[Nio]

My wife thinks I'm strange (which is probably why she married me), but anything important that I own has a name. The house, my truck, my kids, the pets, my guns...

My carry gun (USP Compact .45) is named Reason. (I figure folks might listen to Reason.) I've got a pair of Glock 19s named Romulus and Remus.

Anybody else, or am I just nuts like my wife says?

Nio

[P95Carry]

Yep - you're nuts!! :p :neener:

[Marko Kloos]

Nope.

I don't name my toaster or toothbrush, either.

[landon74]

I generally refer to my carry piece as 'Plan B'.....

[Chipperman]

Is Plan A the trauma plate duct taped to your back?


:D









(Mall Ninja thread reference to any who are lost on this comment)

[kfranz]

Nope, it's a tool. I may refer to it's model number or some such to differentiate it from other tools, but naming is for kids....

[Sindawe]

Nope. The only thing close to a gun that I've named is my jet black MicroMag Paintball marker.

[Vern Humphrey]

My custom '03 Springfield in .35 Brown-Whelen is Bigfoot Wallace. My pre-64 Winchester Model 70 in .30-06 is Fionna MacCummhail. My M82 Kimber in .22 LR is the Gae Bolga. My M82 in .22 Hornet is "The Hornet, Darn It." :p

[geekWithA.45]

Not all my guns have earned names.

Some have:

AR-15 = Gugnir, Spear of Odin, good for poking relatively small holes in things.
M1A = Mjolnir, Hammer of Thor, good for smashing things flat
Sig P245 = Brunhilde: Swiss, severe, gets the job done, fun to be with when she lets her hair down.
Sig P226 = Heidi: The ultimate movie girlfriend of a gun, always perky & fun.

[MilsurpShooter]

I call my Yugo M48, Drago. If I ever get a K98 it will be Kaiser. My Mosin 91/30 when I get it will be Aleksy, and my Springfield 1903 when I get it will be Joe (GI Joe)

[bigbadge]

Not usually. but I callmy Delta Elite Gold Cup "Sweetness" -more or less just to anger my wife! ;)

[kbheiner7]

Not generally. I did call my Ruger .44 w/ 9 1/4" barrel "Maggie." It just fit.

I like "Plan B" for a carry piece.

[Dave R]

They are all named [The] [Model]. As in, the CETME, the 870, the AK.

OTOH, my family bought me a new grill for Memorial day, and we decided to name it "Bob."

[pax]

My carry gun is named Miss Anne Thrope. Generally referred to as Miss Anne, as in, "Is Miss Anne going to be with you?"

Best shooting buddy's gun is named Sir Jury. Cracks me up.

pax

[Standing Wolf]

Heck, my cat's lucky to have a name.

[R.H. Lee]

I call 'em all "Bob".

[Justin]

My carry gun (USP Compact .45) is named Reason. I see you've read 'Snow Crash.' :D

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

My FAL is The Rotowhackulous.

(For those not living in DFW for the last many years- http://www.russmartin.info/faq/what.php#rotowhackulous)

The old HSc is Rolf. The .30 Blackhawk is affectionately known as Thumper.

Nothing else, not even the BHP's or the SIGs, nor the Swedes has a given name.


Regards,
Rabbit.

[Skunkabilly]

Nina.

I just refer to my FR8 as my Spanish Muttgun

[yesterdaysyouth]

sig 228..


my precious....

[Risasi]

I only name my cars...

Still working on the T-Bird. Being I am also a geek I am thinking I'll plate it 0111110.

There are only 10 kinds of people in this world...

[Vernal45]

My dad named his Ruger Security Six 357 "NUMBER 15".

3+5+7= 15

[Larry Ashcraft]

After I shot a coyote at 500 yds, I started calling my custom 1903 25-06 "Ma Bell". (Reach out and touch someone) :D

[possenti]

Not really a name, but I've thought about engraving this on the dust cover of one of my AK variants:

"Tyrannicida"

-Latin for "slayer of tyrants".

[Sean85746]

I only have one "named" gun. It was my Pap Pap's 1866 Winchester .44-40. I call it "Yaller Belly"....because he did.

Though I must say...until I was converted, I called every Glock I ever saw a "Damned Plastic Sissy pistol".

Now, they are simply..."Tactical Tupperware".

