I know, a bit weird, but as a small collector, when one gun is unique, like my 1942 Vintage Victory, I felt obligated to christen her Rosie...after the riveter. Okay, so I'm weird. I feel much better now...
Does anyone name their guns?
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Bkreutz
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I don't name inanimate objects like guns or cars. They're just tools. Well, to be honest, I've named a few cars, they all had the same first name...."Piece of......"
Hey, we owned the same car!
Uuuhhh, no . . . 
Arik
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Absolutely! Someone at each of the manufacturing facilities named all of my guns
Naming inanimate objects has a rich history. All ships are named. By giving a race car a number you are actually naming it. Giving guns names is historic. Few people live with their guns daily and if they do, such as EDC, they seldom use them. Old timers who use a particular tool on daily basis do often name their tool. If you think this and anyone who does so, wears pick undergarments, then I will name a few sissy men that named their guns. Davy Crocket's rifle was "Betsy", Daniel Boone's favorite heavy rifle was "Tick Licker". A famous member of the 101st Airborne in WW 2 called his Browning M1919 "Jiving Joan", he carried it and used it throughout the campaign. An unknown mountain man used a 16 bore muzzle loading rifle he named "Knock Em Stiff". An who can forget that panty waist character named Hugh Glass who named his rifle "Bull Thrower". He only traveled the West looking to regain his lost rifle, 200 miles of which he crawled on his belly through the worst cactus patches the west had to offer. Dang light weight characters.
da gimp
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my favorite Ithaca model 37, 20 gauge bird gun is " Old Quail Killer" in improved cylinder, I paid $65.00 for it used.. because 2 guys I knew wanted one.. then turned it down after I called them up & told them I'd found & bought one... but it was a lil rough, so I took it bird hunting on the place the next day.. I got 7 quail with eight shots.. My lil Browning A5 20 got retired... so did all of the 12 gauges... except for my grandpa's old Win model 97.. it got used the 1st day of every quail & dove season in tribute to the old man...That Ithaca is a joy to carry all day & swings sweet on birds.
The next day one of the guys showed up wanting to look at it... I told him to forget it, I was keeping it... then the second guy did the same... it seems like both were intent on beating me down on the price...
Heck since that 1st day using it in the field 1985.. I've killed hundreds & hundreds of quail, doves, a few pheasants & every turkey I've ever killed here in Missouri. Old Quail Killer will be inherited byone of the kids after I'm gone...
The next day one of the guys showed up wanting to look at it... I told him to forget it, I was keeping it... then the second guy did the same... it seems like both were intent on beating me down on the price...
Heck since that 1st day using it in the field 1985.. I've killed hundreds & hundreds of quail, doves, a few pheasants & every turkey I've ever killed here in Missouri. Old Quail Killer will be inherited byone of the kids after I'm gone...
Not generally, but I have been known to distort a product's name, like my 1999 Chevrolet Crapalier.
I used to have an old Model 70 Winchester 30:06 with a Weaver K4 on it.
I can honestly say it never missed. I called it "old meat in the pot."
It was one of my long guns I gave away. Now you know why my name is
Crazy Phil.
I can honestly say it never missed. I called it "old meat in the pot."
It was one of my long guns I gave away. Now you know why my name is
Crazy Phil.
Vulcan Bob
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My old IPSC pistol is named Frankenstein. It started life as a Government Combat series 70 and was built into a "race" gun a part at a time as I could afford it!
only once in the family...
Only one has been named in my family... my late father was a fan of history and had named his EDC Model 66 "Ol Betsy" probably for historical reasons... he used it for IPSC competition and even squirrel hunting... when he passed it was a cherished item by all in the family... but my younger brother got it... which was fine... my father had already given me a NIB Model 19 for my 21st birthday... I still enjoy going to the range with my brother and shooting Betsy... one of the smoothest triggers I have had the privilege of squeezing, made that way from lots of rounds put down range... miss the man more than the gun as it should be... but the gun is a touch stone to a wonderful man
Only one has been named in my family... my late father was a fan of history and had named his EDC Model 66 "Ol Betsy" probably for historical reasons... he used it for IPSC competition and even squirrel hunting... when he passed it was a cherished item by all in the family... but my younger brother got it... which was fine... my father had already given me a NIB Model 19 for my 21st birthday... I still enjoy going to the range with my brother and shooting Betsy... one of the smoothest triggers I have had the privilege of squeezing, made that way from lots of rounds put down range... miss the man more than the gun as it should be... but the gun is a touch stone to a wonderful man
I personally wouldn't, but if you feed something you can call it anything.
