mold designs, stands for Tumble Lube meaning it has micro bands rather than traditional lube grooves.

CR as in Carnauba Red from White Label Lubes (WLL)

BAC, another fantastic White Label Lube standing for Beeswax, Alox, Carnauba

Bullplate, THE lubricant for molds, especially aluminum molds, and that comes from Bullshop

Those are a few that I think are pretty commonly discussed around here, but that I didn't see on the Master List.

And, I think it's a typo but it's 45%LLA + 45% JPW + 10% Mineral Spirits instead of 45 plus, 45 plus equals 10

:coffee:

[Recluse]

Also, I vote for omitting the Potentially Offensive Acronyms.

If someone uses one and others don't know what it means, best left to either one's imagination or a private message explanation.

We've kept the standards and conduct very high here for a long time. No need to lower them with thinly veiled ways around the very words and behavior we're trying to avoid. It certainly helps keep us way more civil--which is something we're known far and wide for with other gun forums. It also keeps us a lot more family friendly and non-offensive to each other.

Just my two cents on that matter.

:coffee:

[41magfan]

Guilty as charged

[MT Gianni]

Also, I vote for omitting the Potentially Offensive Acronyms.

If someone uses one and others don't know what it means, best left to either one's imagination or a private message explanation.

We've kept the standards and conduct very high here for a long time. No need to lower them with thinly veiled ways around the very words and behavior we're trying to avoid. It certainly helps keep us way more civil--which is something we're known far and wide for with other gun forums. It also keeps us a lot more family friendly and non-offensive to each other.

Just my two cents on that matter.

:coffee:

Seconded and glad to see it come from a non-moderator. We do have high standards.

[DeanoBeanCounter]

Thirded to Recluse. The lists I submitted are just things I picked up from here and there. That's why I requested they be edited.
I think it would be a good idea to have three lists:
1 Official- ones that can not only be used here and most anyplace else.
2 Unofficial- fun stuff we only use on here.
3 Banned- Offensive and Potentially Offensive. No pushing the limit.
Stuff you would or would not say in conducting business or in church seems like the best guideline. However, if you just got to use a cuss word, symbols like **** or ____ or just plane )(*&^%$#@! could be acceptable. Let the reader use their imagination to fill in the word.
What ever the final decision, remaining civil is what is paramount.
There's my $0.02 worth.
Good luck patsher.
Dean S

[patsher]

EOD3 -- thanks! got it fixed

Recluse -- thanks, got yours fixed, too!

[patsher]

Out they go, guys! That's the input I needed. Thanks!

And everything relevant in the posts above has been entered on the master list. Thanks again, and keep 'em coming!

[AZ-Stew]

My understanding is that:

BPCR = Black Powder Cartridge Rifle, as opposed to a BP ML rifle. The .45 Colt is a BP cartridge, but it's not suitable for the BPCR Silhouette game, which extends to 600 yards. Such matches are shot using BPCRs, such as Sharpses and Rem. Rolling Blocks.

LFN = Lead Flat Nose. Can't picture a Long Flat Nose boolit.

NTB = Not Too Shabby? How about Not Too Bad?

RPM = Rounds Per Minute, the cyclic rate of a machine gun.

Rem = Remington. (Capitalize the "R")

PSPCL = A Remington J-bullet. Pointed Soft Point Core-Lokt.

Squib = add: usually results in a stuck bullet in the bore or between cylinder and bore of a revolver.

Revolter = revolver

WC should be WCC = Western Cartridge Company (head stamp on some MILSURP brass)

RA = Remington Arms (head stamp on some MILSURP brass)

FC = Federal Cartridge (head stamp on some MILSURP brass)

Regards,

Stew

[patsher]

Stew, the LFN = Long Flat Nose comes from LBT moulds. In one series of their moulds they make a Wide Flat Nose and a Long Flat Nose. Here's the link:

http://www.lbtmoulds.com/moulds.shtml

(Well, I guess it's an address. I can't figure out how to make it an actual link, sorry. But if you go there you'll find the info)

And thanks for you fine additions to the list!