[azrael]

Yup...sure do

back when I had a pair of P-11's I named one of them LOVE and the other HATE (I still have hate)...when I get me a pair a Springy's they will take that name

Ruger .357 is called "Fluffy"

before I sold it I called my Springy XD-9C..my precioussssssssss

Gonna get me a Govt 45 and call it Gladice :what:

[Kor]

Welllll...

- My first "named gun" was my ported S&W 640-1 .357, which I had engraved with its name, "Life Partner," on the backstrap.

- Next was my Kahr K40, engraved "Henry V, III.6.33-36"(in the edition I decided to use, these are King Henry's lines, "We would not seek a battle as we are,/Nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it./So tell your master.")

- Just for fun, my Finnish Mosin-Nagant 91/30 is "Uncle Vanya," my Russian 91/30 is "Boris the Bullet-Dodger," my Finnish M39 is "Ice Princess Katya," and my M96 Mauser is "The Swedish Chef." (Bork, bork, bork!) My Springfield 1903 MkI is "The Doughboy," and my M1917 Enfield is "Mud-Cruncher." (see the A&E movie, "The Lost Battalion.") My Turkish-marked Czech 98/22 Mauser is "Turkish"(natch), and my Ruger Redhawk is "Enforcer"('cuz that's what its previous owner had engraved on the barrel).

I've also named guns for my friends, such as the Astra Firecat .25ACP I dubbed, "Snarf."

[stevelyn]

I have a Daewoo K2 rifle I call E II after my gf Evelyn. They both can display a nasty disposition. :D

[chaim]

Do my guns have names? Sure do. CZ 75B (or CZ for short), Bersa, 85 (as in Taurus 85), PT140, Daly (Charles Daly 1911), etc.

I don't name my cars either.

I never really got the practice of naming inanimate objects.

BTW- odd to see this thread now, I just had this conversation Sunday with my best friend's wife (she wanted to know what my friend and I named our guns, she names everything and couldn't understand that we wouldn't).

[peacefuljeffrey]

I like the idea of naming guns and cars and stuff. I usually go with a name that starts with the same initial as the make of the gun.


I once had a Mazda 323 that I called "Mike" -- just like the computer Mycroft Holmes in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. :D


-Jeffrey

[Malamute]

A friend named his hunting rifle Mabel.

[DSRUPTV]

I don't really refer to them with names but I do say "she" in reference sometimes.

[Sir Aardvark]

Yep.... I call 'em names....

"Expensive", "Too much", "I musta been nuts!", "Hope my wife doesn't find out about this one", etc...etc....

[IZinterrogator]

My fish don't have names, so why should my guns?

(The fish are plastic and don't have feelings that are hurt by me not naming them.)

[jmilliron]

I haven't named any of my handguns but I plan on naming any rifles I buy. Names have to be from the same country as the rifle though.

Justin said:
My carry gun (USP Compact .45) is named Reason.
I see you've read 'Snow Crash.'

Always good to see a literate person! ;)

-jason m

[38SnubFan]

Nope never named 'em, but if I had to give the .38 snubbie (my first handgun purchase) a name, I'd probably go with "Faithful".

For the .45 (my usual CCW piece), I'd have to simply say "Threat Stopper". :D

-38SnubFan

[torpid]

I named my best gun "spoon", and my best spoon "gun".

Then I went out to swordfight with a fork.



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[CletusFudd]

I used to have a couple of AR-15's which I called "poodle Shooters" but I sold them and got an M1A which I call "baby". The rest of them I just call "gun".

[enfield303]

My 870 that is being modified for HD is known as "Old Painless". My friends refer to it as "the Mule", when my buddy shot it the first time he brought his own ammo. Magnum loads. 18 inch barrel. You figure it out. :evil:

[Primersinmyshoe]

Here's my 38sup race gun. I had her name engraved on the slide.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/primersinmyshoe/LuckyLadyMedium.jpg

[rritter]

I've got names for several:

SKS - Major Spearage
Mosin Nagant 91/30 (with bayonet) - Spike
Mosin Nagant M44 - Mr. Pointy
Mosin Nagant M38 - Buffy
M1 Garand - Miss Liberty

Still pondering names for some others.

[Relayer]

No, but if I had a black powder flintlock Kentucky rifle, I'd call her "Betsy".

Otherwise, I'm not good at naming things. Once, when I lived alone, I adopted (ok, I trapped) a young cat that I called "Cat". Had Cat for about 8 months. When Dog moved in, Cat left town.

