AA - Air Arms (British airgun manufacturer)
AGN - AirgunNation
AO - Adjustable Objective (Scope)
AOA - Airguns of Arizona
BAR – Metric unit of pressure (1 BAR = 14.5038 PSI)
BC - Ballistic Coefficient
BP - Bullpup
BR - Bench Rest
BSP - British Standard Pipe (British standard set of screw thread sizes)
CF - Carbon Fiber
CHRONY - Chronograph
CLP - Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative
CONUS - Continental US
CP - Center Point Scope or Crosman Premier Pellets
CPHP - Crosman Premier Hollow Point
CTC - Center To Center
DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung (the English translation is German Institute for Standardization).
DISCO - Benjamin Discovery Air Rifle
EBR – Extreme Bench Rest (Annual competition held in Arizona by Airguns of Arizona)
FAC - Fire Arm Certificate
FFP - First Focal Plane
FOV - Field of View (Scope)
FPS - Feet per Second
FPE - Foot Pounds of Energy (ft-lbs)
FT - Field Target
FX - Swedish airgun manufacturer
GR - Grain (weight)
H&N - Haendler & Natermann (German pellet manufacturer)
HFT - Hunter Field Target
HPA - High Pressure Air
HS - Hammer Spring
HW - Hans Weihrauch (German airgun manufacturer)
IR - Illuminated Reticle
JSB - Josef Schulz Bohumin (Czech pellet manufacturer)
LDC - Lead Dust Collector (silencer)
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LOP - Length of Pull
MCT - Map Compensated Technology
MIL - Mil Radian
MOA - Minute of Angle
MOD - Moderator (Forum moderator)
MPS - Meters per Second
MROD - Benjamin Marauder Air Rifle
MSP - Multi-Stroke Pumper
MV - Muzzle Velocity
NV - Night Vision
OCONUS - Outside the Continental US
OP - Original Poster (Person that started the thread)
PA - Pyramyd Air
PB - Powder Burner (Fire Arm)
PCP - Pre-Charged Pneumatic
POA - Point of Aim
POI - Point Of Impact
PROD - Benjamin Marauder Air Pistol
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
RAW - Rapid Air Weapons (US airgun manufacturer)
RFD - Registered Firearms Dealer (UK)
SCB - Small Caliber Ballistic (Type of reticle)
SF - Side Focus (Scope)
SFP - Second Focal Plane
SPRINGER - Spring compression or break barrel rifle
SPF - Sold Pending Funds
SSG- spring stopping guide.
ST – Smooth Twist (type of barrel manufactured by FX)
SYNROD - Synthetic Benjamin Marauder Rile
TDR - Take Down Rifle
TP - Transfer Port
UNF - Unified National Fine (threading for silencers)
Version 1.0 - Created by Travels4Fun on Oct 12, 2015
Shamelessly stolen from GTA:
.22LR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Caliber Long Rifle and its Bullets
AA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Arms
AFAIK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As Far As I Know
AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Gun
AGD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airgun Depot
AGF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Gun Fever
AO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjustable Objective (Scope)
AOA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airguns Of Arizona
Bandit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raccoon
BC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballistic Coefficient
BIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother-In-Law
Bisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bottle Disco (Discovery)
BP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bullpup
BPHP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Premier Hollow Point
BR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bench Rest
BTW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By The Way
Bugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bunny or Rabbit
Bushy Tailed Tree Rat . . . . . . . Squirrel
CCW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrying a Concealed Weapon
CDT Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CharlieDaTuna Trigger (Gooood Stuff)
CF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbon Fiber
Chipper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chipmunk
Chrony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronograph
CLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative
CONUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continental US
CP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center Point Scope or Crosman Premiers
CCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concealed Carry Permit
CPHP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crosman Premier Hollow Point
C-Rat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opossum (Possum)
CTC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center To Center
DAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheridan
Disco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Discovery Air Rifle
Diss (ing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disrespect or Disrespecting
DPV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disco Power Valve
DRT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dead Right There
EDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Every Day Carry
ETA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estimated Time of Arrival
FAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fire Arm Certificate
FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feral Cat
FFP SFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Focal Point Second Focal Point
FPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feet Per Second
Flying Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starling (Flying Rat is also known as being a pigeon)
FPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foot Pounds of Energy
FT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field Targets or Flat Top (piston)
FWIW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For What It's Worth
Grinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Opossum (Possum)
GTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gateway To Airguns (This is who we are.)
