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Old 04-20-2013, 09:34 PM
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Can someone please give me a quick run down of the commonly used abbreviations used to describe revolvers? TT, WO, TH, etc. etc.
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TT: Target Trigger
TH: Target Hammer
WO: White outline (rear) sight
RR: Red Ramp (front) sight
CTG.: Cartridge
RB: Round Butt
SB: Square Butt
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TT= Target trigger
WO=white outline rear sight
TH=Target hammer
RR=Red Ramp
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Can someone please give me a quick run down of the commonly used abbreviations used to describe revolvers? TT, WO, TH, etc. etc.
The abbreviations you mention are:

Target Trigger
White Outline
Target Hammer

Another is TS for Target Stock

Later S&W changed to an almost insane system which was difficult, for me at least, to learn. It generally put the feature as the first letter, followed by another letter to describe the feature.

For example, blue was once abbreviated as a feature code as "B." Then it changed to ZB (Z for finish, B for Blue). Thus, ZK is black, ZS is stainless, ZG is gray, ZN is Nato Green, ZW is camo, ZL is melonite slide.

The insanity continues:

RR was Red Ramp, but that is now SR, presumably for "Sight, Red Ramp."

Adjustable sight used to be AS, now it is SA, for "Sight, Adjustable."

Fixed sight was FS, now SF.

The full list is on page 278 of SCSW 3rd Ed.
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CTG.: Cartridge
Whoa! Wait... doesnt this describe the type of revolver?!?
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