Firearms named for their designer.....

[Boomholzer]

Thompson, Pederson, Gatling, Sharps are some obvious ones. + Berthier, Hatcher-Bang or the M1922 Bang.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I’m starting to think I missed the question.

Was the OP asking about designs named for the designer or designs not named for the designer?

 

[Kevin Keith]

At one time, any lever action, even a Marlin was likely to be called "Winchester" in Europe.
And any automatic pistol, a "Browning."

Any single shot .22 rifle was a "Flobert", too.

In Texas a Dr. Pepper is just as likely to be called a "coke"! lol

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[lysanderxiii]

Pondering how firearms get named. If I were to create the next ground breaking firearm innovation....would I want my name on it? (ie: The "Rembrandt" 9mm.....or the "Rembrandt" line of rifles)

Perhaps some get named as a tribute to the designer?

Examples would be Colt, Browning, Boberg, Kalashnikov, Ruger, etc....

Can you think of designs that were not named after the creator?

The standard nomenclature system in the Soviet/Russian military has been to name the gun after the designer (or design bureau):

7,62мм Самозарядный пистолет Токарева образца 1930 года - Fedor Tokarev
7,62mm Самозарядная винтовка Токарева, образец 1940 года - Fedor Tokarev
7,62mm Автоматическая винтовка Симонова образца 1936 года - Sergei Simonov
7,62mm Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова 1945 года - Sergei Simonov
7.62mm Пистоле́т-пулемёт Шпа́гина 1941 года - Georgi Shpagin
7,62mm Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева 1943 года - Alexei Sudayev
7,62mm Станковый пулемёт системы Горюнова 1943 года - Pyotr Goryunov
7,62mm Дегтярёва Станковый образца 1939 года - Vasily Degtyaryov
12,7mm Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный 1938 года - Vasily Degtyaryov and Georgi Shpagin
[hand grenade] Ручная Граната Дьяконова образца 1933 года - Mikhail Dyakonov

The British tended to like that idea too:

Lee-Metford Rifle/Carbine - James P. Lee
Patchett SMG - George W. Patchett
Lanchester SMG - George H. Lanchester
STEN SMG - Reginald Shepard & Harold Turpin

The official nomenclature system for the Imperial Japanese Army was very similar to the US system except the year date was the year of the Emperor, and later the Imperial year*. So, it's:

Rifle, Type 38 (38th year of the Menji era, or 1905 AD)
Rifle, Type 99 (Imperial year 2599, or 1939 AD)

The Arisaka appellation is a western thing, and oddly enough the Type 38 "Arisaka" has has as much to do with Major Kijiro Nambu, than Colonel Arisaka Nariakira.
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*Emperor Jimmu is considered the first emperor of Japan and reigned in 1660 BC, the Imperial year dates to this year.