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patsher
01-18-2011, 09:38 PM
Hey guys, we've talked about collecting abbreviations in one place, and so with Ken's blessing, here we go. . Thanks, everyone, in advance for your help!


ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS -- AS USED ON THIS FORUM

45-45-10 -- 45% LLA + 45% JPW + 10% Mineral Spirits
#2 -- Lead alloy comprised of 90% lead, 5% tin, 5% antimony
**** -- a censored word

ACP or acp -- Automatic Colt Pistol
ACWW -- air cooled wheel weights
Ag -- symbol for the 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 without leave

BAC -- another fantastic White Label Lube standing for Beeswax, Alox, Carnauba
BB -- bevel base
BBWC -- bevel base wad cutter
BC -- ballistic coefficient
beagle -- as in to "beagle a mold" meaning to use a technique to slightly enhance the overall diameter of a cast boolit.
BGG -- big grease groove
BHN -- Brinell Hardness Number
Bi -- symbol for Bismuth
BLO -- Boiled Linseed Oil

boolit -- as God laid it into the soil, grand old Galena, the Silver Stream graciously hand poured into molds for our consumption.
BP or bp -- black powder, "the real stuff!"
BP -- bronze point
BP -- bullet pull

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 Sharps and Rem. Rolling Blocks.

BPCR/P --
BP ML -- Black Powder Muzzle Loader

BPS -- Black Powder Silhouette
BR -- bench rest
BRP -- BRP Products, LLC.; boolit moulds, Bruce Brandit, a member of this forum. See: http://www.brp.castpics.net/
BT -- boat tail
BTHP -- boat tail hollow point (bullet shape)
BTDT -- been there, done that
BTW -- by the way
Bullplate -- THE lubricant for molds, especially aluminum molds; comes from Bullshop, a member here

C -- compressed charge
cakecutter/ kakekutter -- cuts boolits loose when pan lubing. See: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=105862
CAS -- cowboy action shooting
catsneeze -- a light load
CAV – Cavalry
CB – cast boolit
CF -- center fire
check -- gas check
Checkmaker -- gas-check producing dies manufactured and sold by member Pat Marlin
CMJ -- complete metal jacket
CMP -- Civilian Marksmanship Program; see http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactShe...ad.aspx?ID=104
COL -- cartridge overall length
COW -- Cream Of Wheat
COWW or CO -- clip-on wheelweights
CR -- Carnauba Red, a very popular lube from White Label Lubes (WLL)

Cramer -- a system of producing hollow-point boolits in BRASS and STEEL molds, in which the pins are retained by slides which protrude through the mold halves. The manufacturer of molds which developed an internal HP pin. Not all Cramers are HP molds. See (link to threads)

Cu -- symbol for Copper
CUP -- Copper Units of Pressure
CV -- Coefficient of Variation

DCM -- Director of Civilian Marksmanship
DIAS - drop in auto sear
DRT -- dead right there

FC -- Federal Cartridge (headstamp on some MILSURP brass)
fg, ffg, fffg, ffffg -- black powder granulations
FL --full length; i.e., full-length sizing
FLGC -- full length gas check (a jacketed bullet)
FLS -- full length sized
FMJ -- full metal jacket
FN or fn -- flat nose
FP or fp -- flat point
FPS -- feet per second
Freechex -- A tool set for making gas checks from sheet metal (usually aluminum beverage cans), manuf'd by an internet vendor
FWC -- full wad cutter
FWFL -- Felix World Famous Lube (see link)
FWIW -- for what it's worth

GB or gb -- group buy
GC -- gas check

HB -- hollow base
HBWC --hollow base wad cutter
Hg -- symbol for Mercury
headstamp -- markings on base of cartridges indicating manufacturer; see http://cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm
HG or H&G -- Hensley & Gibbs
HGAC -- haven't got a clue
HIIK -- heck if I know
HJ -- half jacket
HP or hp -- hollow point
HP -- High Point firearms
HT -- heat treated
HTWW -- heat treated wheel weight

IIRC -- if I recall/remember correctly
IME -- in my experience; similar to IMHO but defines it beyond an opinion; recognizes that others' experience may be different
IMH(BA)O -- in my humble (but accurate) opinion
IMHO -- in my humble/honest opinion
IMR -- Improved Military Rifle
INC -- I need coffee
INCB -- I need coffee bad
IPSC -- International Practical Shooters Confederation
ITWW -- in the worst way

J -- jacketed
j-word -- jacketed bullets (not BOOLITS)
JFP -- jacketed flat point
JHC -- jacketed hollow core/cavity
JHP -- jacketed hollow point
JFN -- jacketed flat nose
JPW -- Johnson's Paste Wax

