Gun Terminology:
A Guide to Concealed Carry Language
Being a responsible gun owner means knowing the language. It’s vital that you know gun terminology and common phrases used to describe firearms and the laws that apply to them.
Barrel/Barrel Crown
Pull-and-Release Trigger/Binary® Trigger
Bore
Bump Stock
Chamber
Clip
Cylinder
Dust Cover
En Bloc Clip
Ejection Port
Ejector
Extractor
Flash Suppressor
Frame
Grip
Grip Safety
Hammer
Magazines
Types of Magazines
Magazine Catch
Magazine (Mag) Well
Manual Safety
Muzzle
Revolver Loading Mechanisms
Sear
Single-Stage/Two-Stage Trigger
Slide
Slide Catch
Striker
Trigger
Trigger Guard
Ventilated (Vent) Rib
Armor-Piercing Ammunition
+P and +P+
Ball
Berdan-Primed/Boxer-Primed Ammunition
Bimetal Ammunition
Bonded-Jacket Hollow-Point (BJHP)
Bullet
Caliber
Cartridge
Case
Charge
Corrosive/Non-Corrosive Ammunition
Enclosed Base (EB)
Full Metal Jacket (FMJ)
Foot Pounds Energy (FPE)
Feet Per Second (FPS)
Frangible Bullets
Gauge
Grain
Green-Tip Ammunition
Hardened Lead
Hollow-Point
Jacketed Hollow-Point (JHP)
Low Flash
Low Recoil/Managed Recoil
Long Rifle (LR)
Lead Round Nose (LRN)
Round
Semi-Jacketed Hollow-Point (SJHP)
Semi-Jacketed Soft-Point (SJSP)
Special (SPL)
Semi-Wadcutter (SWC)
Semi-Wadcutter Hollow-Point (SWHP)
Truncated Cone (TC)
Total Metal Jacket (TMJ)
Wadcutter (WC)
Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR)
Stay Informed, Stay Safe
Stay Informed, Stay Safe
