ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS

Can members please post the abbreviations and acronyms they use and what they stand for? Some ,I have no idea what they stand for.Thanks.

Easiest way is just use your search engine like Google. Most are common throughout internet like IMHO (IN MY HONEST OPINION)

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

I always thought that was In My HUMBLE Opinion. Which is why some folks write IM(NSH)O - In My (Not So Humble) Opinion.

ICBSAWPALOMFR

This one is very common on the internet.....



"I can't believe Smith and Wesson put a lock on my favorite revolver"

sipowicz said:

ICBSAWPALOMFR

This one is very common on the internet.....



"I can't believe Smith and Wesson put a lock on my favorite revolver"

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You left off "much to the chagrin of all us gun guys
ICBSAWPALOMFRMTTCOAUGG

WDMFFSLF "Why do MacDonald french fries smell like fish"

AFAIK, I don't use acronyms or abbreviations. IIRC, folks who do are PNG around here.

JMHO. YMMV.

Whisky tango ....... ghostrider - come back

One I use every day

FWD

Falling Weight Deflectometer.

(this is going to give somthing away)

EBR - Evil Black Rifle
MOA - Minute Of Angle
gr. - Grain
BC - Ballistic Coefficient
ME - Muzzle Energy
OU - Over/Under
SxS - Side By Side
RNLT - Round Knob Long Tang
SNST - Square Knob Short Tang
SAA - Single Action Army
SA - Single Action
DA - Double Action
DAO - Double Action Only
LEO - Law Enforcment Officer
P&R - Pinned and Recessed
TH - Target Hammet
TT - Target Trigger
TS - Target Stocks
BBWC - Bevel-Base WadCutter
BT - Boat-Tailed
CB - Cast Bullet
DEWC - Double Ended WadCutter
FMJ - Full Metal Jacket
FP - Flat Point
HBWC - Hollow-Base WadCutter
HP - Hollow Point
JHP - Jacketed Hollow Point
JSP - Jacketed Soft Point
LHP - Lead Hollow Point
LRN - Lead, Round Nose
LSWC - Lead Semi-WadCutter
MRWC - Mid-Range WadCutter
PB* - Lead Bullet
RNL - Round Nosed Lead
SJHP - Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
SJSP - Semi-Jacketed Soft Point
SP - Soft Point or Spire Point
SPTZ - Spitzer
SWC - Semi-WadCutter
TC - Truncated Cone
TMJ -Totall Metal Jacketed
WC - WadCutter
ACP - Automatic Colt Pistol
AE - Action Express
BR - Bench Rest
B&D - Bain and Davis
H&H - Holland & Holland
H&R - Harrington & Richardson
IHMSA - International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Assoc.
JDJ - J. D. Jones
LR - Long Rifle
Mag - Magnum
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
PPC - Pindell-Palmisano Cartridge
Rem - Remington
RF - RimFire
Spl. - Special
Sprg. - Springfield Armory
S&H - Sharpe & Hart
S&W - Smith & Wesson
TCU - Thompson/Center and Ugalde
WCF - Winchester Center Fire
OOB - Out of Battery (a round not fully chambered)
SBR - Short Barrel Rifle (needs a fed stamp!)
FTE - Failure to Extract -or- Failure to Eject
FTF - Failure to Feed -or- Failure to Fire -or- Face to Face
FFL - Federal Firearms License (often refers to the holder of one)
OTD - Out the Door (total price paid, all inclusive)
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
MOA - Minute of Angle
MV - Muzzle Velocity
POA - Point of Aim
POI - Point of Impact
Win - Winchester
lr - long rifle
WMR - Winchester Magnum Rimfire
DCM - Director of Civilian Marksmanship
IBS - International Benchrest Shooters
IMR - Improved Military Rifle
IPSC - International Practical Shooting Confederation
NBRSA - National Bench Rest Shooters Association
NRA - National Rifle Association
NSSF - National Shooting Sports Foundation
SAAMI - Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
USPSA - United States Practical Shooting Association
BUG - Back Up Gun
PBJ - PeanutButter and Jelly

Being ex-defense worker, we had acronyms for everything. At home, I use only one - for my backhoe - it's a BDT. (burglar disposal tool)

Don't forget BFD. As in what kind of diesels you got on that boat. I got a pair of BFD's

I'm retired military. Supposedly , abreviations/acronyms were to make things simpler. And that is still true to a extent. I truly believe however a lot of their use is simply so those who know what they mean can feel superiour to those who don't.