Marketing is everywhere. Even in firearms. While some great guns have no name other than a model number and can achieve greatness (like the M19, or the Springfield Model of 1903, or the Glock 17), many of the great firearms out there have names attached to them, kind of like cars. (EG: Colt "Mustang")
Occasionally, a good name would land on a medocre gun. (EG: Colt "Cadet")
Sometimes, controversial firearms are specifically built to fit a given name: (Steyer "Scout", Savage "Scout") Occasionally, this can lead to humorous consequenses. (Taurus "Raging Hornet")
Sometimes, firearms change names mid-production. (S&W "Mountain Gun", "Mountain Revolver")
Occasionally, firearms' names are oblique references to their calibers. (Browning "High Power" named with regard to the 9X19 round instead of the Kurz round, which the KelTec "P3AT" was named for [.380 acp])
Usually, a firearm's name is descriptive of what it is, or can do. (Remington "Sendero" is a heavy-barreled, bedded-action rifle in long action suited for hunting at long ranges ["Sendero" is Spanish for "Long Path," as through the brush of S. TX.]. Beretta "Tomcat" is small but tough, and possibly could inflict harm. The Charter Arms "BullDog" was tough, small, but had a bite, in .44 Spl.)
Then, there are those inscrutible names, that probebly mean something to someone, but not to me. ("UZI")
So, what are your favorite firearm NAMES? (Not firearms. For example, I like the Walther PPK and PP just fine, but they've got miserable names, you know?
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Occasionally, a good name would land on a medocre gun. (EG: Colt "Cadet")
Sometimes, controversial firearms are specifically built to fit a given name: (Steyer "Scout", Savage "Scout") Occasionally, this can lead to humorous consequenses. (Taurus "Raging Hornet")
Sometimes, firearms change names mid-production. (S&W "Mountain Gun", "Mountain Revolver")
Occasionally, firearms' names are oblique references to their calibers. (Browning "High Power" named with regard to the 9X19 round instead of the Kurz round, which the KelTec "P3AT" was named for [.380 acp])
Usually, a firearm's name is descriptive of what it is, or can do. (Remington "Sendero" is a heavy-barreled, bedded-action rifle in long action suited for hunting at long ranges ["Sendero" is Spanish for "Long Path," as through the brush of S. TX.]. Beretta "Tomcat" is small but tough, and possibly could inflict harm. The Charter Arms "BullDog" was tough, small, but had a bite, in .44 Spl.)
Then, there are those inscrutible names, that probebly mean something to someone, but not to me. ("UZI")
So, what are your favorite firearm NAMES? (Not firearms. For example, I like the Walther PPK and PP just fine, but they've got miserable names, you know?
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