Does it have a name?

[Slugless]

Here's a question for you:

Have you given any of your firearms a name? It doesn't have to be a person's name, just something you call it besides "the SIG" or whatever.

If so, please post 'em. Why or why not is also welcome.

My examples:

1. SIG 239 - "Piglet". Of course, the next time I shoot it I'll have to say "Bother" when chambering a round...
2. Nylon 66 - "My little friend"
3. GF's Bushmaster M4gery - "The Bushmistress". A bit confusing because she's also the Bushmistress but context helps.
4. Marlin 39A - "Shooting iron" or just "the iron"

I've not settled on a name for the Daewoo. I'm thinking about "Kimchi" or "Bulgogi"....

 

[bluestarlizzard]

the mini glock is snickers, cause the mag is the same size as a mini snickers bar.

 

[rritter]

Yep, I've named several. The M1 Garand is "Miss Liberty", the Mosin Nagant M91/30 is "Spike" (especially when the bayonet is attached), the MN M44 is "Mr. Pointy", the MN M38 is "Buffy", and the Yugo SKS is "Major Spearage" (thanks to the first response of a nephew seeing it for the first time).

 

[ClickClickD'oh]

My CZ-75B .40 S&W: Daddy
My Wifes CZ-75D PCR: Mommy
My CZ 2075 RAMI: Babby

And, doesn't everyone have a Vera?

 

[Walkalong]

No. None of them.

 

[bluestarlizzard]

"And, doesn't everyone have a Vera?"

"its my favoritist gun." *sigh* gotta love jayne!

 

[Ala Dan]

Yes, my SIG .45 caliber P220A is called "My Bacon Saver"~!

 

[Frightener 88]

Yes, only 1. Its my 870 wingmaster magnum. pistol grip and an 18" barrel. I call him Shorty.

 

[pax]

My carry gun is named "Miss Anne Thrope." The name kinda tickled my pun sense, but had a serious purpose too. First, we call it "Miss Anne," and talk in circles, if we need to discuss it where others might hear -- no sense frightening folks unnecessarily. Second, the name serves as a constant reminder to me that no matter how much I like my gun, it doesn't like me a bit, and would kill me or someone I love in a second if I did not treat it with cautious respect.

My kids' rifle is "The Wizard." Dunno why, the kids just started calling it that one day and it stuck.

And I have an itsy-bitsy NAA mini-revolver with perlite grips. Named Minnie Pearl, of course.

pax

 

[highlander 5]

"Baby" is my 1874 Shiloh Sharps Long Range Express with a RHO telescopic sight. 45/70 of course

 

[BlackBearME]

I don't have it anymore, but I had a 91/30 that I affectionately named

[expletive deleted]

No, that's not censored, that was what I named the rifle. Brackets and everything.

Yeah, I'm a little out there. It's OK.

 

[Chipperman]

'Sir, the private's weapon is called Charlene, Sir.'



I've named a couple of mine, but not most.

 

[Thain]

My AK47 is named "Hillary..."

Okay, so technically I don't actually have one yet. But I will... Somehwere out there, in that great wide world of gun show loopholes, someone is currently waiting to sell me my AK. There are many like it, but that special one is mine.

And her name is "Hillary."

 

[shooter1]

Ahhhhhhhh, no. Besides, I couldn't remember all those names.
str1

 

[SGT. SHLITZ]

I named my Garand "Monica", 'cause it's Hillary's worst nightmare.

 

[The Annoyed Man]

I've never named one. Should I?

 

[M2 Carbine]

I call the Bushmaster Carbon 15 "The Paintball Gun", just because it looks like a paintball gun.

 

[bluestarlizzard]

"I've never named one. Should I?"

yes.....its fun to be silly

 

[MSgt B]

The old Romanian .22 is "Pinky" - For a long time, my son thought "plinking" was "pinking"

The AK47 is "The horse" - ie the workhorse

The M4gery is "Reason" - If they disagree, I hope they'll listen to Reason. (Thank you, Neal Stephenson)

The Winchester 1300 is "The B1tch" - from "Training Day"

 

[SMLE]

1918 Lee Enfield #1 MkIII* Moira
1909 LE #1 MkIII Madigan
1909 LE #1 MkI*** Mathilda
1954 LE #4 MkII Sile
M1 Garand Annie
1954 Ishapore #1 MkIII* Parvati
Colt Mk4 Series 70 Mith-ang-iant (Tolkien Elvish for "Gray Iron Shadow"
Colt 1917 Rev. Big Mama
Colt Official Police Dalla

That's a short list.

 

[Nolo]

I name every weapon or tool that I own, with the exception of small pocketknives, and even then they can get named if they endear me enough. I have a hatchet whose name I have forgotten, Big Cheese, a 13.5" Bolo knife, Little Cheese, a 6.5" matching Bolo, Beauty, a two-bit axe, and, finally, Chewie, my Mossberg shotgun, named after my late best friend (whose last name was "Chewning", one of his lesser known nicknames was "Chewie".).

 

[BridgeWalker]

Eh, so the Montefeltro has been abbreviated to Monty. Not so much a name as a nickname though.

 

[SierraBT]

Guilty, this is Jessica.

 

[CU74]

Mine came with names - Model 28-2, M1A, 1911A1, Security Six, K-31, etc.

 

[Slugless]

I think I'd like to date Jessica.


How could I forget?

My M1A - "Thunder Lizard"
Star BM 9mm - "POS"