I hope I'm not the only one.

All the cars and bikes I've owned share a special place in my heart. They all have names.

Likewise, it seems, I couldn't help myself in coming up with a name for my handgun.

M&P 45 I named Alexis.

Greek origin, the name means Protector of Mankind.


Anyone else?

Nope not me.

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I have a few toys that have names. My H-D is named "Martine" to honor a friend of mine that passed. Here is my friend Monte on "Donna", the other woman in his life. They both looked rough, but lived good and ran hard to the end.

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Many many famous people named their guns. Of course everyone remembers Davy Crockets rifle "Betsy", Buffalo Bills buffalo rifle an 1868 trapdoor Springfield 50-70 he named after the famous murderess "La Cretia Borgua". Mountain Man Hugh Glass of the movie fame named his "Bull Thrower", Danial Boones rifle was "Ol Ticklicker". Another mountain man that trapped with the famous Zenas Lenord name his 66 caliber rifle "Knock Em Stiff". The few I named were from my guiding carreer, a pre-war Colt Woodsman 22 pistol shot so many deer and elk ( all previosly wounded ) that it was given the name "Critter Getter". My other guiding gun was a pre-64 model 70 Winchester 30-06 and it was given the name "The Winch". Tis a noble time honored tradition.

My shotgun's name is "Fred"

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Not usually. But then I tend to call dogs "dog" too.

I don't go out of my way to name them, but three of my guns have ended up having pet names because of a funny story or memory, etc. I think it's the same as the nicknames we (humans) end up with -- you can't really nickname yourself, you need to grow into one or have one bestowed upon you.

I name pets and sometime neighborhood animals and birds. I even nicknamed my wife. But I never named an inanimate object.
BTW, my wifes name is Snerks.

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i have a pet name for my shotgun and i have a list of pet names for the of the s&w revolvers that im going to be putting in my collection.

My AR service rifle is called "dumb gun", my oldest son
promptly named his"son of dumb gun".

My AR service rifle is called "dumb gun", my oldest son promptly named his"son of dumb gun".

My HD Ultra is named "Traveler" after Robert E Lee's horse. My Sigma 40 is "Ray". He came with that name. Bought him from a close friend and she had already started calling him that cuz his serial # starts with RAY.

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I cant relate to this subject. No I dont, not at all. Do you name your house?

I had a shiney nickel model 59 once I named Glamdring, with the intent of slaying orcs......never ran in to any so I traded it off.

I don't name my guns but I call my wife's prize nickel plated, pearl handled lemon squeezer "Silky" because it looks like a pimp's gun.

Charlie

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My very first service pistol(which I still carry from time to time ) is/was a 25-5 in 45 Colt. During my first year or so on the street two of the ingrates that faced it muzzle urinated on themselves and a third defecated in his pants.....my partner at the time named the piece "ol' neverfail".....
The 870 eight shooter aquired the name of "uncle fred" somewhere down the line. It served with honor and dignity protecting my elder son and his family and home during the time of hurricane Katrina in southeast Texas....I have never asked for it back, just went and got another one.

All my guns are named after anti-gun state senators.

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I've never named any of my guns or motorcycles, however 2 of my guns came to me with names already attached.

The first is a 5.5" Ruger Redhawk .44 Magnum. One day it found it's way into the gun shop at which I worked. It was in excellent shape, perhaps unfired...but it sat on the shelf for many months, even though the asking price was quite low. On the right side of the barrel, near the muzzle, the name "Lucille" was very professionally engraved in a nice cursive script. I guess that was what was keeping it from selling. At first, I didn't care for it either, but then it dawned on me that my Father had an older sister named Lucille, who had died when she was only about 9 years old or so, around 1930. When the shop owner dropped the price yet again, I snapped it up. I'm really glad that I did, because it's a very sweet shooter, and I think everyone who's ever shot it has expressed interest in buying it...even after I've pointed out the name.

The second gun I own which has a name is a SA M1A Bush rifle. I bought it from a great guy who had been a "fast-draw" expert back in the 60's ( at least, I think it was during the 60's.) After winning a fast-draw competition, he began working in TV and movies as a stunt man and sometimes on screen bad guy. When I was buying the M1A from him, he related to me that he was shooting it one day with a female friend (I forget her name, but he showed me one of her paintings, and said she was Jimmy Hendrix' girlfriend at one time) when he decided the rifle should have a name. He asked her what a good name would be, and she answered "Clementine". He liked it, and the rifle case that the M1A came in had the name scrawled on it.

So, I do refer to those guns by their names...but my other guns' only names are "Glock", "Smith", "HK", "Steyr", Walther", etc.

Tim

I'm not sure I have specific names for any of my firearms, more so tend to think in more of a "we" manner, as in, I hope we drop this critter in its tracks. Same with rifles and shotguns, as in, we gotta start hitting more birds. In my mind, naming the dog was enough.

My duck blind's name is Lucille.
My daughter's Suburban is named "Raoul" and she named the wife's Garmin "Beatrice" because the voice has a brit accent.
The jail inmates named one of the prosecutors "The Undertaker"
I ain't gots no nickname. (unless you count A******)

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Yes, I have named my firearms from time to time. I named my S&W Model 10 "Old School" for the fact its an old school cop gun.

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If I did I would not remember their names anyway

Your shotgun is named Fred ??? My dog's name is Fred. Stop naming your guns it is just wrong.

When I was a guard there was a worker that we nick-named "stay car". He was some kind of psyco, whip thin, dark with the most paranoid fearful continence you could imagine. I heard he was the son of a company execitive and no doubt thats how he held his simple job. He would arrive early and stay locked in his van untill a sympthatic woman co worker would show up to walk him through the gate. Every morning was a show. He would get out of his van lock the doors and stand there for about 2 minuets trying the latchs repeatedly. Then he would walk backwards telling the van, "stay car" pointing at it like you would a dog you were trying to train to sit! He would then turn and walk straight then unexpectedly turn around yelling again at the car to stay!
Every time I hear someone talk about nameing their gun or car I think of that nut!
A co worker of his noticed there was a hole in the wall by some barrels that he threw parts in that was his job filling. They layed for him behind the wall and stuck their arm through the hole and grabbed his arm as he was reaching towards the barrel! From what I heard he really flipped out!

A McMillan 50 single shot.. Named it "Ricin" and sent them a picture of castor beans to use as the stock color pattern. Turned out their interpretation was Desert Storm Camo... Close enough I guess.

One molecule of ricin will kill a cell. One hit with a 50BMG round is usually fatal to the organism as well. Also rumored to work on "Black Helicopters".
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I've named 2 of mine, 1 is Smith and the other is Wesson. I also have 3 named Remington and 1 Ruger.

Named my M-60 machine gun "Quaz" .. carrying it would make you a hunchback. Named my M-14 Sadie .. and I have no idea why.
My CS45 is Brody.. model 66 is Stanley ... model 60 is Roscoe .. model 28 is Smokey ... and my model 19 is Veronica .. ( because she's pretty)

And yes I've named my house too. & I can't tell you what it is or I'll get scolded for " creative spelling "

No names, but I refer to my pair of N frames, a M28-2 and a Model of 1950 Target as "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."