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rozziboy18
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ok ill play too...
my fav......samantha
bob lee
gilberto peres
angel
justin case
hope ender and dream killer
and last but not least
sgt riggs
i like pictures
my fav......samantha
bob lee
gilberto peres
angel
justin case
hope ender and dream killer
and last but not least
sgt riggs
i like pictures
chaplain tom
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I have a little joke saying that I use a lot. I say something like "Do I need to send Nicky No Knuckles or Guido over to have a talk with you." This is just a polite way of saying that I'm not happy with someone and I think they need "An offer they can't refuse".
So when I got my primary carry, I named it "Guido" so my family would know what I was referring to and I wouldn't necessarily have to announce that I was talking about my gun in certain company.
So when I got my primary carry, I named it "Guido" so my family would know what I was referring to and I wouldn't necessarily have to announce that I was talking about my gun in certain company.
The Bushmaster
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All my firearms cam already named. Colt SAA, S&W Mod 19, Kimber UCC II, etc...
Crash_Test_Dhimmi
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I named my 45 USP CT "Betsy"
So when were are out on the town, and my wife wants to know if I am carrying she asks if "Betsy" will be joining us? Also, if were near a Criminal Protection Zone (No CCW Allowed) I can tell my wife "Betsy" doesn't like this store/restaurant. And the casual observer will be none the wiser.
So when were are out on the town, and my wife wants to know if I am carrying she asks if "Betsy" will be joining us? Also, if were near a Criminal Protection Zone (No CCW Allowed) I can tell my wife "Betsy" doesn't like this store/restaurant. And the casual observer will be none the wiser.
doc2rn
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Only one Rifle and one pistol have earned their names. My FNP-9 is Fancy and my Ruger 77 MK II is Kathy, both are keepers and I will never get rid of them.
TheAmplifiedsoul
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No, not the guns. My Jeep yes, but only when it breaks down. Then it's "Dirty Summa muh..."
tyeo098
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My 91/30 is Sasha... From Team Fortress 2? Anyone? No? Fine...
My Rem700 is Remmy, thats as clever as I could get there.
I just refer to the rest by their brand name.
My AR-15 is "The AR"
My CZ75B is "The CZ" or "The CZ75" if I'm mad at him. (haha)
My Mossberg 705 Plinkster is "The Plinkster"
My FEG PA-63 goes by many names, but I usually just call it the makarov, referring to its calibre, since its the only one I have in 9mmMak, but it still pisses off my friend and he insists to "Stop calling it that its not a REAL Makarov, its a Walther PP clone made by hungary... blah blah"
My Rem700 is Remmy, thats as clever as I could get there.
I just refer to the rest by their brand name.
My AR-15 is "The AR"
My CZ75B is "The CZ" or "The CZ75" if I'm mad at him. (haha)
My Mossberg 705 Plinkster is "The Plinkster"
My FEG PA-63 goes by many names, but I usually just call it the makarov, referring to its calibre, since its the only one I have in 9mmMak, but it still pisses off my friend and he insists to "Stop calling it that its not a REAL Makarov, its a Walther PP clone made by hungary... blah blah"
I've never had names for inanimate "stuff".
Two exceptions in 52 years, both names branded by others, that somehow "stuck":
My long-gone 1970 Camaro, aka: The Sea Hag.
My (still have it) 1964 Fender Precision Bass, aka: The Velvet Ho.
Les
Two exceptions in 52 years, both names branded by others, that somehow "stuck":
My long-gone 1970 Camaro, aka: The Sea Hag.
My (still have it) 1964 Fender Precision Bass, aka: The Velvet Ho.
Les
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Full Metal Jacket
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only hillbillies and girls should name their guns. 
shooterchick
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Then I guess Im ok naming my guns
1KPerDay
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You're a hillbilly?
1KPerDay
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LoLOLOL
I am in the process of building something and we have dubbed it "Project Jolly Roger" just so that when the conversation comes up we aren't announcing to those around that we are talking about an EBR.
Other than that, no, it seems like a very odd thing to me. No naming guns, no naming cars, my boats never even had names. (I named my dogs, and my daughter, that's the end of it)
Why name them when they already have fantastic names like Python, Police Positive, Single Action Army, Blackhawk, etc.
I will make one exception to this rule. If I ever get around to finishing my Mustang build, it may just be called Eleanor.
Other than that, no, it seems like a very odd thing to me. No naming guns, no naming cars, my boats never even had names. (I named my dogs, and my daughter, that's the end of it)
Why name them when they already have fantastic names like Python, Police Positive, Single Action Army, Blackhawk, etc.
I will make one exception to this rule. If I ever get around to finishing my Mustang build, it may just be called Eleanor.