[chris in va]

Until I got the mags fixed, my CZ75 was named 'Dammit'.

[ulflyer]

And he said "come on Mildred, gonna take you out to the range and give you a good workout!" :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Eskimo Jim]

Nio,
I'm as warped as you are.

Some of the names of firearms that I've owned were/are:
Thomas for a very old SMLE
Tommy for a 'newer' SMLE (from Kipling's poem "Tommy Atkins")
Pat and Mike are two 22lr SMLEs which at one time were owned by Ireland
Boris is a Ruger 77 Mk II .30-06 which I used to harvest a Russian Boar
Duke is a 357mag Blackhawk
Irving is a 22lr Single Six (from a 1960s novelty song Big Bad Irving)
Kicks is my S&W model 66 'cause I get my kicks on Rte 66
Moses is my S&W SW1911

There are some others with names and some others without names.

-Jim

[Little Loudmouth]

I have a couple guns, both named.

My Ithaca Model 49 single shot .22 is named Karait, after a small but deadly snake in a story by Rudyard Kipling;

My J.C. Higgins Model 20, also known as a High Standard Model 200, is named El Viejo, Spanish for The Old Man, because it's 30-some years older than me.

My Dad has a gun that will most likely become mine, a Remington 788 carbine in .308 named Little Loudmouth. (yep, that's where I got my name)

A friend of mine named his NEF single-shot youth model 20-gauge "Little Kicker" and his Dad has a Russian M44 carbine my friend's named "The Russian Shorty."

We just seem to like naming guns around here.

LLM

[SMLE]

Yeah, I'm nuts. Most of my guns have "told" me their names. This phenomenon seems particularly strong with the old war horses.

Those I have currently;

"La Belle Dame sans Merci" 1777 French Infantry musket converted to percussion and brought to the CSA by Caleb Hughes.
"Moira" 1918 SMLE MkIII* formerly owned by the Irish Free State.
"Silé" (Sheila) Faz #4 MkII made for the Irish Republic.
"Madigan" 1909 SMLE MkIII
"Mathilda" 1909 SMLE MkI*** made up for Crown forces in Ireland.
"Parvati" 1946 Ishapore SMLE MkIII*
"Annie" M1 Garand
"Little Rocky" My Beretta 96
"Rylla" My 1936 vintage Colt Official Police. (H. Beam Piper fans will know the referance)
"Mithangiant" Colt MkIV Series 70 .45 Auto.(Tolkein Elvish for "Grey Iron Shadow". My Brother has "Morangiant" or "Black Iron Shadow")

Others I have owned were;

"Patricia" Enfield #2 MkIV* .22 LR
"Bonny" 1910 MkIII Ross
"Charlotte" 1923 Lithgow SMLE MkIII with Parker Hale target sights.
"Destiny" Early '50s S&W Model 27 with 3" Bbl. My late Mother once referred to this revolver as "A sweet little pistol".

[ACP230]

My Ruger 77RL in .250 Savage is called "The Deerslayer."
Many deer I've shot with it have fallen on the spot.

My first .45, a Model Of 1911 U.S. Army made in 1918 goes by "Old Veteran."

My Danish Madsen subgun is called "Hrothgar," after the Danish king in Beowulf.

The Remington 40X .22, a heavy target rifle became "Target Dawg," as soon as my son and I got it out of the CMP shipping carton.

Some guns don't seem to need naming. Some do.

[Zeke Menuar]

The Tupperware Special - M700 ADL Synthetic

Bubba the 12 Gauge - Western Field 550A with the 18.5" barrel attached.

ZM

[PvtPyle]

I name just about everything that is close to me or dear to me. Yep, everything. I ran out of names for my guns though.

[MassHunter2190]

OTOH, my family bought me a new grill for Memorial day, and we decided to name it "Bob."
You MIGHT be a redneck if...

NO I don't name my guns, that'd be silly, now if you'll excuse me, I have to put Billy back together.

(I actually do have names for a couple of my guns, trucks, and tractors. Some of them include Gutless, Silvy, Whatthehell and Dammit)

[Mesa]

Oddly, out of 70+ guns, many of which are real favorites, I have only named one: Nadine.

[Tom Servo]

AR-15 = Gugnir, Spear of Odin
Ah, so I'm not the only one using Norse names! My P225 is Sigrún ("Victory Rune"), the P7 is Woglinde (a Valkyrie, from Wagner), and the Kimber is Gunnvör ("Battle Oath").

