Ridiculous model names for firearms

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S&W Lemon Squeezer (yeah, I know, it's really a "New Departure" or "Safety Hammerless")
Colt Official Police (what if you're not a policeman?)
S&W Highway Patrolman (same as above , but how about the ladies?)

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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Model 1 (1858)
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Model 1-1/2 (1865), Model 2 (1876), Model 3 (1870)...
 
Two I'm fond of;

CZ SP-01 Phantom

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And the CZ EVO S1 Scorpion.

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Obviously it took it's name from the Skorpion of Cold War fame, not sure how the Czechs came up with that one back then.

The only one I thought went over the line was the Magnum Reasearch BFR - you will never convince me that "Biggest, Finest Revolver" is the real name. :rofl::thumbup::cool:
 
armoredman said:
Two I'm fond of;

CZ SP-01 Phantom

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And the CZ EVO S1 Scorpion.

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Obviously it took it's name from the Skorpion of Cold War fame, not sure how the Czechs came up with that one back then.

The only one I thought went over the line was the Magnum Reasearch BFR - you will never convince me that "Biggest, Finest Revolver" is the real name. :rofl::thumbup::cool:
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That one certainly bothers me as well! A Skorpion is that nasty little 7.65mm baby AK looking machine pistol from the Cold War, not THAT!
 
Of the ones I've owned/own... "Combat Magnum" (was out combated by its inception), "Guardian" (a .32 DAO), "Hi Power" (a 9mm), and probably many others.

The names do not detract from the usefulness of the gun but if it was 1970 I'd rather have a Hi Power in combat than a Combat Magnum... The marketing was certainly effective for both!

The worst to me are the various acronym guns, SAINT, CREED, and the Sig Legion. They were banking heavily on a name when the guns do nothing different than a rusty AK or makarov.

HB
 
ColtPythonElite said:
Ruger Match Champion.....Champion of what kinda matches?
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Last year I was looking for my first revolver and was looking at the GP-100's and saw the "Match Champion". I liked the half lug vs full lugged barrel and the gun itself but that bold stamp put me off or I might have bought it. I couldn't visualize myself, being a novice, taking a gun to the range sporting that Match Champion logo. I picked up a standard GP-100 instead for the same reason I bought a 3/4 ton work truck. Solid, no frills, durable, reliable.
 
Things aren't better when you look into more subtle monikers.

Range Officer - self appointed cop working a firing line? Some would say it's misspelled, it should be "Obershutzstaffel."

Auto Ordnance - I guess whatever you have in the trunk to monkey with.

Nano? if you have two are you then carrying Nano Nano?

Jiminez - it's the reverse of trying to sell a Chevy Nova across a border, No va means wont go. Here it brings so many anecdotal connotations that don't help sales. They could as well called it a "Whitehorse" and done no worse.

Versa Max - a four door with cargo bed?

Mosquito - well, it is a .22.

Sigma - corporate speak for superlative engineering. I don't see black belts carrying them.

Lets not descend into modern speak from forums, where things like "Mossy" come up. I started a thread on another forum about the overdone names of that subject and not so surprisingly some came out to defend them. I suppose if you pay $3,500 for one then inserting common sense into the discussion wounds their pride. A good 95% of what sells in that product category sells from $35 to $350 so I guess having five words in the name is part of what you get paying more.

Something like "Smith and Wesson New Era Military and Police Don Johnson Carry Compact." Or you could call it a 4566TSW. I rather prefer numbers, I certainly don't need a conversation about how short it is. . .

No doubt you see where that could go.
 
Even some of the classic ones are kind of silly. "Combat Magnums" weren't really used for a whole lot of combat. They were mostly for law enforcement and civilian use... not combat.
 
I believe the Henry Big Boy is capitalizing on the name of Winchester 1866 or the Yellow Boy.
I do own one revolver with a perfect name.... The Perfected. Though not a perfect revolver it is fun to shoot. The Perfected is the one on top. The lower revolver is a perfected revolver.
 

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How bout the Colt Commander? Wasn't ever issued to naval commanders, if anything it should have been called the General as it WAS the General Officers official issue for a time.....and the Officers Model wasn't issued to ANY officers....lol!

Oh ya, how bout the Rossi Princess? Ugh....
 
JeffG said:
Years ago there was a submachine gun named Linda. Espaniol = Linda means beautiful. I don't know about you guys but...that's not a beautiful gun.

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Actually, with the exception of the big magazine sticking out the bottom, that weapon has some nice lines.
The barrel diameter flows into the receiver. The wood handheld is nicely curved, and not too large.
A well proportioned machine.
 
nightlord, the Officer model was issued by AirForce to OSI agents. My brother was a NCO investigator and was issued one. Of course they were custom built by AF at Lackland AFB, and weren't called that. Colt picked up the design and called it the Officers Model. It actually fits...
 
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