Mainsail
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I'm not a namer of things, especially things that have names already.
For example, if you only have one dog, then 'dog' is sufficient.
EDIT to add: One of my favorite jokes is...
If you have a three-legged dog you would call him Tripod. What do you call a dog with no legs?
You can call him anything you want; he ain't gonna come.
For example, if you only have one dog, then 'dog' is sufficient.
EDIT to add: One of my favorite jokes is...
If you have a three-legged dog you would call him Tripod. What do you call a dog with no legs?
You can call him anything you want; he ain't gonna come.
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Of the hundreds of guns I have owned only a few ever got a name and those I used with regularity. My pre war Colt Woodsman that I have drug all over the west for the last 40 years was given a name by one of my kids. She named it "Cridder Getter". My old Winchester model 70 30-06 that I have used for the same length of time became known by my hunting companions as "The Winch". And my first trap gun was given its name by a fellow competitor. He named it "Ole One in a Row". I gave a friends bull barreled 243 a name it has lived with forever. I called it "Lightning" because it never struck twice in the same spot. My boone companions called my pre war Winchester 94 carbine "Hit and Miss" for obvious reasons.
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The only gun I own with a name is a .308 H&R Survivor with the lightweight stock.
I call her "Thud."
I call her "Thud."
Inusuit
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Only one. A Russian Makarov named Ivan.
No it's a little too redneck for me however while I was helping instruct the firearms portion of a recent police academy I carried my daily duty gun which happens to be a 3" 624. Cadets called it Thors Hammer. Because it was so big and heavy compared to all the Glocks, M&Ps etc. I thought it sounded cool.
SC_Mike
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Once you name them you won't get rid of them.
Mine are all called Betsy, all 29 of 'em.
Mine are all called Betsy, all 29 of 'em.
Texas Star
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Of course, I name them. How else would they know which of them I'm talking to? 
I have a 9mm Beretta called Pietro and a M-66-3 named Horace and a M-60-4 named Daniel.
No others are named, though. I just point to them so they know which of them I'd addressing...
I have a 9mm Beretta called Pietro and a M-66-3 named Horace and a M-60-4 named Daniel.
No others are named, though. I just point to them so they know which of them I'd addressing...
Long Barrel
Member
Other folks named some...
They called my Cutts-equipped Remington 1100 12 ga Skeet Doubles gun "Old Snort". The barrel is a little shorter than normal, and it's LOUD.
They called my Cutts-equipped Remington 1100 12 ga Skeet Doubles gun "Old Snort". The barrel is a little shorter than normal, and it's LOUD.
Inanimate objects....well, if that's the case, what do I call my daughter's boyfriend?
Oldiron
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I only have one that is named and it's name is Whoosh. Whoosh is the first flintlock pistol I built and that is the sound it makes as the powder in the pan lights off the main charge. Larry
model70hunter
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Only ones of merit. I am not a believer in luck but I've carried some guns day after day deer hunting and never saw a deer. I named those the same, gone.
I have my Dad's old 1952 Win model 70 in 270 Win, it was named by his hunting buddies, "Old Nutts". It always brought home a nice buck.
I have one old pre 64 M 70 in 270, I call her Miss lucky, take her to the woods and stuff comes running at you to die. My wife used Miss Lucky for years and caller her big thunder.
Some years ago my wife complained about the weight of Miss Lucky with whom she had bagged many deer. I bought her a Kimber M84 in 7mm-08. The first year with it she killed a big wall hanger. She now calls it Little Thunder.
Most are tagged with names like, Dad's Ruger SS, Uncle John's high standard, Gramps 45-70 trapdoor. So I guess these are family names.
My first Python was a NIB 4" Nickle. It was my carry LE gun, I shot it lots and lots, mostly m8 38 Special wadcutters. I squirrel hunted with it, killed 2 large cotton mouth snakes that were too close to my kids with head shots and a few more vipers around the house. I knew the gun was a she, She did not want to disappoint me, she never missed, I called her little Miss serious. Of all my foolish trades that is the one I most regret. She's laying out there with some ham handed dolt getting more ticked at me by the minute for dumping her. The 5 or 6 Pythons that followed were nothing but a gun. No attachment at all. Just pretty bimbos that were sent on their way.
I had an early Weatherby 270 WBY on a FN action, very low SN. She had a built in wire guidance system. She did not miss. I once shot a buck from one farm, across a wide creek, across a gravel road, no traffic if you;re thinking about it, and 400 yards into the next farm.
Folded that boy like a wet napkin. The folks hunting the next farm on the farther left end came down to see it, they were watching the buck cross the farm, heard the shot and saw it fall. They came down to see where I had shot it from. The guy who owned the farm we were hunting on had the OK to hunt that farm. He kept saying he shot it from here all the way to over there. His jaw spent time laying on his chest. Mrs Model70 was hunting with me. The guy said was that luck or what? She said no luck involved. He's done this before, never saw him miss. What a good wife, but this is not about me and that one shot, it is about me trading off that gun to make myself use Old Nutts that Dad gave me.
Old Nutts has it's history with Dad and now lots with me. I use 270 Win loads that mimic the 270 WBY load. It is old stock 270 Win ammo by Weatherby. I found some and bought a case. It shoots 200 FPS faster than the 270 Win. I call that ammo wicked.
I have my Dad's old 1952 Win model 70 in 270 Win, it was named by his hunting buddies, "Old Nutts". It always brought home a nice buck.
I have one old pre 64 M 70 in 270, I call her Miss lucky, take her to the woods and stuff comes running at you to die. My wife used Miss Lucky for years and caller her big thunder.
Some years ago my wife complained about the weight of Miss Lucky with whom she had bagged many deer. I bought her a Kimber M84 in 7mm-08. The first year with it she killed a big wall hanger. She now calls it Little Thunder.
Most are tagged with names like, Dad's Ruger SS, Uncle John's high standard, Gramps 45-70 trapdoor. So I guess these are family names.
My first Python was a NIB 4" Nickle. It was my carry LE gun, I shot it lots and lots, mostly m8 38 Special wadcutters. I squirrel hunted with it, killed 2 large cotton mouth snakes that were too close to my kids with head shots and a few more vipers around the house. I knew the gun was a she, She did not want to disappoint me, she never missed, I called her little Miss serious. Of all my foolish trades that is the one I most regret. She's laying out there with some ham handed dolt getting more ticked at me by the minute for dumping her. The 5 or 6 Pythons that followed were nothing but a gun. No attachment at all. Just pretty bimbos that were sent on their way.
I had an early Weatherby 270 WBY on a FN action, very low SN. She had a built in wire guidance system. She did not miss. I once shot a buck from one farm, across a wide creek, across a gravel road, no traffic if you;re thinking about it, and 400 yards into the next farm.
Folded that boy like a wet napkin. The folks hunting the next farm on the farther left end came down to see it, they were watching the buck cross the farm, heard the shot and saw it fall. They came down to see where I had shot it from. The guy who owned the farm we were hunting on had the OK to hunt that farm. He kept saying he shot it from here all the way to over there. His jaw spent time laying on his chest. Mrs Model70 was hunting with me. The guy said was that luck or what? She said no luck involved. He's done this before, never saw him miss. What a good wife, but this is not about me and that one shot, it is about me trading off that gun to make myself use Old Nutts that Dad gave me.
Old Nutts has it's history with Dad and now lots with me. I use 270 Win loads that mimic the 270 WBY load. It is old stock 270 Win ammo by Weatherby. I found some and bought a case. It shoots 200 FPS faster than the 270 Win. I call that ammo wicked.
ACP230
Member
Only the ones that seem to require it.
My Ruger 77RL in .250 Savage is called "The Deerslayer."
Most of the deer I've taken fell to it.
I name all my vehicles, eventually. Before I get rid of them they are
all called "The Beast" for a while.
My Ruger 77RL in .250 Savage is called "The Deerslayer."
Most of the deer I've taken fell to it.
I name all my vehicles, eventually. Before I get rid of them they are
all called "The Beast" for a while.
CAJUNLAWYER
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I don't personally but my gun bearer calls my SBEII Boomstick.
Oh and of course I call my Suburban "Old Blue" cause it's blue and a 1999 model
Oh and of course I call my Suburban "Old Blue" cause it's blue and a 1999 model
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