I still need to come up with a name for the P245 before I take it to church for the babtism ;)

[Clean97GTI]

My Makarov is affectionately known as Mak-Daddy.

Too bad its the smallest caliber centerfire handgun I own.

[Azrael256]

My brother named his .45 Cassandra. No, I don't know why.

Geekwitha.45, I'm stealing Brunhilde. Going to carve that into my K31.

I introduced a girl to shooting, and helped her make her first purchase. It was an SKS Paratrooper. She decorated it with stickers and paint on the stock, and carved the name of whichever teletubby is gay into it. It gets a whole lot of laughs at the range... until they see her shoot.

[HighVelocity]

I call them all "Betty". So if for whatever reason something needs to be said in public nobody has a clue.

Example: Climb out of the truck at the supermarket and my wife might say, "Betty is making copies". Translation: your gun is printing.

Then I adjust my shirt or pants leg etc.

[Alfadog]

I think naming guns is silly but a couple of mine have aquired names nonetheless. The first one that got a name was my custom Colt Gov't. Model. I was cleaning it after having put about 700 rounds through it in a three day training class and the name "Lucille" somehow occurred to me. The name seemed to fit and I've referred to her as Lucille ever since.

Last summer, I purchased a Kimber 25th Anniversary Custom but was unable to get to the range to shoot it for about two months due to the four hurricanes that hit Florida during that time period. That one was named "Stormbringer." I liked it so much I bought a second one, but I haven't named that one yet.

[homeka45]

I like the name "Perish".

[one45auto]

I've only named my Glock Model 36, I call it "Easy-E" because the serial number starts with the letters EZE. The fact that it's easy to shoot helps, too. ;)

[MountainPeak]

A couple of years ago an old guy was selling off a 13 gun collection that I heard about. I bought 12 of them. One was a Ruger Single Six convertible. He wanted $150 for it, and it looked brand new until I turned it over. One side is totally discolored. He said it was a new gun that he stuck under his pickup seat in a soft case. A deer had jumped out in front of him while he returned from shopping. A jar of pickles had broken when he slammed on his brakes. He didn't think to check the gun out until a couple of days later. I gave him a hundred for it. Later, a buddy asked me if I had went shooting over the weekend. I told him I had popped off a couple of hundred rounds off my deck with my "pickle gun"! He looked at me like I was nuts. It's the only firearm I've ever named, and I have a pretty good size collection. I've become attached to my "pickel gun"!! :)

[RUBZERK]

I call mine Lavern (9mm) & sherlly (40cal)

[GregGry]

I am going to be picking up a 1911 para soon, I have yet to decide on its name... I am thinking Phobos fits it nicely :D

[G36-UK]

Ever since Counter-Strike, I've seen people refer to Desert Eagles as "Deagles".

So, my Eagle's name is Deagol. Whatever primary I eventually get, I'm naming it Smeagol. ;)

[Matthew748]

Not really, but I do refer to my M1 as "the old war horse" from time to time for obvious reasons.

[Zach S]

My AMT is named "rattler," since it rattles...

None of my others have official names.

[robert garner]

Just one named rifle, "a'Rooster" from the book,"Also Sprach
Zarathustra", In English Thus Spoke Z, rendered southern to
Also said A Rooster

[walking arsenal]

Yup, I do.

Only couple though.

My AK is "Romanian rose", it's got a rose wood burned into the butt stock.

and my mossberg 12GA that rides around in my car is refered to as "The sword of instantanious justice".

I'll get to the rest of them later.

[larry starling]

No I Dont Name MY Guns. I vote with the others who said your crazy! :neener: :neener:

[Dead]

Dont name any of them, they come with names... Though I do refer to them individually as "her" sometimes. "What to give HER a try?" :D

[8Balls]

Back in my army days, my sniper rifle was named "Helinä". (A beatiful elf in a tv-serie for small children)

[marshall3]

Here's a photo of "The Boys."
http://www.mouseguns.com/theboys.jpg

[paul45]

i'm really sorry ,but for me, naming anything not alive doesnt do much. My other annoyance is gun owners who make cute names out of the original makers name, ie; Bulgie Mak. *** is a bulgie mak and who in gods name would admit to calling it a bulgie mak?? Same for those who call it a "Springer". For gods sake, its a SA or a Springfield.... again, I'm sorry for ranting... :cuss: :banghead: :barf: :barf: :fire:

[Dragun]

when i was in the army my drill told us this M16 is your new girlfriend. she will be your best lover. she will save your miserable a$$es in action. you better not let her leave your side EVER! heck even dan'l boone named his Kentucky rifle betsy, as someone already mentioned. even so, i named most of mine boys names.

