Highwall Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 William F. Cody named his Springfield .50 caliber trapdoor “Lucretia Borgia.” I've seen names of rifles like "ole Betsy, Marge, Widow Maker and Buckworth to name a few. As for me I christened my High Wall Quartrefoil, the ancient meaning for good luck. How about you? BTW my pickup truck is named Maggie M'gill. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Depends on how they are performing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Just the Vaqueros Betty Lou gave me. One’s Betty, the other’s Veronica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Who the hell is Veronica!!! >:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I don't know if this counts, but, most people would think at least one of my pistols are named b**ch. Spotters will hear me say something like "b**ch you're high" or "stupid b**ch". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Cat Brules said: Who the hell is Veronica!!! >:-( Betty’s rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorseal Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I see my weapons as tools. And I don't remember naming my favorite hammer. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 All mine are called by their birth right name instead of some other name: Colt, Ruger, Uberti, Pedersoli, Stevens, Winchester, Ballard, Wurfflein, Remington etc and then the caliber. Show the firearm to someone who is not familiar to firearms calling it “ Suzy Q” and they will ask who made it and what caliber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Did you give your favorite firearm a name? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimvg Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I call them "my guns". Although I differentiate them by saying " my pistols, left/right" , "my rifle", or " my shotgun". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I don’t play favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baltimore Ed Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 No, I don’t have names for them but when I do my ‘before leaving the house’ pocket/edc check I will refer to my handgun as Mr. Smith or Mr. Colt depending on what pistol or revolver I’m currently carrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Nope, inanimate objects don't need naming. Their performance is a direct result of my input... They've never displayed any sort of individuality, or self awareness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I have a Colt 3rd Gen in .357 that I call, "The Saloon girl". She's been passed around to 4 or 5 of us pards and wound up in my hands for the second time. She's now found a home and she's my main match gun along with a 2nd Gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, Griff said: Nope, inanimate objects don't need naming. Maybe they don't, but we sometimes name them anyway. I call my Jeep "The Muddog", my Nissan pickup "Ole Reliable", and my wife calls her Durango "Bill". My 1911 I call "Big Mouth". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 YES, sorta. ALL my competition 97's are named 'Enchantress', and I have them numbered: Enchantress #3, #4, #7 and #11. As a side note, when I have a gun (any gun) that don't work, misfires, or is unreliable and more valuable as a boat anchor or tomato stake, I call those..... DEMO. Those that are reliable, work well and mostly used to help keep Fort Widder safe, I call them..... MAGA, or sometimes Maggie. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusta B. Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I'm thinkin it was Tennessee Stud had a pair of 1911's named Heckle & Jeckle . But sometimes I think wrong ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctaw Jack Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Don't name my guns,but usually each vehicle gets a name. They all seem to develop a distinct personality,so they get a name. Choctaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 My main match pistol I named Colt. My other pistol I named the other Colt. But recently I’ve gotten back into shooting cap guns. My pair these days are an 1851 and a Leech and Rigdon. I call these guns Blue and Grey. They work well together when they aren’t fighting each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil dogooder Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I don't but my wife has one. I cut her 97 down to fit her. When we pack up I used to ask if she had her baby sized 97.. it was shortened to just baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isom Dart, SASS#8096 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I usually shoot 38-40, 44-40 then 32-20. Whenever I shoot the 32-20's ,,I just call them "The Girls". That's about as good as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I calls them all Darlin. But not so the others can hear me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 For the most part no. But I do have a 475 Wildey Magnum that I call “My Friend”. (10 second bonus for anyone who gets the reference ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, Shooting Bull said: For the most part no. But I do have a 475 Wildey Magnum that I call “My Friend”. (10 second bonus for anyone who gets the reference ) wisdom would tell me that a pistol called "My Friend" is a famous 475 Wildey Mag that belongs to the Legendary Shooting Bull of SASS fame. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, Shooting Bull said: For the most part no. But I do have a 475 Wildey Magnum that I call “My Friend”. (10 second bonus for anyone who gets the reference ) Ut moreretur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Wow, now I am feeling alone ALL my cowboy guns have names. I do my best to be sure none are used more/less than the others (they might get jealous) so I rotate my use of them throughout the year for each match. Justice, Redemption, Shine, Truth, Light, Grace, Gramps and Two Dot are some of them. Regards Gateway Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Graybeard Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 The only one I have a name for is my old goose gun. It’s a Remington SP 10 10 gauge I call Boomer... Dropped a pair of greater Canada geese with one shot with old Boomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Coles SASS 1188 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 My engraved second gen with checked one piece ivories is called “the barbecue gun”, but other than that, For the most part any long gun I am carrying is called “Betsy” and any handgun is called “Roscoe.” Makes things simple when you have a bunch of them. On the other hand, if the gun came from a friend or family, especially one that has passed I often refer to it as theirs, e.g “Carl’s Sharps” or “EP’s Colt”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 One of my favorite shotguns is dubbed crowkiller. One of my least favorite is dubbed Sally, after Sally Struthers. Cause I cant feed her fast enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Square Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I have several pairs of ROAs, and the pair that I'm shooting now are named "Crystal" and "Tiffany" - named after my two favorite dancers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highwall Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 My Ruger No 1 in 6mm has been dubbed "Elegantae". I don't give names to my firearms already with names like... Vaquero Bearcat Anaconda International Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I name them all. My shotgun I named "Company". I was reading a western by Ralph Cotton. and one of the characters was a sheriff toten around a hammer double shotgun. In one scene he sneaks up on the outlaw and states "Don't move this is Sheriff Coots & Company and right now Company is pointed at your head"! Had my shotgun engraved by Drifter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrider Outlaw Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 One of my model 97s is named Jezebel. She seems to work well when loaned to another shooter but invariably gives me a problem. My Uberti lever action is named Gene because that is the name of the person I bought it from. My carry gun is named Nancy--as in Nancy Carry Gun (Kerrigan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, Outrider Outlaw said: One of my model 97s is named Jezebel. She seems to work well when loaned to another shooter but invariably gives me a problem. My Uberti lever action is named Gene because that is the name of the person I bought it from. My carry gun is named Nancy--as in Nancy Carry Gun (Kerrigan) I have one named Tanya Harding. Better tell Nancy to watch her knee caps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jailhouse Jim, SASS #13104 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I only have named one. It's a sawed off 10 gauge I call BIG MEDICINE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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