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Abbreviations M-Z

Model or Mark M, MK
Magazine mag
Magnum Mag
Metal Case MC
Metal Case Open Point Expanding MCOPE
Metal Cased Wad Cutter MCWC
Muzzle Energy ME
Millimeters mm
Minute of Angle MOA
Modified (choke) Mod
Metal Point MP
Mid Range Trajectory MRT
Muzzle Velocity MV
North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO
National Rifle Association NRA
National Reloading Manufacturers Association NRMA
National Skeet Shooting Association NSSA
National Shooting Sports Foundation NSSF
Open Point Expanding OPE
Over/Under o/u
Pounds per square inch PSI (Incorrect)
Pounds per square inch psi
Pounds per square inch lb/in2(Correct)
Pointed Soft Point PSP
Right Hand RH
Rimfire RF
Rimfire Magnum RFM
Rounds Rds
Round Nose RN
Round nose Lead RNL
Semi-Wad Cutter SWC
Semi-Wad Cutter Lead SWCL
Semi Wad Cutter Hollow Point SWCHP
Semi-Jacket, Soft Point SJSP
Semi-Jacket, Hollow Point SJHP
Semi-Jacket, Wad Cutter SJWC
Short (type of rimfire cartridge) S
Side-by-Side SxS
Single action SA
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute, Inc. SAAMI
Solid Lead SL
Soft Point SP
Sporting Rifle Powder SR
Shotshell SS
Standard Velocity SV
Truncated Cone Hollow Point TCHP
Velocity VEL
Muzzle Velocity Vo
Wad Cutter WC
Wildlife Management Institute WMI

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Abbreviations:

A-L | M-Z

 
 

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