Blackrock
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.257 Roberts - Bob gun
6mm Rem - Sixgun
.222 Rem - Duece gun
.45ACP - Old Smokey
.357 mag S&W - Mangleum
6mm Rem - Sixgun
.222 Rem - Duece gun
.45ACP - Old Smokey
.357 mag S&W - Mangleum
Col. Plink
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I sometimes refer to the Garand as Walt, after the lead role in Gran Torino. As in "Get off my lawn!"
chaplain tom
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We all come from a great long line of "Hillbillies". They're called AMERICANS!
Full Metal Jacket
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if you're referring the revolutionary war colonists, my family wasn't in this country then lol
I've only given a name to one of the five guns I have . . . it's the .223 Saiga. I called it "Tin-osaurus Rex, Son of Punch-press." Then I gave it a paint-job which could have come straight off the side of a classic pinball machine.
I usually just call it 'the Saiga.'
I usually just call it 'the Saiga.'
Fishslayer
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My S&W M28 & M1950 I refer to as "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."
No names for the others.
No names for the others.
FROGO207
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All things that I own that have character get names. My favorite firearms, knives, auto, my pets etc. Sometimes my not so favorites also get names also. It makes for a good story when describing how say Matilda acted up and that light firing pin spring didn't do its job and that great buck vaporized into the bushes when it heard the "click".:banghead: There are some other ones that are funny also.
It makes for a good story when describing how say Matilda acted up and that light firing pin spring didn't do its job and that great buck vaporized into the bushes when it heard the "click".:banghead: There are some other ones that are funny also.MoMo
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Is is bad if you name all guns of the same type the same name? Provided you don't own them at the same time. For example, I was in the Army and I named every M-16A2 Issued to me Mary Jane.
searcher451
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I don't name my guns, or my shovels, or my hammers or screwdrivers or drill bits. Truth be told, I'm hard-pressed to come up with an original name for a cat these days.
'Way out West, they got a name, for wind and rain and fire,
Rain is Tess, fire is Joe, but they call the wind Maria...
Sturm, Ruger & Co. have done a fine job of naming several of mine: Bearcat, Blackhawk, Security Six, Mark II, 10/22, you get the idea.
The others, with the exception of my Yugo 24/47 which gets called the Mauser, are generally called by gauge or caliber.
Another exception exists: my wife and I live far enough south of Reno that when business takes us into town, we usually stay overnight. Activities occurring at a motel on West Fourth Street convinced me that I needed something along, so I started sticking my Charter Undercover (in its brown pistol rug with two filled speedloaders and five loose rounds to keep it company) in my suitcase. Events at a downtown hotel convinced my wife that I was right. Now, when we go someplace to stay, she will often ask me if I have the "Brown Package" along. My reply? "Always."
I frequently name my cars.
Also, I once had a job running an atmospheric furnace melting and pouring lead scrap into ingots. Since the scrap was covered in cutting oil, the furnace frequently caught fire, flames whooshing out every orifice. This caused me to call the furnace, since it was painted in high-temp silver paint, the "Tin Man", because it had no heart and would just flash off any ol' time. Study of the flash points of the chemicals in the cutting oil as opposed to the melting points of the metals involved caused us to reduce the pouring temp by about fifty degrees, and the flashed ceased almost completely...the name, however, remained.
My wife and one of my two cats already had names when they came into my life.
My propensity for nicknaming humans is legendary and almost always apt.
ed
Rain is Tess, fire is Joe, but they call the wind Maria...
Sturm, Ruger & Co. have done a fine job of naming several of mine: Bearcat, Blackhawk, Security Six, Mark II, 10/22, you get the idea.
The others, with the exception of my Yugo 24/47 which gets called the Mauser, are generally called by gauge or caliber.
Another exception exists: my wife and I live far enough south of Reno that when business takes us into town, we usually stay overnight. Activities occurring at a motel on West Fourth Street convinced me that I needed something along, so I started sticking my Charter Undercover (in its brown pistol rug with two filled speedloaders and five loose rounds to keep it company) in my suitcase. Events at a downtown hotel convinced my wife that I was right. Now, when we go someplace to stay, she will often ask me if I have the "Brown Package" along. My reply? "Always."
I frequently name my cars.
Also, I once had a job running an atmospheric furnace melting and pouring lead scrap into ingots. Since the scrap was covered in cutting oil, the furnace frequently caught fire, flames whooshing out every orifice. This caused me to call the furnace, since it was painted in high-temp silver paint, the "Tin Man", because it had no heart and would just flash off any ol' time. Study of the flash points of the chemicals in the cutting oil as opposed to the melting points of the metals involved caused us to reduce the pouring temp by about fifty degrees, and the flashed ceased almost completely...the name, however, remained.
My wife and one of my two cats already had names when they came into my life.
My propensity for nicknaming humans is legendary and almost always apt.
ed
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