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Yeah bit like my Spud Gun, the Widow Maker HXR007-Z which can take any Merris Piper or bake potatoes in the Magnum calibre of 1/8th big slug formatOriginally Posted by Phil G
My 2 cents worth. I prefer names on air guns. My Black Star brings an instant mental picture whereas an HW45 sounds a bit vague.
Same with cars, a name, to me, is much more user friendly.
So you guys with your Q7's XJS's and 320's......
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Yeah bit like my Spud Gun, the Widow Maker HXR007-Z which can take any Merris Piper or bake potatoes in the Magnum calibre of 1/8th big slug format
"nine point eight"
Meandering back to the actual question...I prefer an alphanumeric designation. My rationale? It at least prevents some dreadful name being assigned to it. Gallahad, Rainstorm, Verminator. I could go on but I've already done a little sick in my mouth.
The Mayor: Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry Callahan: When a man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher’s knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn’t out collecting for the Red Cross.
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Who cares so long as it is nderstandable and somethi g to remember but not for piss taking reasons.
Any5hing to do with spqce.... quantum physics... black holes and ninja is fine by me.
I guess short and sweet is bette4 than a sentence or overt reference to the covert SAS Stars wars elite trooper etc....
BSA R10
HW100 S
AA S510
FX IMPACT
as examples.
In a battle of wits I refuse to engage with an unarmed person.
To one shot one kill, you need to seek the S. Kill only comes from Skill
"nine point eight"
Did you do a bag of spice before you typed this?
The Mayor: Intent? How did you establish that?
Harry Callahan: When a man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher’s knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn’t out collecting for the Red Cross.
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The poster is dyslexic if I remember right .
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Never trust the auto spell checker and check before you post
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Some guns have had good names though, the best of which I reckon was the Airsporter.Meandering back to the actual question...I prefer an alphanumeric designation. My rationale? It at least prevents some dreadful name being assigned to it. Gallahad, Rainstorm, Verminator. I could go on but I've already done a little sick in my mouth.
Even better looking than a HW35
Bravo that manSome guns have had good names though, the best of which I reckon was the Airsporter.
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Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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When I had my Diana mod 16 an "Airsporter " was my dreamSome guns have had good names though, the best of which I reckon was the Airsporter.
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When I first saw the thread I thought ... What a silly question!
... but it's a good question.
I prefer numbers.
I find it embarrassing when I'm asked to name the rifle that I use to flirt 8gr of lead at tin chickens 50m away at 11fp and I have to say that it's a '0.177 Satan's Death Ray' or some other ridiculous name designed to attract the camo zombie brigade.
Even better looking than a HW35
One of the reasons I asked was because sometimes makers manage to get the names of their rifles in their range pretty well down to a T (in my mind anyway), I refer to the early Air Arms sidelever range, with some excellent names of different winds (Bora, Camargue, Khamsin etc), Webley sort of done the same with the Tomahawk, Sidewinder, Exocet etc which I believe are different missiles.
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Far too many rifles to list now, all mainly British but the odd pesky foreigner has snuck in
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