Pat

[DIRT Farmer]

EOD3, my bad, prb=patched round ball. In my younger days the error would have been the result of a few to many cold PBRs

[patsher]

AZ-Stew, could you tell me what BP ML stands for? (first line in your post above)

thanks,

Pat

[Pavogrande]

With all these abbreviations, acronyms, and texting I will have to dig out my old captain midnight decoder ring :-)

[AZ-Stew]

AZ-Stew, could you tell me what BP ML stands for? (first line in your post above)

thanks,

Pat

Black Powder Muzzle Loader. I thought I was using abbreviations from the original list. BP is there, and MLers (folks who muzzle load, at least that's what I took it to be in your list), but I guess you need to add ML (Muzzle Loading firearms) to the list, as well.

I'd suggest LFN be listed as Lead Flat Nose, as well. There are some of these designs around, as well as some JFN (Jacketed Flat Nose) handgun bullet designs.

I might add that RCBS stands for Rock Chuck Bullet Swage. The Rock ChuckER is the company's flagship loading press. When Fred Huntington started the business in the 40s he made die sets for making small caliber bullets using expended .22 RF cartridges for jackets. He mainly used the bullets to shoot at Rock Chucks, the Western equivalent of a groundhog. Thus the name Rock Chuck Bullet Swage Company.

Regards,

Stew

[patsher]

Stew, I've got all your corrections in, and your additions as well. Thanks a lot -- great info!

Okay, everyone, all contributions up to this point have been added -- keep 'em coming -- we should end up with a very useful tool here!

[AZ-Stew]

Here's another one I just remembered:

SPG - A black powder boolt lube. See: http://blackpowderspg.com/history_body.html

Regards,

Stew

[45nut]

boolit,, see my signature

once this thread dies down I will copy it to the classics and stickies area.

[patsher]

Fixed it, Ken. Thanks.

[EOD3]

I didn't search the list for these, so...

REAL Rifling Engraved At Loading
DRT Dead Right There
QLA?? Quick Load (Thompson Center) Sorry, senior moment

[patsher]

Okay, EOD3, I got the first two in (REAL and DRT). But I'm having my own senior moment with the third one. Exactly what is it you want entered for the third one?

[JeffinNZ]

I think you missed RKAB.

Right to Keep and Arm Bears. ;-)

[Reloader06]

HG or H&G Hensley & Gibbs

[turbo1889]

IME = In My Experience; similar to IMHO but defines it beyond an armchair opinion but also recognizes that others experience may be different (YMMV).

K = Equals approximate peak chamber pressure times a thousand without specifying the exact method of reading the pressure. Usually used in reference to the amount of pressure a lead alloy of given strength can withstand or to reference pressure readings from private pressure trace strain gauge systems some of us own and use or when we are not sure of the method of pressure reading when quoting load data from sources that don't specify the method. Examples: 15-K, . . . 17 - K, . . . 32 K, . . . 12K, . . . etc.

[patsher]

Jeff, you're a hoot! ( Is that a serious entry? RKAB?)

[patsher]

Okay, posting on the master list is up to date to here!

Come on, guys! I KNOW I've seen other acronyms used -- post 'em here, and I'll plant 'em there!

[EOD3]

Okay, EOD3, I got the first two in (REAL and DRT). But I'm having my own senior moment with the third one. Exactly what is it you want entered for the third one?

It's the recessed lands at the end of a T/C front-stuffer. It makes it easier to start a patched ball or a REAL boolet.

[patsher]

EOD3, thanks -- got it in.


Could someone help me with definitions of these acronyms, please?
SASS
SSAA
IPSC
Freechex

thanks!

[AZ-Stew]

EOD3, thanks -- got it in.


Could someone help me with definitions of these acronyms, please?

SASS Single Action Shooting Society

SSAA Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia

IPSC International Practical Shooters Confederation

Freechex A tool set for making one's own gas checks from sheet metal (usually aluminum beverage cans), manufactured by an internet vendor

thanks!

Regards,

Stew

[patsher]

thanks very much, Stew! Got 'em in!

Okay, newbies -- it's your chance! What abbreviations would you like to see included? Just give me the letters -- we can find someone to define them -- let's keep this thing rolling. Want to get it good and complete!

[EOD3]

I didn't notice CMP or DCM in the list.

Civilian Marksmanship Program

Department of Civilian Marksmanship

[JeffinNZ]

I always thought DCM stood for "Don't Come Monday".

[hoosierlogger]

Holy poo poo thats a mighty big list.

