Naming Your Guns

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I'm sure I can't be the only one.. so I'm curious what some of you named yours, and maybe meaning of the name and way you chose it. Pictures would be nice too if you got'em.

I'll post a pic of mine once I get home.

 

I'll start..

 

Gun: Beretta 92FS Inox

Name: Patricia

Meaning: Noble One

Why: In honor of my Mom, Patricia that passed away. The name fit my Mom, and I feel it fits the gun too.

 

Also the Beretta is stamped with PB on the slide... Her initials

[BlueLineFish 615]

I have yet to find a gun I love enough to name.

[M2AX 0]

great name, and a nice way to remember your mom as well.

 

I'm still struggling with names for mine ...

 

it's as bad as when my wife and I were coming up with names for the "human" and "canine" children.

[MandM 2]

My canine furkid came with a name (Bandit)... so that one was easy!

 

My guns were a different story.

 

"Vera" (my self built AR) came from a Firefly reference.

 

Jayne: This the best gun made by man. It has *extreme* sentimental value. It's miles more worthy 'n what you got!

Mal: What I got? She has a name.

Jayne: So does this. I call it Vera.

 

Liesel (my HK45c) got a good strong, yet soft, name embracing her Germanic heritage. Didn't want a harsh name like Helga or Brunhilde.

[M2AX 0]

Love the Firefly reference -- best TV show of all time.

 

Is your avatar pic "Bandit". Beautiful dog.

[RubberBullets 65]

 

@:27

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3cHwUcyAEY&t=27s

[MandM 2]

Is your avatar pic "Bandit". Beautiful dog.

 

Yep... that's the Bandit! He's our 2.5 year old, 80lbs Husky/German Shep mix. He's got 2 speeds: full throttle and asleep. (We rescued him from an owner who could no longer keep him and was about to bring him to a shelter.) Thanks!

[Jon 264]

My HK USP45 is my USP45, my USP9 is my USP9, my USP9c is my USP9 compact...

[DirtyDigz 1,811]

My HK USP45 is my USP45, my USP9 is my USP9, my USP9c is my USP9 compact...

 

Roger that. Giving pet names to tools is too close to fetishising them for me.

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Roger that. Giving pet names to tools is too close to fetishising them for me.

 

Fetish: any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion

 

I guess I have a gun fetish.. cause I respect my firearms and I'm devoted to them.

 

 

[bobblahblah 0]

Well I never named any of my rifles I own, but my M16 I had when I was in Army AIT was Michelle Obama aka Black Beauty.

[Sandy 44]

[NJScott 15]

Until I unfortunately bought a Taurus PT-1911, I never named my guns. This .45 is now called "@#*&@!".

[BigHayden 77]

I have yet to find a gun I love enough to name.

 

BlueLineFish just loves them and leaves them! :girlcray:

 

Seriously though, I've never named one either. Nor have I ever named a car, though I have referred to various cars as "she".

 

Naming my sons was hard enough.

[dave545 15]

my glock 17 gen 4 has a name that is also a acronym its a little synical though lol

 

KATIE

 

KILL

ALL

TERRORISTS

IMMEDIATE

EXTERMINATION

 

[RedBowTies88 41]

only two of my guns have name's... and thats bechause they're stamped on the barrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good ole H.C. Higgins and Mr. Ted Williams

[Midwest 28]

My guns names are , Loaded and Unloaded

[usnmars 136]

I have a bunch of names, who can forget that " monster" mosin, my Winchester Garand is "Mr. Winchester" they all have names.....

[Murphy4570 15]

I call mine the names they were given by the manufacturer. Same with my vehicles.

 

Some folks seem to need to attach names to the things they own. I don't share that peculiar trait.

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Some folks seem to need to attach names to the things they own. I don't share that peculiar trait.

 

Like pets

[EMB 1]

Mine are named The Beretta, The Browning High Power, The Ruger Mark3 (or just The Ruger for short), and The Model 63. In the interest of full disclosure, my cats are named The Fat Cat, The Black Cat, and The Maine Coon.

 

Only my dogs get real names (Remus and BamBam).

[Nathaniel 0]

I own a Daisy BB gun and i call it Phoenix, which means 'sacred firebird'. Needless to say why I chose to call it with that, yeah?

[dtown223 12]

I own a Daisy BB gun and i call it Phoenix, which means 'sacred firebird'. Needless to say why I chose to call it with that, yeah?

definitely!

no wait...

what?

[Old School 611]

Naming firearms is just plain stupid and gives a sense of animation to an inanimate object.

 

The firearm being viewed as an animate object is what makes the "gun haters" deem them as bad.

 

So play into the haters hands and act like a child and name your firearms.

 

Firearms are tools to be used for various purposes, some very serious.

 

 

BTW that dog was beautiful!

[raz-0 1,259]

I'm with the non-namers. However, the Frankengun ar-pattern guns are getting a tad ambiguous.

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Naming firearms is just plain stupid and gives a sense of animation to an inanimate object.

 

The firearm being viewed as an animate object is what makes the "gun haters" deem them as bad.

 

So play into the haters hands and act like a child and name your firearms.

 

Firearms are tools to be used for various purposes, some very serious.

 

 

BTW that dog was beautiful!

 

What makes you an authority to say what is stupid and what isn't?

 

The part of your quote that is ridiculous is saying by naming your gun you are playing into the hands of gun haters. I'm pretty sure the gun haters are more concerned with them being used in crimes and them falling into the wrong hands.

 

To me your arrogance of thinking your negative opinion matters comes off as stupid.

 

No one forced you to post on this thread. If your idea of contributing is calling people stupid, stay off the board.

Saying you disagree is one thing...calling people stupid is another.

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And the child comment is aggressive and childish in its own right. Have some respect for others.

[Old School 611]

What makes you an authority to say what is stupid and what isn't?

 

The part of your quote that is ridiculous is saying by naming your gun you are playing into the hands of gun haters. I'm pretty sure the gun haters are more concerned with them being used in crimes and them falling into the wrong hands.

 

To me your arrogance of thinking your negative opinion matters comes off as stupid.

 

No one forced you to post on this thread. If your idea of contributing is calling people stupid, stay off the board.

Saying you disagree is one thing...calling people stupid is another.

 

A little thin skinned aren't you?

 

Didn't call YOU stupid but said naming firearms was stupid.

 

Now considering your response to my post I may have to reconsider that.

 

Now that you are the thought police am I banned? :wild:

 

Name your dolls not your firearms.

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I don't own dolls buddy, but my guess is that you do.

 

Not the thought police...just don't see a need for you to post saying what others do is stupid.

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And besides.. dolls are inanimate.. wouldn't naming them play into the hands of the "doll haters"