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  1. 16-01-2010, 11:08 AM #1
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    Airgun Acronyms / Initialisms

    Lets create a list of Acronyms / Initialisms related to airguns, please post below and i will add them to this first post, please post as i have below using capital letters so i can just copy paste.
    I will get the ball rolling with...

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    AA Air Arms (Airgun manufacturer)
    ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers
    AO Adjustable Objective
    BAR Blackpool Air Rifles
    BASA British Airgun Shooters' Association
    BASC British Association for Shooting and Conservation
    BC Ballistic Coefficient
    BFTA British Field Target Association
    BSA Birmingham Small Arms (Airgun manufacturer)
    FAC Fire-Arms Certificate
    FAO Fire Arms Officer
    FFP Fisrt Focal Plane
    FPE Foot-Pounds of Energy
    FPS Feet Per Second
    FT Field Target
    H&N Haendler & Natermann (Ammunition manufacturer)
    HDD Hammer Debounce Device
    HFT Hunter Field Target
    HW Hans Weihrauch (German gun manufacturer)
    IR Illuminated Reticle (Illuminated cross-hair)
    JSB Josef Schulz Bohumin (Pellet manufacturer)
    LDC Lead Dust Collector (A term used in the US for a silencer)
    ME Muzzle Energy
    MOA Minutes of Angle
    MPS Metres Per Second
    MV Muzzle Velocity
    NV Night Vision
    PA Parallax Adjustable
    PBR Point Blank Range (where the pellet trajectory is in the kill zone)
    PCP Pre-Charged Pneumatic
    POI Point Of Impact
    PSI Pounds Per Square Inch
    RFD Registered Firearms Dealer
    RO Range Officer
    RWS Rheinisch-Westfälischen Sprengstoff (Ammunition manufacturer)
    SCB Small Calibre Ballistic (Type of reticule)
    SCG Shot-Gun Certificate
    SFP Second Focal Plane
    UKAHFT United Kingdom Association for Hunter Field Target
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  2. 16-01-2010, 11:20 AM #2
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    AO = Adjustable Objective
    FPS = Feet Per Second
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  3. 16-01-2010, 11:22 AM #3
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    POI = Point Of Impact

    IR = Illuminated Reticle

    Daystate Air Wolf CDT (.22) -MTC Viper (SCB) 4-16X50
    Daystate Air Wolf MCT (.177) -MTC Viper (SCB) 4-16X50
    Weihrauch HW100 TK (.22) -MTC Mamba (SCB) 3-12x44
    Weihrauch HW100 TK (.177) -Pulsar N550 Digisight
    Brocock Atomic Super 6
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    what do you feed them on?
    my house is haunted! Every time I look in the mirror this old man comes and stands in front of me so I can't see my reflection!
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    FAC = Firearms Certificate
    Daystate Air Wolf CDT (.22) -MTC Viper (SCB) 4-16X50
    Daystate Air Wolf MCT (.177) -MTC Viper (SCB) 4-16X50
    Weihrauch HW100 TK (.22) -MTC Mamba (SCB) 3-12x44
    Weihrauch HW100 TK (.177) -Pulsar N550 Digisight
    Brocock Atomic Super 6
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  6. 16-01-2010, 12:55 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by knighty View Post
    what do you feed them on?
    What you on about.
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  7. 16-01-2010, 13:54 PM #7
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    Good idea Andy, this will be very informative to all newcomers. (Me included ).
    Air Arms S410 Classic .177.
    MTC Viper 4X16X50 Scope.
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    UKAHFT = something hunter field target
    HW = Somebody Weihrauch
    PBR = Point Blank Range (where the pellet trajectory is in the kill zone)
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    Weihrauch HW77K .22 (V.Mach tuned) + Nikko Mountmaster 3-9x40AO
    BSA SuperTen K .22 (JB Blueprinted) + MTC Mamba 4-16x50 RIR
    SMK VXS20 .22 (Venoman tuned, custom shrouded barrel) + Richter Optik 6x40
    SMK SYNSG .22 + Lensolux 3-9x40
    Webley Eclipse .22 + Pro Optics 4x40
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  9. 16-01-2010, 14:59 PM #9
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    Pedro told me HW meant Heavy Weight ...joking apart Andy, very informative, 1st class post as always
    My gun's are tool's not weapons
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  10. 16-01-2010, 15:14 PM #10
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    Make this thread a sticky i thinks
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