.44mag Super Redhawk is: the fatman
9mm Kel-Tec p11 is: the little boy
.22mag NAA mini revoler is: sting
.22LR Beretta Neos Inox is: Neo
.30-06 Rem 700 is: longjohn
7.62x39 AK is: Dragun
.30-30 Marlin is: the michigan meatgetter
.22LR Ruger 1022 is: the pup (has the Muzzelite bullpup stock)
.22LR marlin is: the plinkmeister
my buddy named his nickle plated .45 sarah jane. i even have a giant screwdriver i named Big Jake (not sure why). "we'll get that damned screw out. hand me Big Jake." i AM NOT crazy, all my tools are my friends.

[MountainPeak]

Paul, get some sleep! ;) :D

[Byron Quick]

Sure. Had a dog named "Dog" and a cat named "Cat." So my firearms have names: Kimber Gold Match 1911, Springfield Loaded 1911 (stainless), Bushmaster AR-15, etc. Guess I'm just romantic about things.

My 400 year old katana is named katana. My Paul Chen katana is named "new Chinese smith katana."

My Ken Onion knife is named "Ken Onion knife."

I've got a screw driver named "screw driver." A toaster named "toaster."

Everything around me has a name.

[Dragun]

are you sure it's not "the toaster"? hey, thats a good name for my flamethrower.

[paul45]

yeah...i need some sleep. I will name it ..."Nap".................... :rolleyes: :D !

[larry starling]

[/QUOTE]yeah...i need some sleep. I will name it ..."Nap".[QUOTE]
I second that! :(

[longtooth]

My carry pistol is kim. Tikka .300 WSM is Big Sam. Springfield M1A is 08. Moss 590 is Grey Ghost. I don't have near as many as some of you guys but I keep the barrels hot.

[Mr. Loud Guns]

My Remington 700 is named "Snipy" for it obvious characteristics :o
My serbu 50 bmg is simply refered to as "The big one" :o
So far those are the only two that have earned names ;)

[Berek]

My .300 WSM is named "Corrinne" after the girl that brought me coffee. Both of them will wake you up from a Coma.

Berek

[entropy]

Any rifle I am using is called Charlene, (FMJ ;) ) except my Polish M44, which is named Irina. (just liked the name.) Never named a pistol.

[Okiecruffler]

A couple of mine have gotten names attached to them from time to time, but not usually on purpose. I've got a 308 Striker that I started calling Will because it's never met a load it didn't like. The wife started calling my Taurus 650 "the reverand" after reading an old post about naming guns and thinking it was funny. She also used to call my P32 Skate after it dropped out of my pocket and I kicked it, sending it skating across a parking lot. Had an SKS that was fondly refered to as "Money Pit". Have always called my 444 Contender barrel "the Hammer", because everyone does.

Then I have a toaster named Fat Tony, but he's been ticking me off lately. :fire:

[entropy]

I almost forgot about FrankenTula™! :eek: It is a 1938 Tula M91/30 that I bought as a barrelled action and mag group (complete with Bubbaized 23" barrel and home-bent bolt[since replaced]) for $25, bought a Hungarian M44 stock off eBay for $10, and had an accurate, if ugly, rifle for $35! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/mosinfan/FrankenTula.jpg

Not pretty, but puts 'em where I aim out to at least 100 yds. (longest I've shot it yet.) Almost as good as my 1930 Tula. ;)

[GunGoBoom]

CZ 85: "Ginger"
CZ PCR: "Mary Ann"
Glock 20: "Donna"
Kahr MK9: "Jackie"
VZ 52: "Jeannie"
Taurus 9422: "Agent 99"

...grill named Bob, tee hee.

[LHB1]

All my guns already have names: S&W M629 .44 Mag, Browning Citori Lightning Grade VI 20 gauge, Wilson Classic .45 ACP (oops, Wilson hasn't made that one yet), etc. :rolleyes:

Good shooting and be safe.
LB