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How did you choose your rifles name?

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August 31, 2022, 11:57 AM
400m
How did you choose your rifles name?
I have not chosen a name for mine yet.
August 31, 2022, 11:58 AM
ArtieS
I don't tend to name inanimate objects.

For purposes of clarification, a boat is NOT an inanimate object...



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August 31, 2022, 12:06 PM
jhe888
I have never named a gun. I might name a boat, but I might not.




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August 31, 2022, 12:07 PM
2BobTanner
Daniel Boone called his rifle Old Tick Licker.


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August 31, 2022, 12:15 PM
MikeinNC
It’s a tool, not a kid or pet.



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August 31, 2022, 12:18 PM
mojojojo
Unlike the scene in Full Metal Jacket, we weren't required to name our rifle in OCS. Like others, I've never named a gun. Never named an airplane either.



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August 31, 2022, 12:24 PM
old dino
I am in the ... named a boat, never a rifle.
August 31, 2022, 12:24 PM
WaterburyBob
None of my guns have names. I don't see any reason for it.



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August 31, 2022, 12:28 PM
P220 Smudge
All mine have come with names already on them.


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August 31, 2022, 12:28 PM
Mustang-PaPa
Also never named any of my guns.

Had a few that were POS and one SW 629 that would clear out an indoor range.
August 31, 2022, 12:36 PM
trapper189
I tend to call them by manufacturer, model number, and caliber. Sometimes I skip the manufacturer if it would be common knowledge. For example, Model 700 in 7mm REM Mag. I might abbreviate even further as in referring to my Interarms Mark X in 243 Rock Chucker as simply the Rock Chucker.
August 31, 2022, 12:37 PM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by ArtieS:
I don't tend to name inanimate objects.

For purposes of clarification, a boat is NOT an inanimate object...
This ^^^^^

Nor do I name my... uh... body parts

I do refer to my Remington 700PSS as "Big Ugly Gun," because that's what my wife Christened it, and my AR as my "Evil Black Rifle," though.



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August 31, 2022, 12:43 PM
Modern Day Savage
quote:
Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
All mine have come with names already on them.


Yup. I let the manufacturer name mine.

I will say I once met an armed security guard that named her duty revolver Roscoe.

I've known aircraft and boat owners that either kept the names already given to their new purchases, or named them after a rebuild.

I will admit that I have a pet name for two of my vehicles, one based on a personalized license plate the previous owner had creatively come up with for this off-road project truck, and the other I came up with based on a funny story for car that my Dad used to own and left to me after his death. I don't much like the car... and yet it really isn't a bad car, fairly reliable and fuel efficient...but I mostly drive it because it reminds me of my Dad, and refer to it by its funny pet name because of the condition I received it in.
August 31, 2022, 12:44 PM
HRK
Charlene....
August 31, 2022, 12:47 PM
sigmonkey
"I wanna name her Dottie- after my wife. She's a vicious life-sucking bitch from which there is no escape."




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August 31, 2022, 12:49 PM
trapper189
quote:
Originally posted by HRK:
Charlene....

As in:

I never, ever had a lover
Put the pedal to the metal
And burn rubber on me, Charlene
Oh, oh no, oh?
August 31, 2022, 12:51 PM
HRK
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
quote:
Originally posted by HRK:
Charlene....

As in:

I never, ever had a lover
Put the pedal to the metal
And burn rubber on me, Charlene
Oh, oh no, oh?


as in:



Gunnery Sergeant Hartman : What's this weapon's name, Private Pyle?

Private Gomer Pyle : Sir! The private's weapon's name is Charlene, sir!

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman : Private Pyle, you are definitely born again hard! Hell, I may even allow you to serve as a rifleman in my beloved Corps.

Private Gomer Pyle : Sir! Yes, sir!
August 31, 2022, 12:53 PM
specter77
Never named a rifle, well except my Henry 22 Magnum
which I call Henry. Cool

Lock N Load

Michael
USMC Ret
August 31, 2022, 12:56 PM
Modern Day Savage
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
"I wanna name her Dottie- after my wife. She's a vicious life-sucking bitch from which there is no escape."


Big Grin

Nice reference!
August 31, 2022, 01:02 PM
bald1
Only object of this general class to get named was my Corvette canary yellow painted 1973 Dodge Challenger. Gal at work dubbed it the "Yellow banana!" Big Grin

None of my weapons have nicknames.



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