09-05-2013, 07:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-14-2016, 06:44 PM by NugginFutz.)
M193: 5.56x45mm 55-grain ball cartridge.
M195: 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank.
M196: 5.56x45mm 54-grain tracer cartridge, red cartridge tip.
M202: 5.56x45mm 58-grain FN SSX822 cartridge
M755: 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank specifically for the M234 launcher.
M855 LF: 62-grain green tip w/tungsten penetrator and a steel core. Lead Free
M855: 5.56x45mm 62-grain FN SS109 ball cartridge, green tip w/steel penetrator and a lead core.
M856: 5.56x45mm 64-grain FN L110 tracer cartridge
M995: 5.56x45mm 52-grain AP cartridge, black cartridge tip.
MAG: Box Magazine/Magnum
MAP: Maximum Allowable Pressure
MC: Metal Cased
ME: Muzzle energy/Middle East
Mils/mRad: Milliradians
MIM: Metal Injection Molding
MK262: 5.56x45mm 77-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
MK318: 5.56x45mm 62-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
MLGS: Mid Length Gas System
MLU-26: Early USAF designation for 5.56x45mm ball cartridge produced by Remington.
MM: Millimeter
MN: Mosin Nagant
MOA: Minute Of Angle
MOD: Moderator
MOE: Magpul Original Equipment
MRWC: Mid-Range Wad Cutter
MSH: Main Spring Housing
MSR: Modern Sporting Rifle
MV: Muzzle Velocity
NAA: North American Arms
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBRSA: National Benchrest Shooters Association
NCIC: National Crime Information Center
ND: Negligent Discharge
NEF: New England Firearms
NFA: National Firearms Act (of 1934 )
NRA: National Rifle Association
NRMA: National Reloading Manufacturers Association
NSSF: National Shooting Sports Foundation
OAL: OverAll Length
OC: Open Carry
OCW: Optimal Charge Weight (Dan Newberry's process for load work-ups and determining most accurate and "stable" load)
OOB: Out Of Battery
OD: Outside diameter / Olive Drab
OP: Original Post(er)
OTB: Out of The Box
OTM: Open Tip Match
OTMRP: Open Tip Match Rear Penetrating
OWB: Outside the Waistband, holster
PB: Lead/Lead Bullet
PBR: Point Blank Range
PDS: Piston Driven System RRA
PDSC: Piston Driven System Carbine RRA
PDSP: Piston Driven System Pistol RRA
PDSR: Pistol Driven System Rifle RRA
PDW: Personal Defense Weapon
PF: Precision Firearms
PK: Pulemyot Kalashnikova (or "Kalashnikov's Machinegun") A 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia
PKM: The current, modernized, product-improved version of the PK model
PL: Remington Power-Lokt
PLGS: Pistol Length Gas System
POA: Point Of Aim
POI: Point Of Impact
POST: Peace Officer Standards and Training
POV: Privately Owned Vehicle
PPC: Pindell-Palmisano Cartridge
PRI: Precision Reflex Inc.
PRS: Precision Rifle/Sniper
PSA: Palmetto State Armory
PSI: Pounds Per Square Inch
PSP: Pointed Soft Point/Plated Soft Point
QA: Quality Assurance
QC: Quality Control
RE: Receiver Extension (Buffer Tube)
REM: Remington
RF: RimFire
RFB: Rifle, Forward-ejecting Bullpup
RIA: Rock Island Arsenal
RKBA: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RLGS: Rifle Length Gas System
RN: Round Nose
RNL: Round Nosed Lead
ROI: Return On Investment
RRA: Rock River Arms
RSO: Range Safety Officer
RUM: Remington Ultra Mag
S&H: Sharpe & Hart
S&W: Smith & Wesson
SA: Semi Auto
SAA: Single Action Army
SAAMI: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
SAF: Second Amendment Foundation
SAM: Shooters Arms Manufacturing
SAR: Search And Rescue
SAS: Second Amendment Sisters
SASS: Single Action Shooting Society
SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon
SBR: Short Barreled Rifle
SBS: Short Barreled Shotgun
SCAR: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Assault Rifle
SCHV: Small Caliber, High Velocity
SCSA: Steel Challenge Shooting Association SCSA
SD: Sectional Density
SDZ: Surface Danger Zone
SEI: Smith Enterprises Inc.
