Fairly new to firearms? Here's a few acronyms to help make the transition easier. Please feel free to add to the list:
ARFCOM: AR15.com (internet message board)
LGS: "Local Gun Shop" or "Local Gun Store"
PSA: Palmetto State Armory, an online vendor and operator of five and soon to be six retail stores in South Carolina.
Neckbeard: Resell trolls (people who suck up .22 ammo, smokeless powder, etc. from retail stores and then resell it online at highly inflated prices...the lowlifes who are creating artificial shortages)
IWB: "Inside the Waistband" holster
AIWB: "Appendix Carry Inside the Waistband" holster; IWB holster suitable for carry at 2 O'clock position
OWB: "Outside the Waistband" holster
SOB: "Small of the Back" holster
Blackout: Refers to the new .300AAC Cartridge, a modified 5.56 x 45 NATO (AR-15/M-16) round designed for better ballistics through a shorter rifle barrel or AR-15 Pistol barrel
SPP: Small Pistol Primer
LPP: Large Pistol Primer
LRP: Large Rifle Primer
SRP: Small Rifle Primer
KB: Kaboom (a gun that blows up due to any number of reasons but main culprits are reloaded ammo with too large a charge, using worn-out rifle brass, or improper headspacing)
Headspace: Refers to the space between the base of the cartridge and the breech face (the part where the firing pin sticks out) and the proper point of contact where the cartridge and the barrel chamber interface to ensure that proper space. A very important thing to know if you're reloading your own ammo. Headspacing can be hard for the newbie to wrap one's head around. Even some of us old timers have trouble defining it. Some cartridges like 9mm headspace on the case mouth. Rifle cartridges often headspace on the tapered portion of the case neck. Reloaded revolver brass and rifle brass must be trimmed to ensure proper headspace. Straight walled pistol brass doesn't need to be trimmed unless you are anal retentive.
Hoplophobe, Hoplophobic: refers to "fear of weapons". Slang term not an actual medical term.
CTD: "Cheaper than Dirt!", a major retailer of firearms and accessories. Some love 'em others hate 'em.
LPK: "lower parts kit" usually used to build a lower receiver on an AR-15 rifle, Usually contains various pins, springs, trigger group, etc.
RCBS: A major manufacturer of reloading equipment. The company was originally known as the "Rock Chuck Bullet Swage Company".
Swage: Term for bending or forming various types of metals into a desired shape but can also mean deformed into an undesirable shape.
ACP: "Automatic Colt Pistol", a designation found on certain types of semi-auto pistol ammunition (.45ACP, .380ACP, .32ACP, etc.)
FUDD: "Elmer Fudd"; Pejorative describing gun owners whose concept of the 2nd Amendment is limited to the use of firearms for hunting.
OC: "Open carry"
CCW: Concealed carry" (other terms include those describing a state's particular name for a concealed firearm permit such as CWP, CHL, etc.)
CQC: Close Quarters Combat
COM: Center of Mass
POA: Point of Aim
Range Nazi: This should be self explanatory
Ring of Fire: Liberal Journalist's term for a former group of low-cost firearms manufacturers located in Southern California
Tenifer: Glock process for treating metal parts against rust and corrosion
Boolit: Slang for cast lead projectiles with no jacketing or plating
Teacup or Teacup Grip: Ineffective method of cupping a pistol grip with the palm of the support hand.
Brass Hog or Brass Vulture: A person who takes another's spent brass without asking. Also: Brass Hole
JHP: Jacketed Hollow Point bullet
SWC: Semi Wad-cutter bullet; tapered cast bullet with a flat point designed for punching a neat hole in a paper target
FMJ: Full Metal Jacket (also TMJ for Total Metal Jacket). Brass or copper covered round nose bullets most often used for training or target practice
FTF: Failure to Feed (also FTE Failure to Eject); Operational problem in semi-automatic or automatic firearms
Squib or Squib Load: When a cartridge has no or insufficient powder resulting in a bullet being stuck in a firearm's barrel
Hang Fire: When a slow-igniting primer causes delayed discharge of a cartridge (I have never seen one in nearly 18 years of shooting)
Rock 'n' Roll: Fully automatic firearms
ARFCOM: AR15.com (internet message board)
LGS: "Local Gun Shop" or "Local Gun Store"
PSA: Palmetto State Armory, an online vendor and operator of five and soon to be six retail stores in South Carolina.
Neckbeard: Resell trolls (people who suck up .22 ammo, smokeless powder, etc. from retail stores and then resell it online at highly inflated prices...the lowlifes who are creating artificial shortages)
IWB: "Inside the Waistband" holster
AIWB: "Appendix Carry Inside the Waistband" holster; IWB holster suitable for carry at 2 O'clock position
OWB: "Outside the Waistband" holster
SOB: "Small of the Back" holster
Blackout: Refers to the new .300AAC Cartridge, a modified 5.56 x 45 NATO (AR-15/M-16) round designed for better ballistics through a shorter rifle barrel or AR-15 Pistol barrel
SPP: Small Pistol Primer
LPP: Large Pistol Primer
LRP: Large Rifle Primer
SRP: Small Rifle Primer
KB: Kaboom (a gun that blows up due to any number of reasons but main culprits are reloaded ammo with too large a charge, using worn-out rifle brass, or improper headspacing)
Headspace: Refers to the space between the base of the cartridge and the breech face (the part where the firing pin sticks out) and the proper point of contact where the cartridge and the barrel chamber interface to ensure that proper space. A very important thing to know if you're reloading your own ammo. Headspacing can be hard for the newbie to wrap one's head around. Even some of us old timers have trouble defining it. Some cartridges like 9mm headspace on the case mouth. Rifle cartridges often headspace on the tapered portion of the case neck. Reloaded revolver brass and rifle brass must be trimmed to ensure proper headspace. Straight walled pistol brass doesn't need to be trimmed unless you are anal retentive.
Hoplophobe, Hoplophobic: refers to "fear of weapons". Slang term not an actual medical term.
CTD: "Cheaper than Dirt!", a major retailer of firearms and accessories. Some love 'em others hate 'em.
LPK: "lower parts kit" usually used to build a lower receiver on an AR-15 rifle, Usually contains various pins, springs, trigger group, etc.
RCBS: A major manufacturer of reloading equipment. The company was originally known as the "Rock Chuck Bullet Swage Company".
Swage: Term for bending or forming various types of metals into a desired shape but can also mean deformed into an undesirable shape.
ACP: "Automatic Colt Pistol", a designation found on certain types of semi-auto pistol ammunition (.45ACP, .380ACP, .32ACP, etc.)
FUDD: "Elmer Fudd"; Pejorative describing gun owners whose concept of the 2nd Amendment is limited to the use of firearms for hunting.
OC: "Open carry"
CCW: Concealed carry" (other terms include those describing a state's particular name for a concealed firearm permit such as CWP, CHL, etc.)
CQC: Close Quarters Combat
COM: Center of Mass
POA: Point of Aim
Range Nazi: This should be self explanatory
Ring of Fire: Liberal Journalist's term for a former group of low-cost firearms manufacturers located in Southern California
Tenifer: Glock process for treating metal parts against rust and corrosion
Boolit: Slang for cast lead projectiles with no jacketing or plating
Teacup or Teacup Grip: Ineffective method of cupping a pistol grip with the palm of the support hand.
Brass Hog or Brass Vulture: A person who takes another's spent brass without asking. Also: Brass Hole
JHP: Jacketed Hollow Point bullet
SWC: Semi Wad-cutter bullet; tapered cast bullet with a flat point designed for punching a neat hole in a paper target
FMJ: Full Metal Jacket (also TMJ for Total Metal Jacket). Brass or copper covered round nose bullets most often used for training or target practice
FTF: Failure to Feed (also FTE Failure to Eject); Operational problem in semi-automatic or automatic firearms
Squib or Squib Load: When a cartridge has no or insufficient powder resulting in a bullet being stuck in a firearm's barrel
Hang Fire: When a slow-igniting primer causes delayed discharge of a cartridge (I have never seen one in nearly 18 years of shooting)
Rock 'n' Roll: Fully automatic firearms
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