Sure I name them. I got to shoot Glock17 and Glock26 today. As well as Springfield and Remington R1. Obviously I lack some imagination in this department.
What he said. Mine just have their proper names. Now those on the business end of my firearms have different names too that cannot be mentioned on this forum.
I've always been told it was bad luck to name your guns, UNTIL, the unlikely event occurs that you actually have to use it. THen it takes on the name of whoever you used it on.
Sure I name them. I got to shoot Glock17 and Glock26 today. As well as Springfield and Remington R1. Obviously I lack some imagination in this department.
I bought a Super Single Six used, and it had "Alanna" engraved very nicely on the side. I still call it my Single Six. I sometimes do refer to my Win. 94/.44MAg. as "The Meat Maker" though. My .338 is my "Alaska Rifle." The rest are just called whatever they are. Not real fancy.
I only named one. It was a custom build model 70 Winchester 6.5 X 284 match rifle that set into a re glassed and built up Remington 40XB stock. The stock was painted Ferrari Red by my buddy the bodyman as a joke. He thought it was funny since I am Italian. I decided to keep it that color. I actually had a graphic shop make silver graphics on it that said "Rosa".
When we got to a point in life that both of our cars are 4 door sedans, the new sedan is green and the old sedan is blue, so it has become known as "old blue"
The only gun I really have a name for is my coyote gun. It's not used for coyotes, but is simply one of three CZ 75s that we have and happens to be painted Blackhawk Coyote Tan. So, it gets referred to as the coyote gun. Everything else just gets called by what it is, like 'The Rock', 'The Ultra', 'The New AR' etc...