Does Anyone Name Their Guns?

[Justin]

Does Anyone Name Their Guns?

No.

 

[hockea]

Odd you should ask but...

...I did name this one in 458 WinMag

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/hockea/Mvc-016l.jpg

 

[shevrock]

I haven't really found names for my guns. I do call my my shotgun "my pretty lady". i don't know why. The Mossberg, is a very masculine looking gun.

 

[AndyC]

Oh, wow - this thread again?

 

[MakAttak]

Only Vera....

Edit: OHHHH... I am so naming either my new garand or my soon to be received carbine Vera... I just have to figure out which one I like shooting more...

 

[Beatnik]

I had a P38 I named "830".
Because before I found out the front sight was loose, that's where I'd consistently hit.

 

[learn2shoot]

I have an M1 Carbine named Romero... it was my first zombie gun.

 

[Old Grump]

Only

If they fail for some reason and I have to take them to the doctor to be cured

 

[Deanimator]

"Janeane", my 4" S&W 29-2. Named for Janeane Garofalo: short, dark, good looking and sometimes hard to handle.

 

[Rudy Kohn]

What? Why don't you just ask them? My guns tell me many things...



But in all seriousness, no, I don't name mine.

 

[Mil-Spec45]

We normally call it a shorter version of the manufacturer's name and add a "y" at the end. Example:

Desert Eagle is Iggy
1 Springfield is Springy
1 Springfield is Fieldly
Walther is Walty
Colt is Colty

and so on and so on

 

[rcmodel]

I had two Charter Arms Undercover .38's one time that I called Shirley & ShirleyII.

As in "Shirley it will work this time!" after I tried so many times to get them to stop mis-firing in double-action.

rcmodel

 

[Neo-Luddite]

Yes, Yes, Yes--and I have names for my vehicles also.

Yes--they are all female names and personas (except for the old jeep whom I call 'Dirty Old Willy').

Not ALL the weapons have names, but some do:

The late '44 M-1 (mine since '91) is
my "Bad Bitch".

The late '55 M-1 (mine since '06) is
my "Pretty Girl".

My Springfield M1911-a1 (my 21st B-day present to myself) is my
"Traveling/True Companion".

My late Aunt's Colt 1903 .32 ACP is 'Honey'--and it is the smootest 82 year old piece I've ever shot.

This comes up now and again--and sure it's childish and sentimental--so what.

 

[joop]

I've been trying to think of a good Russian name for my mosin nagant but haven't come up with anything good yet.

 

[The Instrumental]

Joop, here's a site that translates Russian names so you can pick out a good one.

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/russian-names.html

 

[Orange_Magnum]

My wife prefers to say, "Do you have Dan with you?" when out in public. Or, for the S&W 642, "Do you have Dan junior with you?" No one but we understands. "The star," is the Firestar.

 

[pappy]

I have a Kahr K-9 so my wife asks me if I have 'The Dog' when we go out.

 

[PTK]

My two primary carry guns. Rhyme and Reason.

Justin

You're BORING. Live a little.

 

[DWARREN123]

Just recently named my Glock 27 "Baby San".

 

[Coyote3855]

My wife's Makarov is Ivan. My matched pair of stainless Vaqueros in .45 are Six and Seven.

 

[Omaney]

Named my WASR2 "Nadya"

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

I've named my Mosin Nagant M44 Ivan,
My K-31 "Swiss Miss" like that hot cocoa, lol
My Steven's Model 77f "Shorty" (the gun is actually pretty lond, 30-some inches.)
My Marlin .22 "Shortstuff".

 

[Dave McCracken]

Justin, my GM carry gun is also named Justin.

Justin Case.

That and Frankenstein, my mutt 870 parts gun are the only ones I've named at present.

OTOH, my primary vehicle is always named "Rocinante"....

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

All my guns, without exception, are named Steve.

I've also named my friends AK "The Iron Fist of the Proletariat." He won't let me paint it on the side, though...

 

[Neo-Luddite]

OTOH, my primary vehicle is always named "Rocinante"....

Now THAT is sentimental.

I like the part of the book when JS talks about puting guns in the back to provide an 'excuse' for what he is doing all alone driving around with his dog.