Abbreviation jargon
 

Hi,

I'm fairly new to airsoft and I've been reading quite a bit these days on the subject. Unfortunately many times articles are written in such a way that "we" the readers "are all" well versed and experienced on the subject matter.

Now, in order to make an informed decision on the proper purchase, it would really be helpful if someone would list (in alphabetical order) ALL the various abbreviations used when writing on the subject of airsoft guns. This could be in the FAQ section of the forum. If this has already be done, please guide me in the right direction. Thank you.

there was one, but its missing...
Dictionary/Glossary: Acronyms/Abbreviations: Frequently Asked Questions

Hmmm...thanks R.I.T.Z for the info. Hopefully someone will fill in the gap.

Mario
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There use to be one but it was accidentally deleted a while back.

In the meantime you can always check here: http://arniesairsoft.co.uk/?filnavn=...bie/terms.html

That covers some basic stuff, and if you have questions for anything not listed you can just ask.

Quick glance at the list, a few terms I see missing:

ACM - All China Made. A blanket term for stuff originating from mainland PRC, often denotes lower quality/QC and/or knockoffs/counterfeit versions of brand name products (Magpull, etc). e.g.: an ACM Magpul stock.
BA - common abbreviation for Bolt Action
CanSoft - a type of airsoft gun with a clear or tinted plastic receiver, which is required for importation in Canada for guns that don't meet the minimum velocity requirements.
Clearsoft - all clear plastic guns, generally low end (like Canadian Tire/Walmart specials) and generally frowned upon for being junk.
Duster - another name for HFC134a (from duster gas, which is/was 134a). Nobody really uses this anymore except on certain specific guns which cant handle high pressure gas.
GBBR - Gas Blow Back Rifle (like GBB, but for Rifles)
Green Gas - pre-packaged (pre-lubed) and differently scented propane
King Arms - a Chinese (HK) manufacturer, usually good quality stuff
KJW - Juan Ju Works, another Taiwanese manufacturer, mostly gas guns as well.
MilSim - Military Simulation, a type of gameplay that places more emphasis on realism.
Propane - same stuff you use for camping, used to power GBBs/GBBRs; you need to get an adapter to fit on the Coleman or whatever tanks.
Real Cap - Magazines which hold the same amount of rounds as their real steel counterpart (usually 30 for rifles)
RWA - Red Wolf Airsoft, a well known HK retailer
Springer - a type of airsoft gun which is powered by spring cocking (you need to "crank" it before each shot, but it requires no gas or batteries to operate). Many bolt action and shotguns are spring powered like this.
VFC - formerly known as GB-Tech, a Taiwanese manufacturer. High quality parts.
WE - Wei-E Tech, a Taiwanese manufacturer of GBBs, GBBRs and AEGs (fairly popular GBBRs)
WGC - Wargame Club, a well known HK retailer


Probably a ton more stuff...

Thanks Drake,

THIS is exactly what I was looking for!!

VERY helpful!!

Merci! :-)


Mario
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Just putting it out there that on that list it says that AR stands for "Automatic Rifle". AR is not "Automatic Rifle".... It's ARmalite, as in "AR15".

ARL is Anti Reversal Latch (but apparently I'm one of the few people who use this one?)
AoE - Angle of Engagement (gear teeth against piston)
LCT - Li Cheng Technique business corporation (manufacturers AK's)
SRC - Star Rainbow Company
FtF - Failure to Fire/Feed
BASR - Bolt Action Sniper Rifle
In battery/out of battery - something has/hasn't returned to regular firing position and you cannot fire (ie. slide is back in a pistol, bolt is back in a rifle, only really used for GBB's and GBBR's)
FIBUA - Fighting In Built Up Areas.
CQB/CQC - Close Quarters Battle/Combat

FIBUA has been replaced with FISH
Fighting In Someones House

ASG Air Soft Gun

GBB Gas Blow Back (Pistol only)

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GREAT! Please keep posting whatever abbreviations you can find. It's helpful to all of us. :-)

Would it be possible to have all the acronyms we come up with edited in to the original post and have it stickied?

we did that once already the abbreviation of acronyms looks like this
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That is all.

