Would you lend out your rifle?

I almost never loan anything of value to anyone. If I do it's A) because I trust them to be intelligent and conscious of how to treat my stuff and B) because I know they'll flat out replace anything they so much as scratch without being asked.

Other than that, no. I will loan beater stuff, but I have pretty much the same expectations.

I actually have an old enfield for this purpose.... but I've already started repairing and modifying it, so I might not loan that out soon either.
 
I would tell him that there is another rifle that I could lend him, but the .375 has a special place in your heart and you want to be the first one to drop something with it. Beater guns definately have their place, and it's in your buddies hands!
 
If I had a rifle that was to precious to lend to anyone, it would be too precious to take it hunting myself. But for the rifles I do have, it still depends on what I think of the person who wants to borrow it.
 
Nope.

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." - Lord Polonius, Hamlet
 
I wouldn't lend a woman, but it's her free will. A gun, why not. A scratch or two adds character. I love my guns but they are possessions, not a loved one or something that I keep locked up and unused. I's led him my hammer, so why not another tool. And to everybody here that wouldn't lend a friend a tool, I hope they repay that favour when you ask.
 
ok folks it's not about lending A rifle in general...
It's about lending a specific NEW rifle that has yet to be..."christened"...
The man wants to put first blood on his new 375
Put it in perspective folks-
That's like buddy sayin "hey,I got no girl friend an I need to get laid,would you mind if I throw one into yer new wife before you go on yer honeymoon!" :eek:
 
KO said:
I'm struggling a bit with this one. Finally made it out yesterday with a couple buddies. I know it's a tad overkill for deer but I took out my new CZ 375 h&h. I haven't even taken an animal with it yet and one buddy kind of puts me on the spot and says "Hey can I borrow your rifle when your not hunting?". I was kind of caught off guard and stumbled on my words a bit, so a bit later he asks again. Never really gave a straight answer. So now feel a bit guilty. This guy will always drive(my truck is in the shop with the engine out), has helped and took us around the area the last three seasons and is generally a great guy. I am quite a finicky person. Have lent out a lot of stuff over the years, some come back the same way it went, some not so good, and some not at all. It's not that I don't trust him just that I have a hard time lending things of this type. I mean I am the type of person who bought a second chainsaw and set of golf clubs because friends keep asking and I hate saying no. Also, not that it matters but I really don't ask to borrow other peoples stuff. I won't even take the in laws quad out even though they offered numerous times. Just don't like doing it.
So just for interest sake, what would you do?
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Tell him the truth. That you have an irrational attachment to this new firearm that is deeper and more creepy than he might be capable of comprehending, that you value your friendship so greatly that - even at the risk of provoking in him a transient disappointment - you will not risk it, because you care more about your friendship.

P.S.: If he's really your buddy, he already knows you, and already knows what you're like; he's probably just f**king with you anyway.
 
It really depends on the person. I hunt with four guys and I have seen how they take care of their own guns. They are all careful and make sure that it is treated properly. I would not hesitate to loan one of them any of my guns if we were going out and they had issues with theirs. One of them is a very old friend and I would have no issues loaning him a gun even if I was not there, say if he was going on a hunting trip without me. I doubt if I would loan the others one in that situation though. Not that I don't trust them (as I obviously do) more that we have known each other since we were kids. If he busted anything on it, I know he'd make it right.
 
I have a few friends I will loan a gun to and a great many friends I will not. It would depend on who was asking and which category he was in.
 
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