Naming your guns?

[Fisherking]

There are more pictures posted in the “firearm identification” page. I don’t mind posting another tho… I like looking at it.

 

[Shadowalker164]

Fisher king, I like looking too

 

[Shadowalker164]

I named my first pistol before the kit arrived, a 50 cal Kentucky pistol “Clementine”
I named my second kit as well, a 50 cal Kentucky long rifle
“Ellsbeth”
My third build, a Bounty Hunter, was going to be called Black Bess but I could not get the stock to go black/walnut well enough for that, so she gos nameless
My forth build is yet to happen, but she will be a Kibler Colonial in 50cal called “Bella”

 

[Rudyard]

The Big cannon is I presume' Mons Meg' at Edinboro castle There is a bigger at the Tower of London '.The Dardanelles gun.' what name other I can't say .The habit of nameing guns go's back to thier days Thier was a' Mad Marjory 'about that time & Noted Sportsman author Lt Col Peter Hawker had his ' Big Joe' &' Bloody Burnet' the Cripple stopper .I see I listed some of my named guns in page 2 of this thread , If Phil Coffins on page one pinned down the importance of naming guns . They named traction engines too I bought one off a relative of Ned Kelly but I could never probe him on it though I knew the history . He was working his old Ruston & he called it' Emma'
I says" You call it Emma?" He says" er " Bostard ! is what I call it ! ".
He was a fine gentleman he was 90 then & his Brother was visited by a friend His wife came to the door she says" Oh he's not well Geoff" Then from his bed shouts ''Oh it's you Geoff ? " followed by a frail " Have you seen any more Engines ?". Steam Traction Engines , both brothers where keen on preserving them.
Steam & black power are closely related .Both need to be coaxed & jollied to get the best of them , you can't just flick a switch & demand something .
Regards Rudyard

 

[bubba.50]

My guns only get named when they fail me. And none of those can be mentioned here.

 

[Redlemur60]

Omg bubba,! I just realized my gunz do have names! Due to your finley tuned keen insight!who knew?

 

[pheenix99]

I had an unmentionable that my ex-wife referred to as "the other woman".

 

[earlwb]

Some of Mine tend to be named more for their function. Such as deer rifle, squirrel gun, target gun and so on. I don’t remember giving any of them more endearing names.

 

[Marshhawk]

I thought I didn't have names for any of my guns. But I realized I've called one of my deer guns "The Nine-Pound Hammer" on more than one occasion.

 

[Shadowalker164]

Oh I like that “ the nine pound hammer” maybe I’ll name my hand cannon Pedersoli Bounty Hunter “The Hammer” that has a nice ring to it

 

[Rifleman1776]

The Rev. style longrifle I used for decades I 'sorta' named "Ben" in memory of a distant ancestor who, supposedly, was a personal messenger for George Washington. Never really referenced it that way though. My current favorite flint crusher was built from a Chambers 'Little Fella' set of parts. So, I do call it my 'Little Fella'. (p.s.: Dave, it doesn't really crush my flints. )

 

[Walkabout]

I call my 10 gauge Zouave The Beast.

 

[DuncNZ]

I name all my firearms but I don't tell any one what the names are .

 

[Pete G]

My Virginia rifle is Annabelle Lee.

 

[Redlemur60]

Im simplifying, gonna go with for sale,
Or sold

 

[ZUG]

I name mine; rifle, shotgun, pistol - no need for anything more

 

[Muddly]

My unmentionable is Calico
My P53 Enfield repop is Victoria
My caplock TC Hawken is Autumn
I have 2 Pennsylvania Hunters. One is Peach, the other Bumblebee.
I have a flintlock. 50 Renegade, yet to earn a name.
I also have a classy vintage breechloader named Madame.

 

[GYJ]

Have never and would never. It just seems weird.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

I've named a couple; "Johnny", the Jonathan Browning Mountain Rifle and "Tommy" the T/C Hawken .45. One other has a sort of title of "Yellow Bird Gun", but it isn't really a "name". Got a few others that I might have given female names to, but somehow never got around to it. The female half of my household would likely object to my taking "Sally" out to the woods.

 

[brazosland]

Not any different, or weirder, than pilots naming their planes.