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.

kakekutter/ cakecutter -- cuts boolits loose when pan lubing. See: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=105862

Lino -- linotype alloy
L -- lead
LA -- liquid Alox
LB -- lead bullet
LBT -- Lead Bullet Technology; a maker of custom bullet molds; Veral Smith designs
LD -- loading density
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LFN -- lead flat nose
LFN -- long flat nose
LFRB -- large flat rate box (USPO priority mail)
LLA -- Lee Liquid Alox
lol or LOL -- laughing out loud
LOL – lots of luck
LOML – love of my life (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
MFRB -- medium flat rate box (USPO priority mail)
Mihec -- maker of custom moulds, member here
milsurp -- military surplus
ML -- muzzle loading firearms
MLers – muzzleloaders
Mo – symbol for Molybdenum
MO -- money order
MOA -- minute of angle; refers to size of group. 1 MOA = 1" @ 100 yds, 2" @ 200 yds.
moa dot -- a sighting dot within a scope, e.g., “a 1/4 moa dot". Said to be easier for aging eyes to see.
mould or mold -- boolit mould (see link)
MR – mean radius
Mule Snot -- Lee Liquid Alox
MV – muzzle velocity

Ni – symbol for Nickel
NIB – new in box
Noob -- new member; newbie
NOE -- Night Owl Enterprises (member here, maker of custom moulds)
NS – neck sized
NTB – not too bad
NW – no way

OAL – overall 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 people's brass
OTOH – on the other hand

OQWW -- oven quenched wheel weights. You can heat treat by other means but you can't water quench without an oven. (See Veral Smith, Chapter 8, Jacket Performance with Cast Bullets)

PB -- plain base
Pb – symbol for Lead

PBR -- Point Blank Range; 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.

PRB -- patched round ball
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PETA – people eating tasty animals
PID controller -- an electronic device which can control the temperature of a lead melting pot or hotplate within very close tolerances
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
POMO -- Post Office Mone Order
*** – parent over shoulder
PP -- paper patch
PR – primer
PSI – pounds per square inch
PSP – pointed soft point
PSPCL -- pointed soft point Core-Lokt; a Remington J-bullet
PTD – pointed

QLA -- Quick Load (Thompson/Center); recessed lands at the end of a T/C front-stuffer, makes it easier to start a patched ball or REAL boolet.

R – round ball
R-P -- Remington Peters
RA -- Remington Arms (headstamp on some MILSURP brass)
ranch dog -- a bullet mold designed and sold by the member of the same name (but capitlized)
RB -- round ball

RCBS -- Rock Chuck Bullet Swage Company, the business Fred Huntington started in the 40s when 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.

REAL -- Rifling Engraved At Loading
Rem -- Remington
Revolter -- revolver
RF -- rim fire

RG -- a system of producing hollow-point boolits in ALUMINUM molds, in which the pins are retained by slides mounted to the bottom of the mold. The name is said to pay homage to "Rube Goldberg" due to the mechanical complexity of this system. See: (link to thread)

RKBA – right to keep and bear arms
RN – round nose
RNFP -- round nose flat point
Rock Chucker -- the flagship reloading press of the RCBS company
ROCKDock -- a bench press dock mounting system manufactured and sold by member Pat Marlin
rotfl or ROTFL-- rolling on the floor laughing
RPM -- rouonds per minute, the cyclic rate of a machine gun
RS – range scrap
RT – round tip
**** -- read the f manual (before you use the dang stuff.)

S – symbol for Sulfur
SAA – single action army
SASS -- Single Action Shooting Society
Sb – symbol for Antimony
S&W -- Smith & Wesson
SAECO - Santa Anita Engineering Co.
SBT – spitzer boat tail
SD – sectional density or Standard Deviation
SEE – secondary explosive effect
SFRB -- small flat rate box (USPO priority mail)
SG -- Speed Green, a very popular lube made by member Bullshop
SIL – silhouette
SJ – short jacket
Sn – symbol for tin
SOWW or SO -- stick-on wheelweights
SP – soft point
SP – spire point
SP – soft point
SPCL – soft point Core-Lokt
SPF -- Sold Pending Funds.
SPG -- A black powder boolt lube. See: http://blackpowderspg.com/history_body.html
Spz – spitzer point
SSAA -- Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia
SSP – single shot pistol
SWC – semi wad cutter
SWMBO -- she who must be obeyed (at least while she's looking:-P)
soup can -- the Lee 113 fp 30 cal boolit, not to be confused with the 7mm Soup can or any other resembling a small can. This is the original.
squib -- not enough or no powder; usually results in a stuck bullet in the bore or between cylinder and bore of a revolver
stickies -- forum threads of broad and significant interest; kept intact and active, not archived
SxS DBL BBL M/L -- side by side double barrel muzzleloader

