Do you have a name for your gun?

What is it and how did you end up naming it that?

"Harmony"...Its the feeling I get when we are in the woods together. Things just seem to fall into place..no matter what....
She's a USA Made CVA Mountain Rifle in .50, Caplock.

Lil sweetheart. Cause she shoots so sweet :thumbsup:

I have a TC PA Hunter carbine that I call Little Poison and the longer barrel for the same stock is named Eureka after finding out it's loading secrets to make it happy. It was a long time before I could get that barrel to shoot well.

yes but only because other people keep naming them :idunno: :haha:

I usually only give guns names when I'm having a problem with them. And those names I can't post :grin:

My fast twist .40 is Sheba 'cause it took so-o-o long for her to come back from getting the new barrel.

My first flintlock rifle was Prudence, as she was a good buy at a time when my funds were tight, so the definition of that word includes "skill and good judgment in the use of resources"..., then I sold her to a good friend who also had a tight budget. She was a .50 caliber Blue Ridge Hunter, bought before the price went sky high.

The rifle I use now for all of my deer hunting is Trudy, which is a short form of "Gertrude", and that's German for "Stong Spear". As she is a .54 and hammers deer, the name is appropriate. I have taken a lot of deer with her, including three so far this year..., Saturday is my last day unless I get a crop damage permit.

I just got a .40 and named her Patience, as it took a while for the maker to get her to me..., life interfere's with delivery dates. :wink: The .40 is for small game and targets, and should be very light on the recoil so my young son will enjoy shooting it. I am allowed to hunt deer with it in Maryland, but I don't think Trudy will like that. :grin:

LD

As a rule I don't but with one of them, a name did come to me and seem to fit.
With the understanding that smoothbores were a popular choice among settlers, when I got my .62cal smoothbore Virginia, it just struck me to name it/call it 'The Settler'...

"Reveille" : .50 caliber. The name came to mind after I shot my first deer early in the morning. The buck threw his head back and bugled. Reminded me of a morning Reveille.

"Liberty's Fist": My .36. It just came to mind, no story.

"Lady's Scorn": My .58. Gave it that name after I put my finger in front of it's touchhole during a shoot. "Hell hath no fury like a lady's scorn".

"Fearnaught": My future .45. The rifle is based off an original made in Vincennes, Indiana. I wanted a name with an Indiana tie, so I named it after William Henry Harrison's horse.

Cascade Pete said:

"Harmony"...Its the feeling I get when we are in the woods together. Things just seem to fall into place..no matter what....
She's a USA Made CVA Mountain Rifle in .50, Caplock.

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I like that one. :thumbsup:

Carolina SB "Mz.maureen"
40 cal S Mtn "Ole Smokey"
58 Cal Early Va unnamed and unfired as of today, hope to change the latter this weekend :thumbsup:

:hmm: well, Roy named my smoothbore...an him not beinmuch fer gun namin kept it simple ( :hmm: that mighta been fer my benefit... :hmm: ) he called it...........---- the Smoothie...now my 58 transitional was named by Swampy,,tellin Roy, I needed a huntin gun,light, defined,,,not CLUB.. :haha: now the 50 ..ain't really got a name yet...it may... when I get it back to Roy fer a new trigger guard ... :redface:

"Cherry Girl" was the working name between the gunsmith and myself from about the time we agreed on the wood to be used.

And the Liberty Head worked well into that as well.

My GPR I built from a kit is "Jacob Sidehammer."
I like "Liberty's Fist."

Have owned upwards of forty guns and all were "nameless".....Fred

My most infamous named flintlock was my First Model Brown Bess. It had a 78 caliber bore, I shot a patched .750 round ball over 100 grains of Cartridge Goex. The first shot I fired on a woods walk, my Friend shooting with me said " That sounds like a broadside from a British Man O War.
Hence the name Dreadnought was born. I have found that when my firelocks get named, I tend to get rid of them. I kind of like the ones I have now, so I am trying to keep names from sticking to them. And yes Dreadnought is gone.

Flinter987 said:

What is it and how did you end up naming it that?

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Well I do have a .58 caliber underhammer built from Numrich parts salvage from 3 different guns. I refer to her as "Fugley" but she is a deer killing beast... :shocked2:

Snow

The Thunder'er .12ga smoothbore

Ole Nelly .58 rifle

Lil Nell .36 rifle

My Brookson .20ga smoothbore

"Squirrel Bait" cause they come looking for her.