Best & worst name designations given to guns?

[Duke of Doubt]

Favorite: "Volcanic";

Least favorite: "Downsizer";

Kinkiest: "Mannlicher"; "Bushmaster";

Oddest: "Martian"; "Titanic"; Velo-Dog"; "F.A.G."

 

[kanook]

any firearm that is called a weapon is not good. in a politicol world we have to be careful in what we say. a weapon is usually described as an offensive tool used in crimes. a firearm should only be used for sport or defending yourself or ect... if we start calling them firearms again and not weapons maybe people might not be so afraid. JMO

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Just so long as you don't call it a F.A.G. (clones of the French 1892 and Russian 1895 revolvers marked and marketed under those initials by Francisco Arizmendi y Goenaga, circa 1897 - 1905).

 

[Restorer]

Was "Street Sweeper" an actual manufacturing/marketing name, or just a slang term applied to that particular shotgun?

"Streetsweeper" is the US version of the Armsel Striker revolver shotgun.

 

[eye5600]

You can hate the name "Judge", but it was marketing genius on the part of Taurus.

 

[SP Shop Foreman]

I have the Lew Horton Astra "Terminator" .41 Magnum



If you're standing next to me without ear protection it will definitley terminate your hearing for quite a while.

Latigo

 

[Maelstrom]

The "Liberator" was a great name for a pistol made of aluminum foil and the leftover parts from an assembled bicycle.

On the flip side, IMI named their sp-21 the "Barak". Who knew that the "Barak" would cause so much heartache?

 

[Grey_Mana]

I'm surprised Heller hasn't licensed his name to a pistol yet.

 

[kanook]

Street Sweeper Atl. Ga.

 

[elrod]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned what I think is the coolest--the Bren 10!

 

[sm]

Raven

I like the name Raven.

To bad the gun is not of the caliber as the poem written by Edgar Allan Poe.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
Only this and nothing more."
<snip> -Poe

 

[Brian Dale]

...in a political world we have to be careful in what we say. A weapon is usually described as an offensive tool used in crimes.

Not in my world, kanook. I won't hide under the bed just because there are people out there who misuse our beautiful, powerful English language.

 

[JohnKSa]

Beretta's decision to name the successor to the 92/96 line the 90-Two has got to rank near the top of poorly chosen firearm names.

 

[kanook]

not trying to start a problem, just going with the post theme on bad names and why.

 

[Bubba613]

On the flip side, IMI named their sp-21 the "Barak". Who knew that the "Barak" would cause so much heartache?

I think "barak" means "lightening" in Hebrew.

 

[Brian Dale]

not trying to start a problem, just going with the post theme on bad names and why.

Now I understand. Thanks.

 

[Rembrandt]

Wow, never knew there were so many firearms that were named improperly....keep them coming....

 

[makarovnik]

I like Peacemaker, Python, Bearcat, Woodsman, Street sweeper, Gat Chicago typwriter, Rod.

Not sure about the worst.

 

[PT1911]

cricket..

 

[shotgunjoel]

I agree with kanook, I don't like calling firearms weapons. On the other hand, I do think that they should respected like weapons.

 

[Auburn1992]

I don't really care for bushmaster's 'dissipator'.

I'd say King Cobra or Anaconda would have to be one of the most bad ass.

 

[PT1911]

so... define a weapon... if a gun isnt a weapon, neither is a knife, bat, grenade, bomb,stick, spear, arrow, sling shot, dart gun, boomerang, ax, hatchet, sword, dagger, or anything else for that matter... if fact, a gun isnt a gun, it is a devise for directing an object ,varying in size, that has been accelerated by the ignition of some sort of accelerant, usually in powder form. A gun is a weapon, the problem here is an incorrect definition of the word weapon-"any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; 'he was licensed to carry a weapon.'"

last I checked, guns were used by some for hunting and fighting... whether or not this is your use is irrelevant; however, the fact that it can be used in such a way makes it a weapon... denying this FACT is a step in the wrong direction.


but i absolutely must ask, if you are to respect a gun and treat it like a weapon, what are you treating it like? if not a loaded gun!!!!!?

 

[skeet king]

The new Vinci shotgun

Vinci... Really?

 

[GBExpat]

Star BM

 

[AnthonyC.]

The Taurus Tracker, what the crap does that mean? Is this for when you miss the first time, its for tracking whatever your were shooting at in the first place?