SFP: Second Focal Plane
SHTF: Sh1t Hits The Fan
SJHP: Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
SJSP: Semi-Jacketed Soft Point
SKS: Samozaryadniy Karabin Simonov
SLR: Self Loading Rifle
SMG: SubMachine Gun
SMLE: Short Magazine Lee Enfield- the .303 caliber British Army rifle
SNAFU: Situation Normal, All Foobared Up
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SOST: Special Operations Science and Technology
SP: Soft Point/Spire Point
SPC: 6.8 Special Purpose Cartridge
Spl.: Special - As In .38 Spl.
SPL: Sound Pressure Level
SPRG: Springfield Armory
SPTZ: Spitzer
SRT: Special Response Team/Swift Response Team
SS: Stainless Steel
SS109: NATO code for the M855 (US CODE) 5.56x45 62 grain FMJ
SSA: Single Action Army (Colt's SA Revolver/Colt 45)
SSAA: Sporting Shooters Association of Australia
SST: (Hornady) Super Shock Tipped
STHP: Winchester Silvertip Hollow Point
SUR: Sport Utility Rifle
SWAT: Special Weapons And Tactics
SWC: Semi-Wad Cutter
SWS: Superior Weapons Systems
SX: (Hornady) Super eXplosive
SXT: (Winchester) Supreme eXpansion Talon (Black Talon)
TC: Truncated Cone/Thompson Center
TCU: Thompson/Center and (Wes) Ugalde
TDI: Tactical Defense Institute
TMJ: Total Metal Jacketed
UBR: Utility/Battle Rifle
USPSA: United States Practical Shooting Association
USRAC: U.S. Repeating Arms Company
UTA: Underground Tactical Arms
VLD: Very Low Drag
WAGC: Women Against Gun Control
WC: Wad Cutter
WCF: Winchester Center Fire
WIN: Winchester
WMR: Winchester Magnum Rimfire
WW: Windham Weaponry
XM287: 5.56x45mm 68-grain ball cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM779.
XM288: 5.56x45mm 68-grain tracer cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM780
XM777: 5.56x45mm ball cartridge.
XM778: 5.56x45mm tracer cartridge.
XM996: 5.56x45mm so-called "Dim Tracer" with reduced effect primarily for use with night vision devices.
XTP: (Hornady) eXtreme Terminal Performance
YHM: Yankee Hill Machine
YOM: Year Of Manufacture
M195: 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank.
M196: 5.56x45mm 54-grain tracer cartridge, red cartridge tip.
M202: 5.56x45mm 58-grain FN SSX822 cartridge
M755: 5.56x45mm grenade launching blank specifically for the M234 launcher.
M855 LF: 62-grain green tip w/tungsten penetrator and a steel core. Lead Free
M855: 5.56x45mm 62-grain FN SS109 ball cartridge, green tip w/steel penetrator and a lead core.
M856: 5.56x45mm 64-grain FN L110 tracer cartridge
M995: 5.56x45mm 52-grain AP cartridge, black cartridge tip.
MAG: Box Magazine/Magnum
MAP: Maximum Allowable Pressure
MC: Metal Cased
ME: Muzzle energy/Middle East
Mils/mRad: Milliradians
MIM: Metal Injection Molding
MK262: 5.56x45mm 77-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
MK318: 5.56x45mm 62-grain Open-Tipped Match/Hollow-Point Boat-Tail cartridge.
MLGS: Mid Length Gas System
MLU-26: Early USAF designation for 5.56x45mm ball cartridge produced by Remington.
MM: Millimeter
MN: Mosin Nagant
MOA: Minute Of Angle
MOD: Moderator
MOE: Magpul Original Equipment
MRWC: Mid-Range Wad Cutter
MSH: Main Spring Housing
MSR: Modern Sporting Rifle
MV: Muzzle Velocity
NAA: North American Arms
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBRSA: National Benchrest Shooters Association
NCIC: National Crime Information Center
ND: Negligent Discharge
NEF: New England Firearms
NFA: National Firearms Act (of 1934 )
NRA: National Rifle Association
NRMA: National Reloading Manufacturers Association
NSSF: National Shooting Sports Foundation
OAL: OverAll Length
OC: Open Carry
OCW: Optimal Charge Weight (Dan Newberry's process for load work-ups and determining most accurate and "stable" load)
OOB: Out Of Battery
OD: Outside diameter / Olive Drab
OP: Original Post(er)
OTB: Out of The Box
OTM: Open Tip Match
OTMRP: Open Tip Match Rear Penetrating
OWB: Outside the Waistband, holster
PB: Lead/Lead Bullet
PBR: Point Blank Range
PDS: Piston Driven System RRA
PDSC: Piston Driven System Carbine RRA
PDSP: Piston Driven System Pistol RRA
PDSR: Pistol Driven System Rifle RRA
PDW: Personal Defense Weapon
PF: Precision Firearms
PK: Pulemyot Kalashnikova (or "Kalashnikov's Machinegun") A 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia
PKM: The current, modernized, product-improved version of the PK model
PL: Remington Power-Lokt
PLGS: Pistol Length Gas System
POA: Point Of Aim
POI: Point Of Impact
POST: Peace Officer Standards and Training
POV: Privately Owned Vehicle
PPC: Pindell-Palmisano Cartridge
PRI: Precision Reflex Inc.
