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Does your pistol have a name?
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:09 am
by John Kasaian
I just finished reading The Hobbit to my young son and one detail that really grabbed me was that their swords and daggers had names.
OK, I know King Arthur's sword had a name "Excalibur" I think, and Daniel Boone had Ol' Betsy so apparently the naming weapons is a long and honored tradition.
I've taken to calling a Beretta Trap "Sophia" after Sophia Loren but so far nothing for the M41.
Do your guns have names?
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:15 am
by Freepistol
I don't have any named now, but my Grizzly in .45 Winchester Magnum was "Blackie".
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:29 am
by Sparks
Yeah, mine's called 'IZH-46M'...
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:36 am
by Guest
Sparks wrote:Yeah, mine's called 'IZH-46M'...
Wow, how original.
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:39 am
by Sparks
Anonymous wrote:Sparks wrote:Yeah, mine's called 'IZH-46M'...
Wow, how original.
Yeah, well. Some of us are looking more downrange than down at our hands :D
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:00 am
by Guest
Sparks wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sparks wrote:Yeah, mine's called 'IZH-46M'...
Wow, how original.
Yeah, well. Some of us are looking more downrange than down at our hands :D
Well, if you go by what you see when you shoot, shouldn't your pistol be called "perfect sight alignment"? ;)
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:01 am
by Sparks
Anonymous wrote:Sparks wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sparks wrote:Yeah, mine's called 'IZH-46M'...
Wow, how original.
Yeah, well. Some of us are looking more downrange than down at our hands :D
Well, if you go by what you see when you shoot, shouldn't your pistol be called "perfect sight alignment"? ;)
True :D
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:35 am
by Rover
Hell, if that were true in my case I'd be on my way the World Cup.
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:04 am
by jackh
My High Standard 106 SM Trophy that is my first target pistol from most of 40 years ago is called "Number One", the gun that started it all.
gun names
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:10 pm
by Guest
It depends on how well I shoot at any given match.
Re: gun names
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:53 am
by Peter Skov
Anonymous wrote:It depends on how well I shoot at any given match.
lol,
I have the same way, but vell put.
Cheers
Peter
Re: Does your pistol have a name?
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:07 am
by TWP
John Kasaian wrote:
Do your guns have names?
No,
I have enough trouble remembering my kids names. If I gave names to all my guns I'd never remember which was which.
Besides the guns never come when I call them anyways.
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:39 pm
by forgetful
Call your guns after your kids?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:45 pm
by Shooting Bloke
My air pistol is "the feinwerk"
My .22 pistol "the 22"
My revover is "the 38"
My .22 rifle is "the rifle"
My air rifle is "the Sluggy"
So, I guess I don't really have names for them.............
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:04 pm
by John Kasaian
I'm surprised no one has yet to name an air pistol inflautus
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:27 pm
by LeLongCarabine
my online name is named after my anshitz 22 i named it lelongcarabine simply because of its length its 56 inches long ok i know we brits are prone to exagerating but its true and thats without the butt hook in place i cant get a case to fit it i could take the tube off but its such a fuss having to re sight it everytime so i leave it fixed on
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:12 pm
by peepsight
With a name like 'Anshitz' who needs a name like Lelong Carabine.
I guess you meant Anschutz.
Only joking
Peeps
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 2:53 am
by LeLongCarabine
no i meant Anshitz ,anshutz is the male version of the gun. mine must be female thats why i call it anschitz cos it doesnt matter where i aim on the target i can be set purrrfect on the bull and she (anshitz) will put the shot outside nearly everytime she does it to me i tried talking nicely to her (anshitz) but it still as bad, i have to shoot in the wind its the only time i hit the bull cos she (anshitz) has no control over it. ;-))
this should get some reaction from the female side of the forum lol
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 3:17 am
by peepsight
Wonderful, you must be nice to the female shooters, i tried and they still out shoot me. I have 40 years experience of shooting and along comes a 15 year old girl and wipes me out. Its my fault though because i coached her as a newbie. She named her gun Bee because she says it stings the opposition.
Peeps
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:06 am
by LeLongCarabine
its our age peesight ive had guns for 51 years airguns were my first choice in competition when i was fifteen i could see for mile now i need glasses to to read my body is arguing with me when i bend it were it doesnt want to go so they do have an advantage over us
i have shot field target for longer than i can remember so small bore is new to me i have only been doing it for a year and a half but i seem to gel with this discipline and match pistol, my pistol is called Bitch cos again she lets me down i know its not my fault cos im so near to purrrrfect its scares me lol
surely this will get a reaction from the girls he!he!
ask me do i care
the answer is no
have a nice day