Naming Guns

I haven't named any of my guns. Or at least, not yet.

I understand the idea. If I had any particular attachment to any of them, or if any of them had any real significance, I might consider it. But for the moment, they are all "just tools" and it would be silly. Might as well name my toaster or hex bits.

Inanimate objects only get named around here if they develop a personality that is worthy of the name. I have a couple handguns I refer to as "Flame thrower".

Can't say that I have. People are free to do as they wish, but the whole concept just seems goofy to me. Like something people do to try to "fit in" because its something they've heard others do. I have the same opinion when it comes to a lot of slang. Something that you say as part of your natural vernacular is fine, but every once in a while you run across a person who will use 10 different slang names for the exact same thing in one conversation and you can tell they're doing it just to prove how many of the slangs they know.

AZ_Rebel said:

Naming guns is as childish as the babytalk some people use. Like Mossy, Remmy, Winny etc. Shotty is the one that really irks me.:banghead:

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I second that..............

Originally Posted by AZ_Rebel
utter foolishness ... Naming guns is as childish as the babytalk some people use.

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Actually I have heard of one excellent reason to name a gun.

If you are one of those folks that don't go armed 24-7 and you happen to get into a developing 'social situation' that might be decided more in your favor if you were armed, it is nice to be able to tell the spouse to "Go get Jimmy" and have her return with a loaded 357. This will work much better that "Go get the 357" which might bring things to a climax right then. If Jimmy is not needed, no harm, no foul. But if 'he' was needed, and the spousal unit quietly, unobtrusively, slipped 'him' to you before things got dicey then at least you have an equalizer.

Yes, this has happened to me, no shots were fired and the only way anyone ever found out about it was when my #1 son asked why "Dad didn't stand up for him better" and was told what had occurred that neither he or the angry neighbors had noticed!
Yes, I was prepared to use lethal force to protect him from a neighbor twice his size that thought he 'needed a whooping'.

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Randy in Arizona said:

Actually I have heard of one excellent reason to name a gun.

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One can often cite anecdotal "evidence" that rationalizes aberrant behavior.

Couple of decades ago I named my 6 pound sledge hammer with a 12 inch handle "Thor".

Don't name my guns though, just call them by make, model or caliber.

I've never named a gun either. I have Saiga, WASR, SKS, etc. Pretty easy to keep them straight and the wife and kids know which is which too.

Well said Walkalong.

Besides naming the occasional firearm is just fun, go ahead give it a try...

There's some Very interesting psychology at work with this topic.

I've never named any gun I own/ed or used, or a car, or a hammer, or a toaster; but I can easily see how it might benefit someone greatly given their circumstance...

I don't name them all, but I named my new rifle "Sam".

The shortened version of Samantha, FWIW.

Long and smooth, plenty curvy. she can put it right where its needed anytime, anywhere, as long as I ask nicely and press the button right.

Hope the rifle lasts longer than 'er namesake.

I have a firearm that was named by its' maker - a man I never met - back in the 1950's. It is a .30 cal flintlock called "the Little Beauty".

But, maybe flintlocks have a little more character.

the only gun I own that has a name is my S&W 629-4 with the 3in. bbl. When I say I'm going to bring "THUMPER" to the range, everyone knows what gun I'm bringing !

Never been one to name a car, same way with guns.

I have a 22-250 on a Choate Stock that I have Named:

"VARMINT POPPEN EARGESPLITTEN LOUDEN BOOMER"

Hows that for a name ?

Good Shooting

Lindy

Every gun I have gets a name once ive killed something with it. It took a life so I gave it a name in once place. Dad did it grampa did it and my kids prolly will too. From my 22 to my M4 to the MK 19 on my truck. The mark is name bridget the B**CH because she always would jamp when i needed her the most lol.

Carl N. Brown said:

Couple of decades ago I named my 6 pound sledge hammer with a 12 inch handle "Thor".

Don't name my guns though, just call them by make, model or caliber.

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Ha! I did the exact same thing. About a 100 year old hunk a iron on a many times broke stub of a handle. A few years ago I fitted a new handle to it though.

Couple of decades ago I named my 6 pound sledge hammer with a 12 inch handle "Thor".

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Funny, a friend of mine has a 45/70 Marlin 1895 guide gun with the ported barrel. I call it "The God of Thunder", or "Thor" for short. It lives up to the title.

Conversely I've referred to my SGL-21 as "Heavy Metal" since I got it.

For the short time I had a Chiappa 1911-22 I called it a paper weight. That's about all it was good for.

My motorcycle is "The Beast", but none of my guns have names...