Hot Gun/Weapon - Above the set or hardcap FPS limit
Hardcap - The maximum ammount allowed
Softcap - Most efficient amount, but can be exceeded usually with a penalty

Some I learned recently.

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Don't recall hearing hardcap/softcap before...

Not really ackronyms...but terminology

Real Cap = usually refers to a magazine that will only take the relative number of BBs that would be found in a real steel magazine (i.e. typically 20 or 30). May refer to "short-loading" a low/mid cap magazine to real steel capacity

Low Cap = Refers to magazines that typically have a capacity limit of 60-90BBs (depends on make/model of the gun and mag).

Mid Cap = Refers to magazines that have a capacity higher than a low cap...but is not a high cap. Typically somewhere in the 120BB range

High Cap = Refers to manual/automatic winding magazines that feed 200+ BBs from a resevoir

Short-Loading a mag = loading a low/mid cap magazine to it's real steel equivalents capacity (due to the way they operate high caps cannot be effectively short loaded)

FPS Limit/Max FPS = set with each game, may not be used universally between games/fields/hosts. Denotes the Maximum muzzle velocity in Feet Per Secon that your weapons are permitted to shoot a 0.20g BB.

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KTMT - Kraken Toting Mag Tickler

In the classifieds, once your are Aved,

WTS - Want to sell
WTT - Want to trade
WTB - Want to buy
OBO - Or best offer

BANANA - A code word used to indicate to admins to move a sales thread to the sold sub-forums once items are sold. This helps unclutter the sales threads with only active, still available items. That is, when the seller bothers to do it.


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PTT - Push to talk. Used in combination with a headset. Better than voice activation, which is a pain in a game for the listeners.

PDW - Personal Defense Weapon - refers to any type of short gun or smg, ie : MP5K, MP7, MP9, P90, etc.

DMR - Designated Marksman Rifle - Could be a SR-25, M14. Bridges the gap between rifleman and sniper

RIS - Rail Integration system - See below

RAS - Rail Adapter System - Picatinny rail

DD - Daniel defense, RS manufacturer

TM - Tokyo Marui, the inventors of most airsoft systems

PTW - Professionnal Training Weapon - Quick FPS change, compatible with RS parts. I will not get into the debate. To each his own :)

FPS - Feet per second - Velocity of an AEG/GBB/etc.

RoF - Rate of Fire - Amount of BB spitted per second

Chairsofter - What some of us are forced to do during winter (or most of it), what others specialized into. Basically, derogatory term for someone who never goes to a game but has knowledge, and strong opinions, on all things airsoft.

RS - Either Real Steel, denoting real firearms, or Real Sword, a company who makes, according to many, the best AK AEG platform.

Enough for today.

You should come to the meet we are having in Montreal next saturday. About 50 people will be there, many old and newer faces. Best place to get a feel of the local community, and around 5 age verifiers.

Thread with info here : http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=147376

KAC/KMC - Knights Armament Co./Knights Mfg. Co. - Makers of real steel stuff

"Op" - Operation (used mainly in US, I find that here in Canada we say "Sim" or "Milsim" more)

Bluenoise - Secret invitation only international airsoft tournament held in a different undisclosed location every year with cash purses of $50K USD for each team member for top team (4 players per professional team) and lesser prizes for 2nd and 3rd place teams (I've heard previously total cash purse given out to the top teams was valued at $1M). Only the best are invited to play. You almost must use high powered "melded springs" (can't meld two M100 springs together and expect that to fly, you must meld two M180 springs together). This is because people are shooting up to 1000 FPS using .20g BB's. They also practically fire laserbeam strings of BB's at 60+ BB's per second.(NB: This description is a joke I've thrown into this list.)

FM - Field Marshall, basically like paintball refs or whatever, they make sure people are safe and following the rules and whatnot.

Helpful to us noobs. I was a little lost at first.

Where are they?!...
 

Bummer, R.I.T.Z had given us(message No 2) a great link to those abbreviations...but it does not work anymore. It says to contact an administrator...

Meanwhile, I really want to thank everyone for adding their own knowledge to the list! This is really helpful for newbies...and for those of us who forget... ;-)

Mario
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