T/C -- Thompson/Center
TC – truncated cone
TL -- Tumble Lube, which in front of certain boolit mold designs, means it has micro bands rather than traditional lube grooves
TL -- Tumble Lubing, a method of lubricating boolits which requires no sizing equipment
TMS – that's my story
TMJ – total metal jacket
TNSTAAFL – there's no such thing as a free lunch
TOF – time of flight
TOW - Track of the Wolf

USPO -- United States Post Office
USPS -- United States Postal Service
USPSMO -- United States Postal Service Money Order

VOE – voice of experience
VS = Vendor Sponser

W-C -- Winchester Cartridge
WC – wad cutter
WCC -- Western Cartridge Company (head stamp on some MILSURP brass)
WCWW -- water cooled wheel weights
WDWW -- water dropped wheel weights
WETSU – we eat this stuff up
WFN – wide flat nose
wheelgun -- revolver
win – Winchester
WLL -- White Label Lubes, one of our vendor sponsors
WP – white (smokeless) powder
WQ – water quench
WTB – want to buy
WTS – want to sell
ww or WW -- wheel weight
WW -- Winchester Western
YMMV – your mileage may varySponser

Zn – symbol for Zinc

Bullet Caster
12-01-2011, 02:11 AM
What does K.I.S.S. stand for. It's not listed in the above posts. Thanks, BC

Mooseman
12-01-2011, 02:22 AM
Keep it simple Stupid !

PatMarlin
12-01-2011, 01:51 PM
Missed my CFF again? ...:mrgreen:

azrednek
12-01-2011, 02:05 PM
THANK YOU!!! This should be a sticky.

50-170-700 sharps
12-01-2011, 07:11 PM
Thank you much! I have a slightly hard time finding out what the abbreviations on here are and usually end up googling them - and only sometimes can i get the right answer out of google. And I second that it should be a sticky.

Light attack
12-02-2011, 05:20 PM
I do believe that this is already a sticky

darkroommike
12-15-2011, 09:08 PM
LLA Lee Liquid Alox

pergoman
12-15-2011, 09:37 PM
That type of abbreviation is not permitted on this board.

Waksupi
Moderator

coloraydo
12-15-2011, 09:55 PM
See below.

Rangefinder
12-17-2011, 11:07 PM
How about "HHTFCIGTI!!"... it means "Holy-Heck That's Flipping Crazy (and) I Gotta Try It!!"... Only because it applies so often to the things I find here... :D Couldn't resist!

swheeler
12-24-2011, 11:17 PM
GG boolit- grease groove bullet

RhodeHunter
01-17-2012, 11:56 AM
DST = Double Set Trigger

blackbike
01-18-2012, 06:55 PM
Wcf??????
win center fire?

CollinLeon
01-19-2012, 03:16 AM
LP -- Large Pistol primer
LPM -- Large Pistol Magnum primer
LR -- Large Rifle primer
LRM -- Large Rifle Magnum primer
SP -- Small Pistol primer
SPM -- Small Pistol Magnum primer
SR -- Small Rifle primer
SRM -- Small Rifle Magnum primer

WRideout
01-19-2012, 08:02 AM
One I've seen, SBH = Ruger Super Blackhawk.

JonB_in_Glencoe
05-29-2014, 09:33 AM
Bump to top

dtalbot
05-29-2014, 05:59 PM
THANK YOU!!! This should be a sticky.

I strongly agree!

gwpercle
06-02-2014, 01:22 PM
EDC - every day carry.
EODC - every other day carry
WWEKD - what would Elmer Keith do
OMGWITGTE - oh my God when is is this going to end

M Hicks
06-05-2014, 06:41 PM
Some of those powder coat fellas are going to feel left out.

Nice work compiling all of this.

ZmanWakeForest
06-06-2014, 11:25 PM
ITWTW - In Trouble With The Wife!

62chevy
06-07-2014, 03:45 PM
ITWTW - In Trouble With The Wife!

You have some explaining to do! :kidding:

fred2892
06-07-2014, 05:35 PM
NOI, no offense intended. Its a pity you don't see this more often in posts. It could save a lot of misunderstanding.

buckwheatpaul
06-07-2014, 08:52 PM
Thanks for the help......and the hard work.....

doc1876
06-15-2014, 12:57 PM
**** or !@#! -- a censored word
I did that, and got in trouble, you might not want to do it.........fyi

DCM
06-19-2014, 07:45 PM
ID - inside diameter

OD - outside diameter

SI - send it

VV - VihtaVouri

bangerjim
06-24-2014, 08:54 PM
T/C is ALSO "thermocouple" in the industry.

