Do you name your rifles?

[KodySpur]

That was my practice many moons ago when still married.
I wouldn't give my (now Ex) the combo to either safe just in case (SMART move on my part considering the divorce) but every so often she'd peek in when I'd open the door.
Then, after seeing my, um, "collection" and the safes being more crowded, she'd ask when I got this or that. I'd just reply "They had babies" and let it go at that.
I had an inkling what was coming down the pipe so any new acquisition would be brought in at Oh-Dark-Thirty when all were asleep (one benefit of working a late second shift I suppose).
To this day she STILL hasn't a clue how many guns I (don't) have. Heh, heh, heh.
THAT, my Friend, is the key to a Happy Marriage and, better yet, the key to KEEPING what you bought over the years of marriage.
I don't even feel bad at all. After all, it cost me ENOUGH to get unmarried to her and she emptied my wallet many other ways.
But I got to keep ALL my guns (that later drowned a terrible death in a canoe accident. 200 miles off the coast of Alaska. In a BIG storm where I even lost my GPS. LMAO!!)

I can relate. With my first wife I bought the exact same rifle just in a different caliber so they looked a like. Then I never let her see the two at the same time.

 

[Zymurgist]

I call my M1a "Freedom".

 

[rkcolt45]

I named my Weatherby Mark V, with a Krieger barrel, in 7 STW the "Legion of Doom". When I had a gunsmith rebarrel it he stamped that name of the side of the barrel. It's lived up to it's name.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Naming your rifles would be weird. Other than Linda, Sherry, Babe 1, Babe 2, and Elk Thumper I just call the others rifles. I don't want to be thought of as weird.

 

[rkcolt45]

This one my gunsmith stamped on the barrel D.O.A. meaning dead on arrival. It's my Krieger barreled, McMillan stock, 264 mag. It's also been a good one.

 

[Kevin P McNeilly]

I've got a 338 edge my buddy's started calling thumper because of the noise of 300 gr Berger's hitting steel and a 300 rum that I call Godzilla.

 

[VTbluegrass]

Only one has a proper name. My old Rem 700 in .270 was dubbed "Mojo" by a good friend and the previous owner. She seems to draw animals out of hiding when you need a little luck.
Other than my dad's old Marlin in .35 Rem nothing else has been around long enough to get called more than by its name. Luckily most are different makes and calibers so it's not confusing.
Marlin, Remington, Weatherby, Kimber, and MRC.

 

[freddiej]

I have yet to name a rifle in my collection. most every one is accurate, reliable and fitted to me, so no saying anything but "WOW!" when I trip the sear on a round. I am not sure I will ever name any of my guns.. maybe when I get older I might.

 

[Joe Hooker]

Ruger .375 Ruger=Big Thunder
Sako .338 Win. =Elk Medicine
Custom rifle built by P.O. Ackley 7x57 Mauser = The Mojo
Custom 6.5 CM = Dinger
Custom 25-06 = Anti-lope
Ruger 77 .22 mag = bugs

BTW all of my kids have silly nicknames too.

 

[skipglo]

My daughter and I were talking about one of my rifles this weekend, and she was confusing it with another one I own. I realized that I was always referring to them by one of the following
1. Manufacturer
2. Caliber
3. Cartridge

I thought I need to give them some real names.

How many of you give pet names to your rifles? Let's hear about "old Bertha" or whatever pet names you have!

Lol...my buddy named his 1911 .45 " Big Bertha" until I showed him my 500 S&W...now he calls it.. LITTLE BERTHA!
..

 

[sconnierider]

Not appropriate for youngster ears, but I've been giving my precision rifles stripper names. Cinnamon, Shaniqua, & Stormy so far. Makes the conversations in camp a bit more fun.
And FWIW, I can't recall the last time I've been in one of those establishments!

 

[Rhino Hunter]

No! They're just tools to me. I don't name my screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches or hammers either.

 

[skipglo]

One of my guiding partners called his .270...old meat in the pot! I had a hard enough time naming my 3 boys let alone trying to name my guns! But a good one might be....old trusty! Or old faithful!

 

[basinman]

I only named a few. Black Death for my M 14 as it has a black fiberglass stock. The Long Ranger for my 6.5 Creedmoor. Thursday Thursday for my 30-30.