Bullet Molds
Lead: Simple
cast, extruded and swaged are the simplest form of bullet projectiles.
A cup made of harder metal, such as copper, placed at the base of the
bullet and called a gas check, is often used to decrease lead deposits
by protecting and sealing the rear of the bullet when the gun is fired.
Bullet
abbreviations
ACC –
Remington Accelerator [2] (see sabot)
AP – Armor
Piercing (has a steel or other hard metal core)
BBWC – Bevel
Base Wadcutter
BEB – Brass
Enclosed Base
Blitz –
Sierra BlitzKing
Bt –
Boat-tail
BtHP –
Boat-tail Hollow Point
CB – Cast
Bullet
CL, C-L –
Remington Core-Lokt
DEWC – Double
Ended Wadcutter
DU – Depleted
Uranium
EVO, FTX –
Hornady LEVERevolution Flex Tip eXpanding
FMJ – Full
Metal Jacket
FMC – Full
Metal Case
FN – Flat
Nose
FP – Flat
Point
FST –
Winchester Fail Safe Talon
GC – Gas
Check
GD – Speer
Gold Dot
GDHP – Speer
Gold Dot Hollow Point
GS –
Remington Golden Saber
HBWC – Hollow
Base Wadcutter
HC – Hard
Cast
HP – Hollow
Point
HPJ – High
Performance Jacketed
HS – Federal
Hydra-Shok
HST – Federal
Hi-Shok Two
J – Jacketed
JFP –
Jacketed Flat Point
JHC –
Jacketed Hollow Cavity
JHP –
Jacketed Hollow Point
JHP/sabot –
Jacketed Hollow Point/sabot
JSP –
Jacketed Soft Point
L – Lead
L-C – Lead
Combat
L-T – Lead
Target
LFN – Long
Flat Nose
LFP – Lead
Flat Point
LHP – Lead
Hollow Point
LRN – Lead
Round Nose
LSWC – Lead
Semiwadcutter
LSWC-GC –
Lead Semiwadcutter Gas Checked
LWC – Lead
Wadcutter
LTC – Lead
Truncated Cone
MC – Metal
Cased
MHP – Match
Hollow Point
MK – Sierra
Match King
MRWC –
Mid-Range Wadcutter
NP – Nosler
Partition
OTM – Open
Tip Match
OWC – Ogival
Wadcutter [3]
PB – Lead
Bullet
PB –
Parabellum
PL –
Remington Power-Lokt
PSP – Plated
Soft Point
PSP, PTDSP –
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
Sp,SPTZ –
Spitzer
SpHP –
Spitzer Hollow Point
SST – Hornady
Super Shock Tip
SSp –
Semi-Spitzer
ST – Silver
Tip
STHP – Silver
Tip Hollow Point
SWC –
Semiwadcutter
SX – Super
Explosive
SXT –
Winchester Ranger Supreme Expansion Technology
TC –
Truncated Cone
TMJ – Total
Metal Jacket
TNT – Speer
TNT
VMAX –
Hornady V-Max
VLD – Very
Low Drag
WC –
Wadcutter
WFN – Wide
Flat Nose
WFNGC – Wide
Flat Nose Gas Check
WLN – Wide
Long Nose
X – Barnes
X-Bullet
XTP – Hornady
Extreme Terminal Performance