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Firearm Acronyms
AP -

Armor Piercing (has a steel or other hard metal core)

AP -

Accelerator

ACC - Base Level Wadcutter
ACP - Automatic Colt Pistol
BEB - Brass Enclosed Base
BT - Boat-Tail
BTHP -

Boat Tail Hollow Point

CB - Cast Bullet
CL - Core Lokt
DEWC - Double Ended Wadcutter
FMJ - Full Metal Jacket
FN - Flat Nose
FP - Flat Point
FST - Fail Safe Talon
DG - Gold Dot
DGHP - Gold Dot Hollow Point
GAP - Glock Automatic Pistol
GS - Golden Saber
HBWC - Hollow Based Waddcutter
HC - Hard Cast
HP - Hollow Point
HPJ - High Performance Jacketed
HS - Hyrda Shok
J - Jacketed
JFP - Jacketed Flat Point
JHC - Jacketed Hollow Cavity
JHP - Jacketed Hollow Point
JSP - Jacketed Soft Point
L - Lead
L-T - Lead Combat
L-T - Lead Target
LCN - Lead Cast Nose
LFN - Long Flat Nose
LFP - Lead Flat Point
LHP - Lead Hollow Point
LRN - Lead Round Nose
LSWC - Lead Semi Wadcutter
LSWC-GC - Lead Semi Wadcutter Gas Checked
LWC - Lead Wadcutter
LTC - Lead Truncated Cone
MC - Metal Cased
MRWC - Mid-Range Wadcutter
+P - Plus P (10-15% overpressure)
+P+ - Plus P Plus (20-25% overpressure)
PB - Lead Bullet
PB - Parabellum
PL - Power-Lokt
PSP - Plated Soft Point
PSP - Pointed Soft Point
RN - Round Nose
RNFP - Round Nose Flat Point
RNL - Round Nosed Lead
SJ - Semi Jacketed
SJHP - Semi Jacketed Hollow Point
SJSP - Semi-Jacketed Soft Point
SP - Soft Point
SP - Spire Point
SPTZ - Spitzer
ST - Silver Tip
STHP - Silver Tip Hollow Point
SWC - Semi Wadcutter
SX - Super Explosive
SXT - Supreme Expansion Talon
TC - Truncated Cone
TMJ - Total Metal Jacket
VLD -

Very Low Drag

WC - Wadcutter
WLN - Wide Long Nose
WSM - Winchester Short Magnum
WSSM -- Winchester Super Short Magnum
XTP - Extreme Terminal Performance

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