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For the noobies out there - here's a list of some acronyms that you will see on Calguns. Please feel free to add your own!!!
Note that items in BOLD are specific to (or originated at) Calguns.net.
AAMOF - as a matter of fact
A.R.M.S. - Atlantic Research Marketing Systems
ACOG - Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights (Trijicon)
AD - accidental discharge (although most would argue all AD's are really ND's, as a true AD is a gross mechanical failure)
AFAIAA - as far as i am aware
AFAIK - as far as i know
AG - Attorney General
AK - Kalashnikov style rifle
AM - Alison Merrilees (formerly from the DOJ) note spelling (two r's and two e's)
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
Ball - ball ammo - see FMJ
BATFE - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives
BB - Bullet Button
BCG - Bolt Carrier Group
BF - boyfriend
BM - Bushmaster (www.bushmaster.com)
BOB - bug out bag
BOF - Bureau of Firearms (part of the DOJ) (from back when CA DOJ Firearms was a bureau and not just a division)
BOHICA - bend over, here it comes again, also a firearms manufacturer
Brady Bunch - not the TV show
BP - Border Patrol
BRD - Black Rifle Disease
BTT / BUMP - simple post to "bump" the thread "back to top"
BUG - back up gun
BUIS - back-up iron sights
C&R - curio & relic
CCW / CCP - Concealed Carry Weapons permit (depricated)
CGN - Calguns.net
CGF - Calguns Foundation
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)
COE - Certificane of Eligibility
CTD - Cheaper Than Dirt (a vendor)
CWS - Cold War Shooters
DA - Double action, district attorney
DD - Daniel Defense
DOJ - California Department of Justice
DI - Direct Impingement
DFTT - Don't Feed The Troll
DPMS - Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services (http://www.dpmsinc.com/)
DROS - dealer's record of sale - sometimes used to refer to the 10 day waiting period (e.g., "I just DROS'ed it," etc..)
EBP - evil black pistol
EBR - evil black rifle
EDC - every day carry
FA - full auto
FCG - fire control group - see HTS
FFL - Federal Firearms License (a dealer)
FMJ - full metal jacket ammunition, usually the base of the bullet is left exposed
FN/FNH = Fabrique Nationale (http://www.fnhusa.com/)
FNG - f-ing new guy (don't use this - it's offensive)
FS - for sale
FSB - front sight block
FT - for trade
FTF - Face to Face
FUBAR - f'd up beyond all recognition
FUD - fear, uncertainty, doubt - bad info
GB - Gun Broker (www.gunbroker.com)
GF - girlfriend
GI - government issue, or gas impingement
GPU - Gas Piston Upper
GT - Golden Tiger (ammo for AKs)
HD - home defense
HP - hollow point ammo
HSC - handgun safety certificate
HTS / HST - hammer, sear, & trigger
IANAL- I am not a lawyer
IBTL - in before the lock
IC - Iggy Chinn (from the DOJ)
IIRC - if I remember correctly, or if I recall correctly
IE - Inland Empire
Izzy - Israeli
KAC - Knight's Armament Company
LA - Long Action
LE - Law Enforcement
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LMT - Lewis Machine and Tool (http://www.lewismachine.net/)
LOP - length of pull
LPK - lower parts kit (for ARs)
LRT - LaRue Tactical
LTC - License to Carry
LUCC - Locked Unloaded Concealed Carry
Mag - box magazine; ammunition feeding device (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "clip")
MMG - Monster Man Grip
MI - Midwest Industries
MOA - Minute of angle
ND - negligent discharge
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NFA – National Firearms Act
NRA - National Rifle Association (please become a member)
NeRF / NRF - non-rosterable firearm
OAL - office of administrative law, also overall length (when referring to long guns)
OC - Orange County
OEM - original equipment manufacturer
Off Roster - refers to pistols not certified for sale in CA (http://certguns.doj.ca.gov/)
OLL - off list lower
OLR - off list rifle
OLU - off list upper (like on a FAL)
OP - original poster, the person who started the thread
PC - Penal Code
PITA – Pain In The @--
PM - Private Message
POF - USA Patriot Ordnance Factory
POF - Pakistan Ordnance Factory
POS - Piece Of S---
POST - Peace Officer Standards and Training
PP - Paypal (but note, they are anti-gun!)
PPT - Private Party Transfer
PRI - Precision Reflex Inc.
PRK - People's Republic of Kalifornia
PRK - Pistols, Rifles and Knives (an FFL in Fresno)
RAW - Registered Assault Weapon
RG.com - RifleGear.com
RKBA - right to keep and bear arms
Romy "G" - a type of AK
RRA - Rock River Arms (http://www.rockriverarms.com/)
SA - semi auto - ALSO "situational awareness"
SA - Single Action
SA - Short Action
SA/DA - Single action / Double action
SBR - short barreled rifle
SBS - Short Barreled Shotgun
SD - Self Defense
SHTF - s--- hits the fan
SG - Sportsmans' Guide (a vendor)
SGN - Shotgun News (a gun sales publication)
SGV - San Gabriel Valley
SNAFU - situation normal, all f'd up
SnQ - shoot n que
SP - soft point ammo
SPR - special police rifle, special purpose rifle
SPF - sold, pending funds
SWS - Superior Weapons Systems (http://www.superiorweaponssystems.com/)
T&A - T&A Armory
TAN - the "Thread About Nothing"
TIA - thanks in advance
TMI - too much information
TMJ - Total Metal Jacket ammunition, jacket typically fully encasing the bullet
TPF - ten percent firearms
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
UAW - Unregistered Assault Weapon
WTB - want to buy
WTS - want to sell
WTT - want/willing to trade
YHM - Yankee Hill Machine
YMMV - your mileage may vary
Some slang:
Ant Burners - people outside of Cali who like to put us down because of our gun laws
Post Whore - someone who posts a lot (too much)
Troll - someone who posts to get a rise out of other people
Ban - what happens when you break the rules here
Head Janitor (or Janitor) - the owner of the site, Kestryll
Mod - moderator - the folks who enforce the rules here
Tacticool - Something that looks cool, is useless, and was probably expensive
The Right People - Various lawyers and CGF members, including but not limited to bweise, hoffmang, Chuck Michel, Don Kilmer, and Jason Davis.
Note that items in BOLD are specific to (or originated at) Calguns.net.
AAMOF - as a matter of fact
A.R.M.S. - Atlantic Research Marketing Systems
ACOG - Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights (Trijicon)
AD - accidental discharge (although most would argue all AD's are really ND's, as a true AD is a gross mechanical failure)
AFAIAA - as far as i am aware
AFAIK - as far as i know
AG - Attorney General
AK - Kalashnikov style rifle
AM - Alison Merrilees (formerly from the DOJ) note spelling (two r's and two e's)
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
Ball - ball ammo - see FMJ
BATFE - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives
BB - Bullet Button
BCG - Bolt Carrier Group
BF - boyfriend
BM - Bushmaster (www.bushmaster.com)
BOB - bug out bag
BOF - Bureau of Firearms (part of the DOJ) (from back when CA DOJ Firearms was a bureau and not just a division)
BOHICA - bend over, here it comes again, also a firearms manufacturer
Brady Bunch - not the TV show
BP - Border Patrol
BRD - Black Rifle Disease
BTT / BUMP - simple post to "bump" the thread "back to top"
BUG - back up gun
BUIS - back-up iron sights
C&R - curio & relic
CCW / CCP - Concealed Carry Weapons permit (depricated)
CGN - Calguns.net
CGF - Calguns Foundation
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)
COE - Certificane of Eligibility
CTD - Cheaper Than Dirt (a vendor)
CWS - Cold War Shooters
DA - Double action, district attorney
DD - Daniel Defense
DOJ - California Department of Justice
DI - Direct Impingement
DFTT - Don't Feed The Troll
DPMS - Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services (http://www.dpmsinc.com/)
DROS - dealer's record of sale - sometimes used to refer to the 10 day waiting period (e.g., "I just DROS'ed it," etc..)
