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Originally Posted by rbernie
Giving names to lumps of hardware seems vaguely creepy.
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Really?
The Navy does it with every ship.....
Three generations ago, there were clever names....
And hopeful names...
And personal ones...
Naming inanimate objects isn't new, it isn't the sign of some kind of psychosis or character flaw. It's something we do to differentiate OUR stuff from other people's stuff.
The only time I use "names" for my guns is to communicate to likewise armed friends what I'm carrying when in a public venue. Saying "I brought Kim(ber) along" let's them know I have a 1911. "The lady" is my .32 S&W Long while "Ethel" (Merman) is the .32 Magnum (a loud lady). I'm sure some folks would figure out "Gaston" (Glock). My Model 25 .45ACP is nicknamed "Jesus" because that's what everyone says when they see the size of the muzzle.
There are more clever little things I won't bore you with.