gun, heater, gat, Roscoe ....what else?

[Smoke]

The above title appeared in another thread and instantly made me snicker.

One of my favorite instructors, who'll I'll not embarrass here, (but is the funniest guy I've ever met) is very particular on the slang for firearms.

Gat - Belongs to the bad guys.

"If you're hinky button is going off because you think that guy over there has a gat; you pull your sh*! and cover him"

Sh*! - your beloved CCW.

So what are your favorite slang terms for firearms?


Smoke

 

[Jim K]

"Smokepole", "rod", "piece", "iron", "old Betsy", and many more. Most of the slang terms for a gun originated in movies and 1930's detective stories, not on the street. I have known a few of what I might call less than wonderful members of our society, and they mainly just called it a gun, though I heard "piece" (used by police) quite often from bad guys. They more often used the same terms we use, "Lorcin", "Glock", ".45", "Model 19", "MAC-10", and so on.

Jim

 

[gulogulo1970]

I've always liked the saying, "packin' heat".

 

[Standing Wolf]

I've heard the term "thunder stick."

 

[Hoop]

BOOMstick

 

[squadfounder]

"burner" is a common one, especially with the hip-hop crowd.

 

[GunnySkox]

Shoota'! Big Shoota'. Bolter...

~Slam_Fire
"Rubber band man, wild as the Taliban
Nine in my right, fo'ty-five in my otha' hand..." ~T.I., "Rubber Band Man"

 

[White Horseradish]

BOOMstick

It's a twelve gauge double barreled Remington, S-Mart's top-of-the-line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids Michigan. Retails for about $109.95. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop Smart. Shop S-mart. Ya got that?!

 

[ExMachina]

"Hogleg"

--esp. for large revolvers. (I have no creditable reference as to how this term came about, but an old saddle holster sure did look like a ham)

 

[Yooper]

The term "Mohaska" goes back a number of years.

 

[Zedicus]

"Hog Leg", "Six Gun", "Shooter", "Hand Cannon", "Bullet Hose",
"P@WN@G3 Maker" (Counterstrike Numskull speak)
"Assault Rifle", "Assault Weapon", "Cap Busta" (Gangsta Wannabie)
"Pea Shooter" (.22's), "Death Machine" (More Counterstrike nonsense)
etc, etc, etc.....

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

It seems like I mistakenly walked in on a sausage party of a thread here....


This thread is a bit too phallic for me.


/talk paging Dr. Freud...paging Dr. Freud....

 

[orangeninja]

Steel.
Iron.
Popper.
Gauge.
Busta.
Nine.
Foty Five. (sic)
Mac.
A.K. pronounce Aye Kaayyyy
Heater.
Heat.
Package.
Peace Maker.
Blaster.
Capper.

I'm'a done

 

[444]

Frontsight seems to like the term, blaster. I kind of like it also.

"The term "Mohaska" goes back a number of years."
Where does this come from ? I have been using that term for a number of years after hearing it in a movie: The Untouchables ? Where Sean Connery walks up to the other guy playing Ellot Ness on the bridge and taps his night stick on Eliot's shoulder holster and says, "What's with the Marhaska (Mohaska ?). Maybe I have been saying it wrong, I thought he said, Marhaska ?

 

[azrael]

This is my BOOMstick!!!! is still one of my favorites...I have been known from time to time to scream it out at the top of my lungs after i dust some range ninja that has everything but the kitchen sink on his 870...OHHH ya, they REALLY hate it when I do that...lol

others that I use:

My precioussssssssssss....Springy Xd-9C

Fluffy...Springy Gov't 1911

etc...

 

[roscoe]

Chopper, smokewagon, barker, but of course roscoe is still the coolest one.

 

[admar2]

my favorite has gotta be "This is my boomstick"

 

[Sean85746]

I have always been partial to "Heater", however some of my guns have their own special names:

My Glocks....G-Locks, or individual guns...Glercks

My 1911's....Gumment Models

My Hi Power....Hi Purr

My S&W revolvers...Smiff Wheelies

Mod 29......Thunder

Mod 66.......Shiny Bi**h

Mod 19.....Sweet Old Gal

Mod 19 Snubby....Short & Sweet

S&W Cheif's Special....Little Sweety

My First Gen SAA 44-40.....Hello Darlin

My AR-15...Runnin' Gun

Bennelli Super 90......Poppa Boom

Remington 742 Woodsmaster 30-'06......Big Thunder

Winchester 92 lever action 44-40.......Leeever Gun

Marlin 336C 30-30.......Deer Hunter

51 Navy Colt Replicas By Navy Arms....Pair Of Aces

.50 Cal Thompson Center Cap Lock Rifle.......Lucretia Borgia (Tribute to WF Cody)

Winchester 94 John Wayne Commemorative .32-40......Duke

Remington Model 700 7mm Magnum......Blue Devil

1866 Winchester Replica by Navy Arms.....Yeller Belly

Pair of Navy Arms Schofields....... Sugar and Spice (Sugar is 7", Spice is 5" Wells Fargo Model)




...Just to name a few

 

[JimJD]

Little Friend.

As in: "Say hello to My LITTLE FRIEND!!!!"

Oh that silly Scarface...

 

[Sean85746]

...though an old friend always called his Hi Power his "Girlfirend"

I don't want to get into the special nature of THAT relationship.

 

[PMDW]

Kill Stick.

 

[71Commander]

1911= slabside.

I think Col. Cooper uses this term of endearment or did at one time.

 

[HEiST]

I've always wanted a M82A1 with "n00b cannon" engraved on the side..

 

[Ryder]

You guys didn't leave much pickins.

But you did forget EQUALIZER.

 

[patentmike]

A revolver is a "ratchet" in a Jimmy Cliff song.
So I'll take the obvious step of calling a semiauto a "slide".