Naming Guns

[Shuler13]

When I got my first car, I was told to name it. Naming the car reminded me that the car was something to care for and develop a relationship with.

I know a lot of guys really know the personalities of their different pistol choices. My question to you is:

Do any of you name your guns?

 

[Salmoneye]

My Sister has one named 'Bessie'...

I don't have anything but boats with names...

 

[GBExpat]

I have never bestowed a name upon any of my firearms ... except when one wasn't functioning properly.

 

[Roadkill]

Only one I've ever named is my DPMS LR308. I call it that damn loud one that kicks.

 

[HOOfan_1]

I haven't named an inanimate object since I was 5 or 6. I am pretty attached to my stuff without naming it.

That isn't to say that I look down on those who do.

 

[pockets]

I don't attach pet names to firearms. Couldn't remember all of them if I did.
I do not create pet names for my vehicles either.
Although, I do call my favorite rake; 'rake'.


BTW: There are many previous threads on this same subject...here are a couple.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=632543&highlight=naming
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=441624&highlight=naming

 

[Shuler13]

I don't attach pet names to firearms. Couldn't remember all of them if I did.
I do not create pet names for my vehicles either.
Although, I do call my favorite rake; 'rake'.


BTW: There are many previous threads on this same subject...here are a couple.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=632543&highlight=naming
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=441624&highlight=naming

Thanks for the redirect. Tapatalk was no help with that search

 

[svtruth]

Not all of them

but the .454 levergun is Thumper, couldn't be anything else.

 

[essayons21]

I named the firearms I carried into combat. My M2s were all named Eve, the woman responsible for the downfall of man. It seemed appropriate.

I haven't named any of my personal firearms

 

[Skribs]

Svtruth, please tell me you hunt rabbits with that. It'd just be so ironic.

I was planning on naming mine, decided not to. Now that I'm planning on taking the utilitarian approach (looking at maybe 2-3 models of S&W guns, with multiples of each for different rooms in the home and backup in case one breaks), getting the twins straight would be a nightmare.

 

[Ryanxia]

I name some of my guns. Examples:

1st 1911 - Samantha
Taurus TCP - Jennifer
1st Mosin Nagant - Natalia
Springfield Armory XD - Georgy (bought it with stimulus check from Bush administration )
Baikal double barrel SxS 12 gauge - Mila

Just to name a few

 

[Saakee]

If I ever build a pair of matching 1911s--one glistening white, the other a mirror black--I'll name them Ivory and Ebony but for the most part, I don't name inanimate objects aside from computers and that's just so it's easier to recognize where files need to go on a large network.

 

[RevDerb]

I never have a long enough relationship with any of mine to learn their names.

 

[Devonai]

There is no point, now that Vera is already taken.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Ships are about the only inanimate objects that need names. But I do sometimes say things like "protected by Mr. Glock" or "Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson."

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

There is no point, now that Vera is already taken.

But we've never seen her.

 

[USAF_Vet]

Only one. My Hungarian M-44 is Atilla.

 

[Texan Scott]

I never have a long enough relationship with any of mine to learn their names.

Lemme guess... you have 'one' nightstand guns?

 

[speedway]

My son named my S&W 44mag "Big Papa"

 

[Skribs]

Lemme guess... you have 'one' nightstand guns?

Wow, that's worse than my puns.

 

[beatledog7]

None of my firearms have names, but some of them do seem to warrant them. My daughter would name them if I let her; she names lots of inanimate things.

 

[candr44]

I have had a few in the past that I gave all the same name---- PIECE OF $*&#.

 

[AZ_Rebel]

utter foolishness

Naming guns is as childish as the babytalk some people use. Like Mossy, Remmy, Winny etc. Shotty is the one that really irks me.:banghead:

 

[Dirt Diver]

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[Dirt Diver]

Lemme guess... you have 'one' nightstand guns?

You may prefer a boring box of useful, but you forever more have one big flashy bag of funny!!! I like your style, TexScott!