Do You Name Your Guns?

My 7mm Rem model 700 I named "one shot". My pistols on the other hand have no given names. On a day when everything is on the money they're called "my sweet baby", on my off days, well... I won't post those names here. I know it's not their fault but I hate to accept the fact that it could be me:o.
 
Nope.

If I did I have to put name tags on them or never remember the names.

Creature,

Naming a firearm that you carry "Sue"!; is not (I hope) prophetic!
 
Naming a gun

We demonize the liberal left and media as treating guns as if they are an evil object capable of causing mayhem on their own,while we try to make them understand that guns are just like any other man made tool with a specific purpose.Then we call them pet names like"my family or children" and give them names.
I think it's time for a reality check on both sides.I own revolvers,semi-autos,rifles and shotguns,not Charlies,Susies or "The Eliminator".
OK, I am ready for the onslaught.:)
 
No, I feel kinda weird naming inanimate objects, but that's just me.

I call mine MASTER CARD .NEVER LEAVE HOME WITH OUT IT
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I think you may want to change it's name to American Express (Don't leave home without it).;)
 
Only when they malfunction... then I have some very colorful names for them.
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I as a rule don't have names for any of my guns.... HOWEVER when they start to misbehave I will occasionally refer to them by my ex wife's name.
 
There's names, and there's names!

Naming inanimate objects, particularly those which act as if they were "alive", which display peculiar personality traits, is an old and time honored tradition.

On the other hand, giving them childish, cheesy, or outright stupid names is not.

If it floats, and is bigger than a rowboat, it usually gets a name (and some folks name rowboats), either official or unofficial. Ships are she (in English), and so are lots of planes, cars, and trucks to their owners and crew. We name lots of things, for fun, for morale, for the simple fact that we form an emotional attatchment (on some level) to them.

How many "Ol' Betsy"s do you think there are out there still? And if you don't recognize "Killdeer" you haven't read enough. Names and nicknames are how we personalize things, and make them special to us. Now I don't name my hammers, screwdrives, or lawnmower, true. But that's because they are not special to me. If you see guns as mere tools, with no soul, no artistry, nothing special about them, then you're probably a kindred soul to Gaston GLock.
 
What 44 AMP said. If you trust your life to something, train with it, clean it, trust your life to it, take care of it, carry it every day, trust your life to it...it becomes important and special to you. Even if you still only refer to it as your G19, in your heart of hearts you don't say "My G19" the same way you say "Your G19" or just "A G19." My G19 is The Raven. Even if I don't often say the words, that's what it is to me. For those that seem so hostile to this frame of mind, it's sad that you don't have this level of poetic appreciation.
 
Then we call them pet names like"my family or children" and give them names. I think it's time for a reality check on both sides.
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I don't name my guns because I would lose track of their names. I certainly wouldn't want one of my Colt .45s angry with me because I called it by the name of my sissy Beretta .25. I can't even contemplate what would happen if I dreamed of my SW 3913 LadySmth and called out it's name in my sleep. My nightstand revolver would be highly ticked.
 
I sometimes refer to my old Springfield SXS shotgun as the "get off my land gun", and my S&W model 19-3 is "Beelzebub". Thats about it for my guns. But I do have a hammer at work that I call "Curtis". I made it out of a large piece of round stock and a solid steel bar about 3.5' long. He weighs about 40 pounds and gets any job done. Wear earplugs though;).
 
While I've had names for some of my old classic cars, and I can definitely understand naming your guns, I personally don't. But one thing's for sure. I DON'T "Trust my life" to my guns. I trust my life "TO ME". I trust my life to my training, ability to remain calm, ability to think during a crises, ability to know when to "Hold them and when to Fold them". My guns are just tools; and they are only ONE of MANY tools that I use to defend myself and my family. Just like we tell the uber liberals that a gun can't kill anyone; that it can sit loaded on a table for 100 years and not hurt a fly; and that any damage done by a gun was caused by a HUMAN BEING WHO TOUCHED THE GUN; the same goes in reverse. No gun EVER SAVED a person's life. It took a PERSON with that gun to save a life.
 
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One thing mentioned on the Rugerforum, not mentioned here yet is that fact that you can refer to the firearm in mixed company without raising eyebrows. Example, mixed civilians and bad guys when you are out with your spouse. A reference out loud to "Billie" might raise an eyebrow. A reference to "The 45" might raise front sights.

Tactical code words aside, my names for my guns are pretty pedestrian. 4" GP, SuperRed, Bull Barrel (22 rimfire Ruger Mark II). But then I am not that sentimental in naming conventions, but am sentimental to inanimate objects. Maybe that's aberrant of me. I got sad when my Dan Wesson .357 got wet travelling cross-country and by the time I found out, the finish was ruined with a patina of rust.

Guns are tools, nothing more, really, but I do have a Colt Semi-auto that belonged to my Uncle. I attach sentiment to that gun, but I have not felt any urge to name it.

On the other hand, I have a guitar that was named by a group of my brother's friends (he bought it for me when he was travelling in Europe with a foreign exchange group). I kept the name. I dunno why.

What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. (W. Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet).

I disagree. A name allows a "special" relationship to be shorthandedly identified. A name allows code to be passed when tactically necessary. A name allows specific identification (How many of us have more than one identical gun that we would like to differentiate from each other?). A name facilitates affection (Happiness is a warm gun,J. Lennon/P. McCartney, White Album,). But I never understood that song. Sometimes it is just humor.

To each their own.

Lost Sheep
 
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