EBP - evil black pistol
EBR - evil black rifle
EDC - every day carry
FA - full auto
FCG - fire control group - see HTS
FFL - Federal Firearms License (a dealer)
FMJ - full metal jacket ammunition, usually the base of the bullet is left exposed
FN/FNH = Fabrique Nationale (http://www.fnhusa.com/)
FNG - f-ing new guy (don't use this - it's offensive)
FS - for sale
FSB - front sight block
FT - for trade
FTF - Face to Face
FUBAR - f'd up beyond all recognition
FUD - fear, uncertainty, doubt - bad info
GB - Gun Broker (www.gunbroker.com)
GF - girlfriend
GI - government issue, or gas impingement
GPU - Gas Piston Upper
GT - Golden Tiger (ammo for AKs)
HD - home defense
HP - hollow point ammo
HSC - handgun safety certificate
HTS / HST - hammer, sear, & trigger
IANAL- I am not a lawyer
IBTL - in before the lock
IC - Iggy Chinn (from the DOJ)
IIRC - if I remember correctly, or if I recall correctly
IE - Inland Empire
Izzy - Israeli
KAC - Knight's Armament Company
LA - Long Action
LE - Law Enforcement
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LMT - Lewis Machine and Tool (http://www.lewismachine.net/)
LOP - length of pull
LPK - lower parts kit (for ARs)
LRT - LaRue Tactical
LTC - License to Carry
LUCC - Locked Unloaded Concealed Carry
Mag - box magazine; ammunition feeding device (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "clip")
MMG - Monster Man Grip
MI - Midwest Industries
MOA - Minute of angle
ND - negligent discharge
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NFA – National Firearms Act
NRA - National Rifle Association (please become a member)
NeRF / NRF - non-rosterable firearm
OAL - office of administrative law, also overall length (when referring to long guns)
OC - Orange County
OEM - original equipment manufacturer
Off Roster - refers to pistols not certified for sale in CA (http://certguns.doj.ca.gov/)
OLL - off list lower
OLR - off list rifle
OLU - off list upper (like on a FAL)
OP - original poster, the person who started the thread
PC - Penal Code
PITA – Pain In The @--
PM - Private Message
POF - USA Patriot Ordnance Factory
POF - Pakistan Ordnance Factory
POS - Piece Of S---
POST - Peace Officer Standards and Training
PP - Paypal (but note, they are anti-gun!)
PPT - Private Party Transfer
PRI - Precision Reflex Inc.
PRK - People's Republic of Kalifornia
PRK - Pistols, Rifles and Knives (an FFL in Fresno)
RAW - Registered Assault Weapon
RG.com - RifleGear.com
RKBA - right to keep and bear arms
Romy "G" - a type of AK
RRA - Rock River Arms (http://www.rockriverarms.com/)
SA - semi auto - ALSO "situational awareness"
SA - Single Action
SA - Short Action
SA/DA - Single action / Double action
SBR - short barreled rifle
SBS - Short Barreled Shotgun
SD - Self Defense
SHTF - s--- hits the fan
SG - Sportsmans' Guide (a vendor)
SGN - Shotgun News (a gun sales publication)
SGV - San Gabriel Valley
SNAFU - situation normal, all f'd up
SnQ - shoot n que
SP - soft point ammo
SPR - special police rifle, special purpose rifle
SPF - sold, pending funds
SWS - Superior Weapons Systems (http://www.superiorweaponssystems.com/)
T&A - T&A Armory
TAN - the "Thread About Nothing"
TIA - thanks in advance
TMI - too much information
TMJ - Total Metal Jacket ammunition, jacket typically fully encasing the bullet
TPF - ten percent firearms
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
UAW - Unregistered Assault Weapon
WTB - want to buy
WTS - want to sell
WTT - want/willing to trade
YHM - Yankee Hill Machine
YMMV - your mileage may vary
Some slang:
Ant Burners - people outside of Cali who like to put us down because of our gun laws
Post Whore - someone who posts a lot (too much)
Troll - someone who posts to get a rise out of other people
Ban - what happens when you break the rules here
Head Janitor (or Janitor) - the owner of the site, Kestryll
Mod - moderator - the folks who enforce the rules here
Tacticool - Something that looks cool, is useless, and was probably expensive
The Right People - Various lawyers and CGF members, including but not limited to bweise, hoffmang, Chuck Michel, Don Kilmer, and Jason Davis.
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