Manufacturer acronyms

Here is my collection of acronyms over the years. This has not been updated for a year or two so some of the newest, such as AEA which I forgot, will be missing.

EDIT; added AEA AGT

Acronyms Abbreviations

AEA = Art of Extraordinary Airguns

AGT = AirGun Technology

BTW = By The Way

FWIW = For what it’s worth

IMHO = In my humble opinion

LOL = Laughing Out Loud

PCP = PreCharged Pneumatic

YH = Yong Heng is a PCP compressor

FPS = Feet per second / velocity

FPE = Foot pounds of energy

LDC = Lead dust collector / moderator / silencer

SCBA = Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

SCUBA = Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus



AA – Air Arms (British airgun manufacturer)

AGN – AirgunNation Forum

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) (other peoples)

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

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)



Shamelessly stolen from GTA:

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Have a 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 or 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A unit of length equal to 0.001 inches Mother-In-Law also

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
 
Art of Extraordinary Airguns? Pulled from their FB page but that can't be right....

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As i ordered one last night ( Vulcan 3 ), one brand / acronym have been left out "AGT" AirGun Technology

I think the guess as to the meaning of FX is valid, FA would be a silly combination to use, i am pretty familiar with the language of our neighbor to the east,,,,, a country we over history have been at war with for over 3 decades,,,, but now are very friendly in general.

I cant think of any Swedish words starting with X that would be valid in this airgun context,,,, actually only a few come to my Danish mind.

The Swedish word FAen,,,, means Damn,,,,, they use it a lot like some use the "F" word