GF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girl Friend
HND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Havea Nice Day
HO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Orange
HOSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Sparrow
HPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Pressure Air
HS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hammer Spring
IIRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If I Remember Correctly
or If I Really Cared
IMHO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In My Humble Opinion and In My Honest Opinion
Jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Rabbit
JMO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just My Opinion
LDC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Dust Collector
LEO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Law Enforcement Officer
LOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laugh Out Loud (also Lots Of Luck)
LOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Length Of Pull
LRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laser Range Finder
LWH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Weight Hammer
MIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mother-In-Law also A unit of length equal to 0.001 inches
MOA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minute Of Angle
Mods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Moderators or Modifications
MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Melick of Flying Dragons Air Rifles
MOSH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Minute Of Squirrels Head
Mrod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Marauder Air Rifle
MSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-Stroke Pumper
Munk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chipmunk
NP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nitro Piston Pellet rifle that gets its power from Nitrogen compression
NSNM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Shots No Misses
NUTTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Squirrel
OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Original Poster (Person originating the thread)
PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyramyd Air
PB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powder Burner (Fire Arm)
PCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PreCharged Pneumatic (Air Rifle)
PETA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . People Eating Tasty Animals
Pics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pictures
PMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postal Money Order
PMPCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poor Man's PCP
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Point Of Impact-
PPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . People
PRod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Marauder Air Pistol
PSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pounds per Square Inch
RMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Return Merchandise Authorization
ROFL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rolling On the Floor Laughing
RSII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rainstorm 2
RVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rear Velocity Adjuster
SF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Side Focus (as apposed to AO) when talking about scope attributes
Silly Wets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silhouette
Song Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coyote
Springer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pellet rifle that gets it power from spring compression
SPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sold Pending Funds
SRod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synthetic Marauder
SSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single-Stroke Pumper
SWMBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . She Who Must Be Obeyed
TCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Care of Business
TMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Too Much Information
TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer Port
Tree Rat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Squirrel
TYD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Your Door
WFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide Freaking Open
Whistle Pig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ground Hog (GHog)
Whistle Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prairie Dog
Yellow Bill or Beak. . . . . . . . . Starling
Yote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coyote
YMMV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Mileage May Vary
YRMV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Results May Vary
AGN - AirgunNation
AO - Adjustable Objective (Scope)
AOA - Airguns of Arizona
BAR – Metric unit of pressure (1 BAR = 14.5038 PSI)
BC - Ballistic Coefficient
BP - Bullpup
BR - Bench Rest
BSP - British Standard Pipe (British standard set of screw thread sizes)
CF - Carbon Fiber
CHRONY - Chronograph
CLP - Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative
CONUS - Continental US
CP - Center Point Scope or Crosman Premier Pellets
CPHP - Crosman Premier Hollow Point
CTC - Center To Center
DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung (the English translation is German Institute for Standardization).
DISCO - Benjamin Discovery Air Rifle
EBR – Extreme Bench Rest (Annual competition held in Arizona by Airguns of Arizona)
FAC - Fire Arm Certificate
FFP - First Focal Plane
FOV - Field of View (Scope)
FPS - Feet per Second
FPE - Foot Pounds of Energy (ft-lbs)
FT - Field Target
FX - Swedish airgun manufacturer
GR - Grain (weight)
H&N - Haendler & Natermann (German pellet manufacturer)
HFT - Hunter Field Target
HPA - High Pressure Air
HS - Hammer Spring
HW - Hans Weihrauch (German airgun manufacturer)
IR - Illuminated Reticle
JSB - Josef Schulz Bohumin (Czech pellet manufacturer)
LDC - Lead Dust Collector (silencer)
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
LOP - Length of Pull
MCT - Map Compensated Technology
MIL - Mil Radian
MOA - Minute of Angle
MOD - Moderator (Forum moderator)
MPS - Meters per Second
MROD - Benjamin Marauder Air Rifle
MSP - Multi-Stroke Pumper
MV - Muzzle Velocity
NV - Night Vision
OCONUS - Outside the Continental US
OP - Original Poster (Person that started the thread)
PA - Pyramyd Air
PB - Powder Burner (Fire Arm)
PCP - Pre-Charged Pneumatic
POA - Point of Aim
POI - Point Of Impact
PROD - Benjamin Marauder Air Pistol
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
RAW - Rapid Air Weapons (US airgun manufacturer)
RFD - Registered Firearms Dealer (UK)
SCB - Small Caliber Ballistic (Type of reticle)
SF - Side Focus (Scope)
SFP - Second Focal Plane
SPRINGER - Spring compression or break barrel rifle
SPF - Sold Pending Funds
SSG- spring stopping guide.
