Ridiculous model names for firearms

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A bit of rant about a pet peeve of mine when it comes to guns: Model nomenclature.

I'm half considering trading a recently purchased Marlin for a Henry Big Boy Steel (which is a much nice gun for one extra Benjamin, IMO.

It's not enough of an issue to stop me, but I can't help but feel a little ridiculous walking into a gun shop and asking, out loud, for a Big Boy. It sounds like a product name more appropriate for a sandwich so big that you shame yourself and your family for finishing it in one sitting.

Similarly, sticking the word tactical in the model name of every short barreled shotgun with an optic rail seems a little over the top. There's a lot of utility in owning such a gun, but uttering aloud, "Hey, do you carry the Double Extreme Ninja Tactical model," makes me feel like some kind of poser and wannabe "operator". You know the guys I'm talking about.

And then there's all the zombie stuff . . .

Maybe I'm just an exceptionally boring guy, but I prefer more old timey ways of naming a gun: A model number: The End. If a tack on is needed, words like "all purpose" or "ultility" seem way less tacky than, "ultimate zombie slayer."

I know I'm getting old and curmudgeonly, but come on, firearms industry, nothing wrong with keeping it classy.
 
I agree on some of the names being a bit out there. However, I do like my classic S&W names- The Model 28 "Highway Patrolman" or the Model 581 "Distinguished Service Magnum".

Sorry- I could never do a modern centerfire Henry. The .22 style tube loading system just puts me off, especially on something as large as the .45-70.
 
.455_Hunter said:
I agree on some of the names being a bit out there. However, I do like my classic S&W names- The Model 28 "Highway Patrolman" or the Model 581 "Distinguished Service Magnum".

Sorry- I could never do a modern centerfire Henry. The .22 style tube loading system just puts me off, especially on something as large as the .45-70.
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I initially thought that too. But, there are some advantages to loading through the tube. If you hunt with it, unloading at the end of the day is way easier, the lack of a loading gate means one fewer place for dirt to get in, and initial loading will be faster than through a gate.

I kinda question the feasibility of a "tactical top off" during a high stress situation anyway.
 
My personal least favorite is the Ruger Zombie Slayer. (An LCP with logo.) I don't know if it was a name given by Ruger or some distributer who put the logo on, but Buds sold them new.

Along with it are all the other "zombie" related gun names by companies like Iver Johnson and Mossberg. I'm glad that craze is over because it was juvenile and didn't reflect well on gun owners at large (IMO.)

I also really dislike the Beretta "Storm." Cool gun, just don't like the name.

The coolest handgun name is the K 38 Masterpiece.
 
Big Boy and Golden Boy do sound kind of embarrassing, but at least the guns are good quality.

"The Saint" is kind of a silly name for an AR15, but at least they didn't go with a Tactifool name.
 
.455_Hunter said:
However, I do like my classic S&W names- The Model 28 "Highway Patrolman" or the Model 581 "Distinguished Service Magnum".
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I kinda like the "Combat Magnum" and "Combat Masterpiece" names too. However, as much as I like most Ruger firearms themselves, and as many of them as I've had, I've never really warmed up to "Blackhawk" or "Redhawk" names for Ruger revolvers. "Security Six" is okay, I guess.:)
On the other hand, my wife has one of these:
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And even though she'll never admit it, I know darned good and well she bought it because of its name and the advertisement; "Who says diamonds are a girls best friend?"
She bought her American Beauty Rifle right after it came out, and she's ran all of one magazine full of .22LRs through it!:D
 
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Just keep in mind that before 1958, all S&W revolvers were "Names", not "Models". Of course, back then, none of us were "tactical" or an "operator", and there were no plastic fantastics.
 
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My pet peeve is the over use and never ending practice of classifying so many different things as "tactical".
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Which, in most cases, at least on pistols, means nothing more than a heavy rounding off of corners and sharp edges on sights.

Takes a few seconds on a polishing wheel

Charge the customer an extra $100. (or more)

What a scam.....:rofl:
 
Jason_W said:
I'm half considering trading a recently purchased Marlin for a Henry Big Boy Steel (which is a much nice gun for one extra Benjamin, IMO.
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of the name Big Boy either. It sounds like a name to make a child feel more grown up.

Yet, I still want a Big Boy Steel. I'll just have to call it something else amongst friends. Probably something simple, like the Henry .357.
 
You don't have to order a "rooty tooty fresh n fruity", just tell them you want pancakes and fruit.

Or in your case tell them you want to see the Henry 357, 44 or 45 caliber lever action. Not that big of a deal.


Not like you have to go in there and say, "I'd like to see the Henry....Big Boy." (as you give the guy behind the counter a wink) :)
 
I wonder about gun companies that put somebody else's name on their product.
The 'Joe Expert Model' from Acme Engineering.
I'd rather see just the Acme trademark.
 
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