Abbreviations - Acronyms - As Used on This Forum
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