Help with pronouncing 4006

[schapm]

Well I'm all set to buy a 4006tsw, and I am bothered by how to pronounce "4006." Is it:
-"forty ought six"
-"four thousand six"
-"forty oh six"
Or something else entirely? I know this question may seem a bit silly, but I have only seen this in print and I am genuinely wondering.
Thanks
Martin

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Well, I'm certainly not an authority. Perhaps S&W is, or perhaps some sort of consensus of gun owners and dealers. However, it never occurred to me to call it anything other than "forty oh six."

 

[RGPM1A]

I faced the same quandary with my recently purchased 1006. I decided that I would refer to it as a ten oh six.

 

[novalty]

Forty oh six would be my thinking as the series of guns is known by 2 igit prefix. My 5906 pronounced fifty-nine oh six.

 

[jlanecole]

Well, I'm on both sides of the fence for my 3rd generation guns. I have a 'Forty-five Eighty-six' and a 'One-thousand six.'

Not much help here, I'm afraid!


edit: I'm changing my vote to be in line with the others. The 1006 is the only model number I pronounce that way after looking at several threads on this forum. I think it should be 'Ten Oh Six,' and by extension, I think yours should be a 'Forty Oh Six.'

 

[XTrooper]

Smith & Wesson designates the first two digits in their 3rd Gen pistol model numbers as the caliber; this fact should determine how you pronounce it.

It's a ten (10mm), forty (40 S&W), or forty-five (.45 ACP), then the rest of the model number.

 

[Palmetto Sharpshooter]

Schapm, I'm in the camp that says, call it whatever you think best. It's your gun. If I was into naming them, I'd call mine "Vera".

 

[vista461]

I'm a forty -oh- six guy

 

[mlk18]

Forty oh Six for me as well.

 

[yustinus1973]

forty oh six here too. Where are you getting yours from. I got mine from summit gun broker, and have been very happy with it. Mark is a great guy, good luck.

 

[remat457]

I am in the same camp as most others, have always heard it referred to as forty-oh-six and ten-oh-six.

 

[Detective_Special]

4006

"forty oh six" sounds natural to me, seems other members agree.

 

[ajpelz]

I have a forty five sixty six.

 

[sniper47]

I'm going to through a monkey wrench into this two page thread about how to pronounce 4006. I have a 645. Do I say six forty five or six hundred, forty five or six hundred and forty five. I am very

 

[Stevie]

Mines different..it's a fourty fourty-six...

I guess a 4006 would be a fourty ought six

 

[nwo]

Schapm, I'm in the camp that says, call it whatever you think best. It's your gun. If I was into naming them, I'd call mine "Vera".

I think "Vera" is a very nice name. "Stella" would be sexy too.

I would pronounce it "Forty zero six" myself.

 

[sniper47]

I'm going to through a monkey wrench into this two page thread about how to pronounce 4006. I have a 645. Do I say six forty five or six hundred, forty five or six hundred and forty five. I am very

HEY!! Obviously, you guys are not taking my question seriously. I need to know how to pronounce my 645.

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I, too, struggled with the terminology for the 4006. ...and in the beginning I had a four thousand and six... nahhhh... didn't like the sound of that... tried forty ought six... mmmm I don't think so... forty oh six - hmmm nice ring to it... so I vote for the forty oh six... and now I've added a forty thirteen tee ess dubya!

 

[sniper47]

DAMMIT!!! tee ess dubya! I didn't even consider that one. I was hoping I could get help on the 645 first, then move on to the more difficult models.

 

[gscrasher]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the problem with forty-oh-six is that 'oh' is the letter O not the numeral 0 (zero).
Two opposing precedents are .30-'06 usually pronounced thirty-ought-six and of course .308 usually pronounced three-oh-eight. Oh, and then there is 7 mm-oh-eight. It's probably too late to use the correct terminology after all these years. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.