Firearms Terms and Acronyms
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A
AAMOF - as a matter of fact
A.R.M.S. = Atlantic Research Marketing Systems
ACOG = Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights (Trijicon)
AFAIAA - as far as i am aware
AFAIK - as far as i know
AG - Attorney General
AK - Avtomat Kalashnikova and other variants.
AOW - any other weapon
AP - armor piercing
AR - AR15 style rifle
ARFCOM - AR15.com
ATF - Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (see BATFE)
AW - Assault Weapon
AWB - Assault Weapon Ban
B
Ball - ball ammo - see FMJ
BATFE - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
BF - boyfriend
BM = Bushmaster (www.bushmaster.com)
BOB - bug out bag
BOF - Bureau of Firearms (part of the DOJ)
BOHICA - bend over, here it comes again
Brady Bunch - not the TV show
BRD = Black Rifle Disease
BUG - back up gun
C
C&R - curio & relic
CCW - Concealed Carry Weapons permit
CMMG = ??? AR Manuf. (http://www.cmmginc.com/)
CMP - Civilian Marksmanship Program
CMT = Continental Machine and Tool Co (maker of Stag and supplier to many others)
CWS - Cold War Shooters
D
DD = Daniel Defense
DOJ - California Department of Justice
DFTT – Don’t Feed The Troll
DPMS = ??? AR Manuf (http://www.dpmsinc.com/)
DPMS = Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services
DROS - dealer's record of sale - sometimes used to refer to the 10 day waiting period (e.g., "I just DROS'ed it," etc..) (PC 12073)
E
EBR - evil black rifle
EDC - every day carry
F
FA - full auto
FCG - fire control group - see HTS
FFL – Federal Firearms License (a dealer)
FMJ - full metal jacket ammo
FN/FNH = Fabrique Nationale (http://www.fnhusa.com/)
FNG - f-ing new guy (don't use this - it's offensive)
FS - for sale
FT - for trade
FUBAR- f'd up beyond all recognition
FUD - fear, uncertainty, doubt - bad info with explicitly bad intent (not a synonym for 'wrong')
G
GF - girlfriend
GPU: Gas Piston Upper
GT - Golden Tiger (ammo for AKs)
H
HP - hollow point ammo
HSC - handgun safety certificate
HTS / HST - hammer, sear, & trigger
I
IANAL- i am not a lawyer
IBTL - in before the lock
IIRC- if i remember correctly
K
KAC = Knight's Armament Company
L
LE = Law Enforcement
LEO = Law Enforcement Officer
LMT = Lewis Machine and Tool (http://www.lewismachine.net/)
LRT = LaRue Tactical
M
Mag – box magazine; ammunition feeding device (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a “clip"). See comparison picture.
MBG - Minute of Bad Guy. Approximately 20 inches at 100 yards.
MMG - Monster Man Grip
MI = Midwest Industries
MOA - Minute of Arc, Minute of Angle. Approximately 1 inch at 100 yards.
N
NFA – National Firearms Act of 1934 (in 26 USC 53 and following)
O
OAL - office of administrative law
P
PITA – Pain In The @--
POS – Piece Of S---
POST = Peace Officer Standards and Training
PRI = Precision Reflex Inc.
R
RKBA - right to keep and bear arms
Romy "G" - a type of AK
RRA = Rock River Arms (http://www.rockriverarms.com/)
S
SA - semi auto
SBR - short barreled rifle
SBS – Short Barreled Shotgun
SHTF - shi1 hits the fan
SNAFU - situation normal, all f'd up
SP - soft point ammo
SPR - special police rifle, special purpose rifle
SPF - sold, pending funds
SWS = Superior Weapons Systems (http://www.superiorweaponssystems.com/)
T
TAN - the "Thread About Nothing"
TPF - ten percent firearms
W
WTB - want to buy
WTS - want to sell
Y
YHM = Yankee Hill Machine
YMMV - your mileage may vary
