Dictionary of Phrases and Acronyms

[Montanya]

FTSTFU - Failed to Shut The F*** Up (verb) - The failure to remain silent on a thread for which you have no intelligent input. (See above post or do forum seach for user=Emptymag)

[LittleRedToyota]

How's your plaid?

left my plaid in the UCC after i got my BS in IDS from SDS in HSS at CMU (while working as DC for MEMS in MCS)

LOL



(ETA: LOL is laugh out loud)

(ETA: ETA is edited to add )

[Lycanthrope]

SIIHPAPP.....never mind.

IMHO = In my humble opinion.

Lycan3beersthrope

[LittleRedToyota]

Lycanyouknewitwascomingthrope

i just had to start it didn't i...

...bad LRT!

[LittleRedToyota]

i'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for a program to finish running and they keep popping into my head, so...

SBR = short barreled rifle

SPR = special purpose rifle

SBS = short barrelled shotgun

FCG = fire control group (trigger, etc.)

FMJ = full metal jacket

JHP = jacketed hollow point

SA = single action (or (springfield armory)

DA = double action (or district attorney....or dumb ass )

DAO = double action only

SA/DA = single action/double action

CMT = continental machine & tool

COM = center of mass (or common object model )

VFG = vertical foregrip

JFPO = jews for the protection of firearms owneeship (a great organization, btw)

GOA = gun owners of america

NRA = national rifle association

PAFOA = of course, PA firearms owner's association (aka, poofa in some circles)

aka = also known as

ACSL = allegheny county sportsmens league (another great organization that does a lot for PA gun rights)

PMSC = pitcairn monroeville sportsmens club (a really cool gun club near pittsburgh of which many of us are members and at which the western PA PAFOA group shoots---aka the poofa shoots--are held.)

[str8shooter]

SHTF - Shit hits the fan

[Garpman]

BUIS = Back Up Iron Sight

LDA = Light Double Action

Some terms you'll see a lot when discussing AK/AKM rifles but not specific to it

FSB = Front Sight Base
GB = Gasblock
RSB = Rear sight base

Some bullet descriptions

WC = Wadcutter
LRN = Lead round nose
LSWC = Lead semi wadcutter
BT = Boat-tail
HS = Hydra shock
SP = soft point
J (as prefix) = Jacketed ie. JSP = Jacketed soft point; JHP = jacketed hollow point

TMJ = total metal jacket

[RocketFoot]

BG = Bad Guy
JMB = John Moses Browning
1911 = A pistol designed by JMB that set the standards for all pistols to follow
OP = Original Poster (Post)

[DaveM55]

ATF: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms AKA - party!!!

[markheck1]

EOTWAWKI = End of the world as we know it....= SHTF X 10

ZOMBIE = well....zombie