[AZ-Stew]

DCM was an office (not a room, but one held by a person), and the title of the office was Director of Civilian Marksmanship.

http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=104 See paragraph 5.

Regards,

Stew

[patsher]

Found some old abbreviations threads; will add info from them soon to our master list.

Anyone have anything else they would like to see added to the list?

[patsher]

Master list is up to date to this point. Anyone have anything more to add? Any links to explanations or definitions of anything you'd like to see included?

[45nut]

post #1 copied to classic's and stickies! Thanks Pat!

[onesonek]

I saw PBR up the line called Patched Round Ball ???

In my X-world PBR Patrol Boat Riverein or Pabst Blue Ribbon, neither has much to do with Boolets. :D

I guess it all pertains what context it is being used.
I have used PBR more than once, but as in Point Blank Range. Not to be cofused with the Hollywood use of the nomenclature. In regards to exterior ballistics, PBR is the trajectory in which a boolit or bullet is +/- to the line of sight in inches, on a given size target. For instance,,, a 6" PBR a projectile is neither more than 3" above or below the line of sight (LOS). The actual range is dictated by the veloctiy, intended target size, and atmospheric conditions as well, for that particular boolit/bullet and load.

[1hole]

The point of language is to communicate. If we inject "insider" terms that aren't WELL known into our posts we have obstructed our communications. Anytime I have to figger out someone's abbreviations or have to consult a "dictionary" sticky to understand what he means I'll just keep moving and ignore the whole thing. (Not that anyone will care, including me.)

Excepting such common and well known terms such as OAL, BTHP bullets, FL sizing, etc, we post about most of that stuff so seldom maybe it's more reasonable (and maybe faster?) to actually type what we are talking about rather than compiling a multipage collection of esotoric abbreviations? ROTHFLMAO.

[geargnasher]

Thanks Patsher for keeping this going, and thanks Ken for "sticking" the official list, this is WAY overdue here and an excellent reference for our newer members.

Gear

[patsher]

Okay, the master list is up to date through here. Please continue to post your suggestions here; I will update the master list (now located in the "Classic and Stickies" section).

You may have noticed that the master list is missing from this thread. I deleted it here since the master list has now been made into a "Stickie" -- reason: so that I will have only one list to update, rather than two. This should eliminate any possible confusion -- and, I confess, makes it easy to keep current.

Have something to add? Please just post it here -- I'll pick it up and add it. Thanks, everyone -- great input! Keep it coming!

[Reloader06]

SPF-Sold pending funds

[QUON]

Thanks Patsher for the Abbreviations list. It will be very handy when I go braindead.

[colt 357]

The one I keep telling myself. KISS Keep it simple stupid.......

[bearcove]

I find this one happens too often. SNAFU sitituation normal, all fouled up

BTT back to top

[contender1]

An excellent list of things. I have copied it, saved it, and edited it for the ones that were duplicated or not necessary to boolits or such things!

[QUON]

Here's an oldie,but goodie! NFG= non functional gear. Thanks again for the list.

[Blacksmith]

The link shown after the CMP abbreviation is dead. Here is a link to the CMP About Us Page
http://www.odcmp.com/Comm/About_Us.htm

Blacksmith

[bearcove]

Bump.

[tomme boy]

Bfr ???

[bearcove]

Biggest finest revolver is the official translation

Big xxxxxxx revolver is also used. Just use your imagination and fill in the blank.

[tommygirlMT]

Biggest finest revolver is the official translation

Big xxxxxxx revolver is also used. Just use your imagination and fill in the blank.

Used to be that Biggest Finest Revolvers was the official meansing --- but the company changed owners and now --- Big Frame Revolver is the official translation --- (according to their web site and catalog)

Yes --- I agree though that usually among the common folk like us the "F" is translated as the present progressive form of the "F" bomb --- just like BFH stands for Big *%&^ing Hammer on a construction sight

[camaro1st]

cya=cover your
wf=wet fart
bf=brain fart

[PatMarlin]

Sheesh... you guys forgot the most important one! ...:mrgreen:

WFCFF -Word Famous California Flake FLux

CFF -California Flake Flux

[oldguns]

N-SSA North-South Skirmish Association

What is RG? I saw it in a group by discussion in reference to a mold.