PRS: Precision Rifle/Sniper
PSA: Palmetto State Armory
PSI: Pounds Per Square Inch
PSP: Pointed Soft Point/Plated Soft Point
QA: Quality Assurance
QC: Quality Control
RE: Receiver Extension (Buffer Tube)
REM: Remington
RF: RimFire
RFB: Rifle, Forward-ejecting Bullpup
RIA: Rock Island Arsenal
RKBA: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RLGS: Rifle Length Gas System
RN: Round Nose
RNL: Round Nosed Lead
ROI: Return On Investment
RRA: Rock River Arms
RSO: Range Safety Officer
RUM: Remington Ultra Mag
S&H: Sharpe & Hart
S&W: Smith & Wesson
SA: Semi Auto
SAA: Single Action Army
SAAMI: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
SAF: Second Amendment Foundation
SAM: Shooters Arms Manufacturing
SAR: Search And Rescue
SAS: Second Amendment Sisters
SASS: Single Action Shooting Society
SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon
SBR: Short Barreled Rifle
SBS: Short Barreled Shotgun
SCAR: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Assault Rifle
SCHV: Small Caliber, High Velocity
SCSA: Steel Challenge Shooting Association SCSA
SD: Sectional Density
SDZ: Surface Danger Zone
SEI: Smith Enterprises Inc.
SFP: Second Focal Plane
SHTF: Sh1t Hits The Fan
SJHP: Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
SJSP: Semi-Jacketed Soft Point
SKS: Samozaryadniy Karabin Simonov
SLR: Self Loading Rifle
SMG: SubMachine Gun
SMLE: Short Magazine Lee Enfield- the .303 caliber British Army rifle
SNAFU: Situation Normal, All Foobared Up
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SOST: Special Operations Science and Technology
SP: Soft Point/Spire Point
SPC: 6.8 Special Purpose Cartridge
Spl.: Special - As In .38 Spl.
SPL: Sound Pressure Level
SPRG: Springfield Armory
SPTZ: Spitzer
SRT: Special Response Team/Swift Response Team
SS: Stainless Steel
SS109: NATO code for the M855 (US CODE) 5.56x45 62 grain FMJ
SSA: Single Action Army (Colt's SA Revolver/Colt 45)
SSAA: Sporting Shooters Association of Australia
SST: (Hornady) Super Shock Tipped
STHP: Winchester Silvertip Hollow Point
SUR: Sport Utility Rifle
SWAT: Special Weapons And Tactics
SWC: Semi-Wad Cutter
SWS: Superior Weapons Systems
SX: (Hornady) Super eXplosive
SXT: (Winchester) Supreme eXpansion Talon (Black Talon)
TC: Truncated Cone/Thompson Center
TCU: Thompson/Center and (Wes) Ugalde
TDI: Tactical Defense Institute
TMJ: Total Metal Jacketed
UBR: Utility/Battle Rifle
USPSA: United States Practical Shooting Association
USRAC: U.S. Repeating Arms Company
UTA: Underground Tactical Arms
VLD: Very Low Drag
WAGC: Women Against Gun Control
WC: Wad Cutter
WCF: Winchester Center Fire
WIN: Winchester
WMR: Winchester Magnum Rimfire
WW: Windham Weaponry
XM287: 5.56x45mm 68-grain ball cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM779.
XM288: 5.56x45mm 68-grain tracer cartridge produced by Industries Valcartier, Inc. An Improved version was also produced designated XM780
XM777: 5.56x45mm ball cartridge.
XM778: 5.56x45mm tracer cartridge.
XM996: 5.56x45mm so-called "Dim Tracer" with reduced effect primarily for use with night vision devices.
XTP: (Hornady) eXtreme Terminal Performance
YHM: Yankee Hill Machine
YOM: Year Of Manufacture