EMC45
07-01-2014, 05:38 PM
How about RR/WO/TH/TT?


Red ramp white outline target hammer target trigger. Often in reference to Smith & Wesson revolvers.

Yodogsandman
09-19-2015, 04:57 PM
How about adding these

LGS=Local Gun Shop (or Store)
LG's=Lube Grooves

Col4570
09-29-2015, 02:52 PM
Just use the full wording and forget the abbreviations.

Driver man
12-01-2015, 08:16 PM
EDC - every day carry.
EODC - every other day carry
WWEKD - what would Elmer Keith do
OMGWITGTE - oh my God when is is this going to end/oh my god when is this going to explode

Hdskip
01-11-2016, 02:09 PM
This is helpful. Thanks

StuBach
02-14-2016, 11:35 AM
PC - powder coat

BBDT - BB Dry Tumble, powder coating using the tumble method with BBs added to help agitate powder and insulate bullets from collisions.

PITA - pain in the rear

hubcap52
05-30-2016, 03:11 PM
TEOTWAWKI = The end of the world as we know it.

Hossfly
07-07-2018, 08:51 PM
Add LEA Law Enforcement Agencies

Minerat
07-07-2018, 09:33 PM
BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again.

Non insult intended to our member bohica

chuckerbird
07-11-2018, 09:00 AM
Anyone know what OBFMCB means? It was in a Gun broker add.

JBinMN
07-11-2018, 09:37 AM
Anyone know what OBFMCB means? It was in a Gun broker add.

It could mean "Octagon Barrel Full Magazine Crescent Buttplate. "

chuckerbird
07-11-2018, 10:10 AM
That sounds good. I'll go with it.

GregLaROCHE
01-06-2019, 08:18 PM
Today we use a lot of three letter abbreviations. There is a list at the end of the pages, but there seem to be a lot more in common use. Some of them I can figure out, but a lot leave me scratching my head. Is it possible to update the list to include more definitions for abbreviations?

GregLaROCHE
01-09-2019, 07:10 AM
This is really great. As one can see there are a lot of them. It should be a sticky or if it already is, where do you find it?

Conditor22
05-19-2020, 02:17 PM
yearly bump :)

frkelly74
05-19-2020, 03:29 PM
I didn't see LEO on the list.

and how about USPSMO

kevin c
05-22-2020, 12:28 PM
USPSA - United States Practical Shooting Association
IDPA - International Defensive Pistol Association
ICORE - International Confederation of Revolver Enthusiasts
GSSF - Glock Sport Shooting Foundation

PF - Power Factor (bullet weight in grains X velocity in thousands of feet per second; e.g., a 125 gr bullet traveling at 1000 fps has a PF of 125).

Little Oak
06-20-2020, 08:40 AM
And don't forget the most important of all - TLA, which is the three letter acronym for Three Letter Acronym!

WinchesterColt
03-21-2021, 01:23 PM
TOW - Track of the Wolf.

I see that one a lot. But I haven't figured this one out - think it has something to do with wads.

tow -

Minerat
03-21-2021, 02:13 PM
I didn't see LEO on the list.

and how about USPSMO

Added.

fred2892
03-21-2021, 08:39 PM
TOW - Track of the Wolf.

I see that one a lot. But I haven't figured this one out - think it has something to do with wads.

tow -

tow Is just tow. It’s like a course jute piece of string. Very fibrous. Kept in gun cases and used with a pull through for cleaning bores. Very olde worlde and smells bad too.


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la5676
03-21-2021, 09:27 PM
I feel like an idiot for asking, as it is apparent what it means in each ad, but why are the letters "vs" used in a for sale add on this forum instead of the obvious acronym for the two words "fs"?

Mr_Sheesh
03-22-2021, 02:06 AM
VS = Vendor Sponsor, those are the sellers who signed up and pay in order to have less restrictions on their selling. They can ell over 10 sales/ad and have over 5 items open at once, because they are paying. (No_1 or Hatch may be able to state this more clearly, this is sorta the gist of it though)

todd2
04-04-2021, 11:18 AM
iced. I Carry Every Day

cobia
04-13-2022, 01:19 PM
SPF is not mentioned on list! I see that in S&S adds, I assume it means "ship pending funds" ?

Red River Rick
04-13-2022, 05:57 PM
SPF is not mentioned on list! I see that in S&S adds, I assume it means "ship pending funds" ?

"SPF" would be Sold Pending Funds.

cobia
04-14-2022, 10:59 AM
"SPF" would be Sold Pending Funds.

Ah... Thanks for the clarification!