I don't think one should name a gun until it's been used defensively. Thoughts?

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I also think that one shouldn't name a car until you've gotten out of a tight spot with it. I named my car "Caroline" after recovering safely from hitting a patch of ice at 65mph and fishtailing for a good 100 yards between a concrete barrier and a semi.

None of my guns have names, because none of them have been used defensively.

What do y'all think?
 
Def a personal choice.

I haven't named any of my guns because in all honesty theyre big whores. Everything except my uzi and p220 get traded and sold like candy.
 
So all those Marines with lovely names for their rifles are suspect?

Don't believe I'd have said that out loud...... :evil:
 
Well, you don't want me to tell you what "Bertha" and the rest of the ladies said. :neener:

What's wrong with naming your gun, or your firearms? :evil:
 
I've named different guns, mostly to make my shooting buddies laugh.
 
All my guns have names.

I got the old P22, the PPK, the P99, and of course the USP. My newest purchase I am going to name either PS90 or AR-15 depending on which I purchase first.
 
I named the first pistol that i bought, I havent gotten around or felt the inclination to name all my other guns.

I used to have two nearly identical buck knives that I namde Frank and George. People would look at me funny when I called one by name and I would say, "Well they look soo much alike that I had to name them to tell them apart.":p (I like confusing people)

Sadly, George fell out of my pocket while on a boat ride and was lost in the drink.:(
 
Well I guess I could name my AR, its saved me from charging prairie dogs a few times :evil:

And my 870, it took out that pigeon that was trying to dive bomb me. :neener:
 
my guns are named:

The remington. The Anschutz. The Smith. No the other smith.

And so on and so forth.

I really don't understand the point of naming a tool.
 
With all the bad luck I've had with my gun purchases over the past year I have named a bunch of them. I will take the high road and not mention those names in a public forum. :uhoh:
 
A lot of times I can't even remember the name of that old woman that lives in my house and says she's my wife. To remember a gun's name, I just look at what the factory wrote on it.:p
 
I really don't understand the point of naming a tool.
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Are we talking about our guns or are we talking about our tool? Bkz my tool has a name, but I don't think that Art's Grammaw would want to know what it is! :D
 
I gotta admit that I sometimes refer to my favorite hunting rifle as "Ol' Pet", but that's more joke than anything else.

Hmmm. Well, I often refer to my full-size pickup as the "Great White Whale". My Toyota as "Lil Toy", sometimes. I had an ancient gray 4Runner that got referred to as the "Gray Goat", cause it would go most anywhere. The guy from whom I bought my little road grader had painted it tangerine, but this desert sun faded it to pink: Ergo, the "Pink Panzer". (I want a Mary Kay decal for it.) My Case backhoe gets called the "Yellow Peril", sometimes, particularly on mountain roads and hillsides.

But I can't see any point to "serious" naming. It's just jokes.

:), Art
 
I named my M16 Bang-Bang.

They gave me a 203 I named it Bang-Boom

They gave me an M60 I named it Bang-Bang-Bang (real fast)

When they put me on the Mk-19 I couldn't come up with a good name. After taking it to the range I was tempted to call it "the pinky finger of g-d".
 
I once jokingly named my Mosin M91/30 a very Russian-pronounced Natasha.

I might name my CZ-75B vera, taking after Firefly, and my mother :neener:
 
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