Name your shotgun.

[dancinginfernal]

Olivia, my Ranger Sequoia in Fallout: New Vegas.

Never leave home without her. She's lead me through Dead Monkey, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and eventually Lonesome Road.

Alternatively, I call the shotgun in FEAR Mr. Shotty. I'm betting a lot of you know why.

How did she lead you through Dead Money? I thought you couldn't take weapons into the Sierra Madre.

Oh, you're right. I completely forgot about that.

I guess you could say she was with me in spirit, assuming guns have spirits.

 

[teh_Canape]

Marie

Piercer of Heavens

and

Big Dong Donkey Kong

Spoiler

yes, I'm serious

Spoiler

 

[Foxblade618]

My Vengeance Hammer, aka the Hydra, from Resident Evil 5...she's my baby

 

[Chrmike]

My shotgun from Mass Effect 2 is affectionately named Ol' Freeby. God, I love her so.

 

[trophykiller]

Real life: Remington 12 guage pump action shotgun. Name: Fido. Why? She has bark AND bite. Pump this while an enemy is on the other side of a door, the distinctive noise will cause severe bowel evacuation.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Lesee... I got my Needler "Lucille", my Gravity Gun "Big Bertha" and my Keyblade "Vera".

...What?

 

[theguitarhero6]

The Hammer from Cold Winter was pretty kickass, I guess I'd name it Jack.
(Cuz get it?! Jack?! Hammer!?! lolol....)
Also I remember calling the Scatter Shot from Jak II and III "The Forget-Me-Not" And "The Corn-Holer". Though it sucked, it still smacked sense into any metalhead or Crimson Gaurd who got close enough.

 

[DiabloBub666]

Louis. Seriously, that's it. I think it's savvy.

 

[Kargathia]

Betty. I'm not sure why, but they always do seem like a Betty.

Can't say I'm much of a shotgun person though. They're too sloppy and restrictive, and I like things... neat.

 

[Athol]

Spoiler: Mr. Friendly

The M1897 Trench Gun (with optional bayonet)

He's always one for meeting new people

Spoiler: Ol' Faithful

Formerly known as 'Lincon's Repeater'

She hasn't let me down yet

Spoiler: The Negotiator

Formerly known as 'The Terrible Shotgun'

Good for 'talking' my way out of sticky situations.

 

[commandersqwigly]

The 870 MCS from BF3 has been aptly named "The knee capper" because headshots are for pussys.

 

[MetroidNut]

I stuck with a single PSG-1 sniper rifle for quite some time in Left 4 Dead 2. I named it "BR34K H34DS". On a separate playthrough, I discovered an auto shotgun lying by a blood-stained corpse; she had clearly fought to the death. In her memory, I picked up her shotgun and named it the "Grim Fucking Reaper". It seemed appropriate.

Also, I name every single FY-71 (or as I prefer to call it, "Space AK") I pick up in Crysis, seeing as I tend to hold on to them for hours on end. My most recent one was "Geromy" and he was indeed my best friend.

EDIT: Fun trivia fact! According to Wikipedia, the first two tommy gun prototypes were named the "Annihilator" and the "Persuader".

 

[Redworld13]

The doom 1 shotgun? I call her betty, she would like the meet you

 

[AlwaystheUnlucky]

Mueres.
It means "You Die" in spanish.

According to about.com. I'm not actually fluent in the language.

 

[Suicida1 Midget]

Gots me a list.

Fallout 3- Experimental MIRV aka Betty.
Gears of War 3- Gnasher aka Noobeater. (poor sawed off noobs, they forgot about this babe)
Borderlands- Anarchy shredder shredder- aka Zues. (in english it was a scatter shot lighting rocket launcher.)
Fallout NV- Grenade machine gun aka The Opener.
MW2- Famas blinged with holographic and fmj. aka Tuber's Folly. Renamed by friends as the Oneshot. Renamed by enemies as The Whore.

 

[Terminate421]

His name is Teddie Roosevelt

 

[Samoftherocks]

The Facial...oh yeah...

 

[Samoftherocks]

My shotgun's name is Elmo. My grandpa used him for two tours in Vietnam, and I've had Elmo since he died. At some point the Sesame Street puppet stole Elmo's name.

That may be the best origin story a Muppet's ever had...

 

[Pirakahunter788]

I'm going with Dinner Bell myself, already named and is great for killing beasties and idiots out in the wastes.

You my friend, have obviously met Red Lucy.
Dinner Bell is a fine shotgun, i'll tell you what. Killed more than my fair share of Deathclaws with it, gotta love them beanbag shells.

Personally, I love the old fashioned Hunting Shotgun with Choke and Long Tube. Add on slugs, and this thing will snipe better than my .308 caliber flaming sword of justice - with a telescopic sight. (Props to anyone who gets this.)

 

[Maeshone]

Pump Action Shotgun from DOOM/DOOM2 (coincidentally also the best shotgun EVAR!!!)

Bessy

'nuff said

Double barrelled shotgun from Doom2 was better. More or less the same rate of fire, and though it used up 2 shells in one go, it did rather more than twice the damage of the pump action one, for some reason.

Well, yeah, but it's missing the one thing that made the pump-action shotgun into the best one. That utterly satisfying sound of pumping the shotgun, which has still not been surpassed imo