Does anyone else name their guns?

[wayneinFL]

I've never named anything. The question made me think of the Simpson's episode where Homer bought a gun and named it Mr. Blasty.

[SureShot241]

Some yes, some no. My AR is "The Commie Killer"

I am still coming up with a name for my Russian SKS.

My Mosin Nagant is named "The Inglorious Bastard" (It's a Nazi killer, seemed appropriate)

[1d0ntkn0w]

My wive named my Rem.870 "Sancha"

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

I do give my guns a name... whenever they malfunction. They all have the same name... "@#@%$%^%'in POS!"

Seriously, I have no objection to anyone who anthropomorphizes an inanimate piece of machinery by giving it a pet name, but I personally think it's a little silly.

[Wicked Pete]

1. "Big Bertha", she's big.
2. "Jezebel", known for her wicked action.
3. "Momma gunna cry", sniper rifle.
4. "Pocket Paradiso". A little piece that fits in my pants.

[plug ugly]

guilty, ill give you 1.
noisy cricket ---- s&w 360pd

[11011500a]

Winnie "The oneway travel agent" Winchester 1200 10+1 12ga

[Tarn_Helm]

Not my thing.

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Last year my bf was telling me that he and his friends decided to come up with names for their guns so that they could talk about them discretely with other people around. Oddly enough, at the *same* time we both came up with 'Guinevere' for his Glock 35. A friend of his has an M&P9 that he calls 'Mary Poppins.'

Before I had even figured out which pistol I was going to get, I had decided on 'Winona' for it (Farscape fans anyone?). I have a Ruger SR22 in jail that I'm leaning towards 'Raven.'

It may yet be a while before I'm able to get an AR, but I think I'll go with 'Gladius' (FF XIII).

Does anyone else give names to their guns? How did you come up with the name?

No.

I'll give a girlfriend a nickname, a term of endearment.

But not a gun.

That's just me.

[Zin_dawg]

I don't but there are other members who do
The owner of Fiona (the AR15), and his wife's pistol "chuck" (Yes, Jason_2111, I'm outing you).

[Jason_2111]

You Dawg!

Yes, Fiona, Poppy, Kassandra, Lisa, Angela, Claire, Baby... all of my girls.
My wife has Chuck and Pierre.

[systems]

boomstick

[L84CABO]

I call mine, "The Crippler"...oh wait...when you said "gun" you meant firearms, didn't you? Wow...this is really embarassing.

[Springfield45]

I named my hunting rifle "Diana" after the goddess of the hunt.

[CZ97B]

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Last year my bf was telling me that he and his friends decided to come up with names for their guns so that they could talk about them discretely with other people around. Oddly enough, at the *same* time we both came up with 'Guinevere' for his Glock 35. A friend of his has an M&P9 that he calls 'Mary Poppins.'

Before I had even figured out which pistol I was going to get, I had decided on 'Winona' for it (Farscape fans anyone?). I have a Ruger SR22 in jail that I'm leaning towards 'Raven.'

It may yet be a while before I'm able to get an AR, but I think I'll go with 'Gladius' (FF XIII).

Does anyone else give names to their guns? How did you come up with the name?

If my history serves me correctly, the British started this back in the 1700s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bess

Then Davy Crockett called his own Kentucky rifles this name as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett

Those are the stories I remember from US History in high school. So I fact-checked them on wiki.

The naming trend may have begun with them. Purely speculation on my part, but seems likely to me.

I do call my Smith & Wesson .44 mag revolver "my Smitty" though. I do not have a name for the .45 ACP though, other than "the .45."

[CZ97B]

I named my hunting rifle "Diana" after the goddess of the hunt.

The goddess' name is Artemis in Greek.

The Romans got all their pantheon from the Greeks, who in turn got it from the Egyptians, or so Herodotus tells us about the Greeks, and Diodorus tells us about the Romans.