ST – Smooth Twist (type of barrel manufactured by FX)
SYNROD - Synthetic Benjamin Marauder Rile
TDR - Take Down Rifle
TP - Transfer Port
UNF - Unified National Fine (threading for silencers)
Version 1.0 - Created by Travels4Fun on Oct 12, 2015
Shamelessly stolen from GTA:
.22LR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Caliber Long Rifle and its Bullets
AA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Arms
AFAIK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As Far As I Know
AG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Gun
AGD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airgun Depot
AGF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Gun Fever
AO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjustable Objective (Scope)
AOA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airguns Of Arizona
Bandit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raccoon
BC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballistic Coefficient
BIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brother-In-Law
Bisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bottle Disco (Discovery)
BP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bullpup
BPHP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Premier Hollow Point
BR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bench Rest
BTW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By The Way
Bugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bunny or Rabbit
Bushy Tailed Tree Rat . . . . . . . Squirrel
CCW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrying a Concealed Weapon
CDT Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CharlieDaTuna Trigger (Gooood Stuff)
CF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbon Fiber
Chipper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chipmunk
Chrony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chronograph
CLP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleaner, Lubricant, Preservative
CONUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continental US
CP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center Point Scope or Crosman Premiers
CCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concealed Carry Permit
CPHP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crosman Premier Hollow Point
C-Rat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opossum (Possum)
CTC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center To Center
DAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheridan
Disco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Discovery Air Rifle
Diss (ing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disrespect or Disrespecting
DPV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disco Power Valve
DRT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dead Right There
EDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Every Day Carry
ETA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estimated Time of Arrival
FAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fire Arm Certificate
FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feral Cat
FFP SFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Focal Point Second Focal Point
FPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feet Per Second
Flying Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starling (Flying Rat is also known as being a pigeon)
FPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foot Pounds of Energy
FT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field Targets or Flat Top (piston)
FWIW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For What It's Worth
Grinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Opossum (Possum)
GTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gateway To Airguns (This is who we are.)
GF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girl Friend
HND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Havea Nice Day
HO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Orange
HOSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Sparrow
HPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Pressure Air
HS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hammer Spring
IIRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If I Remember Correctly
or If I Really Cared
IMHO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In My Humble Opinion and In My Honest Opinion
Jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Rabbit
JMO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just My Opinion
LDC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Dust Collector
LEO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Law Enforcement Officer
LOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laugh Out Loud (also Lots Of Luck)
LOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Length Of Pull
LRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laser Range Finder
LWH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Weight Hammer
MIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mother-In-Law also A unit of length equal to 0.001 inches
MOA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minute Of Angle
Mods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Moderators or Modifications
MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Melick of Flying Dragons Air Rifles
MOSH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Minute Of Squirrels Head
Mrod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Marauder Air Rifle
MSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-Stroke Pumper
Munk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chipmunk
NP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nitro Piston Pellet rifle that gets its power from Nitrogen compression
NSNM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Shots No Misses
NUTTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Squirrel
OP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Original Poster (Person originating the thread)
PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyramyd Air
PB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powder Burner (Fire Arm)
PCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PreCharged Pneumatic (Air Rifle)
PETA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . People Eating Tasty Animals
Pics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pictures
PMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postal Money Order
PMPCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poor Man's PCP
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Point Of Impact-
PPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . People
PRod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Marauder Air Pistol
PSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pounds per Square Inch
RMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Return Merchandise Authorization
ROFL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rolling On the Floor Laughing
RSII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rainstorm 2
RVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rear Velocity Adjuster
SF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Side Focus (as apposed to AO) when talking about scope attributes
Silly Wets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silhouette
Song Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coyote
Springer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pellet rifle that gets it power from spring compression
SPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sold Pending Funds
SRod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synthetic Marauder
SSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single-Stroke Pumper
SWMBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . She Who Must Be Obeyed
TCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Care of Business
TMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Too Much Information
TP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer Port
Tree Rat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Squirrel
TYD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Your Door
WFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide Freaking Open
Whistle Pig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ground Hog (GHog)
Whistle Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prairie Dog
Yellow Bill or Beak. . . . . . . . . Starling
Yote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coyote
YMMV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Mileage May Vary
YRMV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Results May Vary
Last edited:
