Family tradition of naming guns

[Alan]

My grandpa named all his hunting rifles. When he died, those names meant something. Now I sometimes do the same thing and think about him when I use them. It's not really about the gun itself, it's the memories attached. Anyone else have family traditions like this with naming guns?

 

[Jason1]

We never gave our guns names, but some rifles still have stories attached. When I pick one up, I remember who taught me how to use it and where we went hunting. I remember those things even if the gun doesn't have a name.

 

[Spencer]

We used to do something similar growing up. Names stuck because the stories stuck. When I pick up those guns, it feels like talking to the past even if I don't mean to remember the names.