Would you lend out your rifle?

That's pretty sketchy. Lent my brother in law some kit for a trip he went on at the beginning of the month. Chasing a mule buck down in Creston with one of his outfitter/guide friends.

He still has my merino wool sweater and Snugpak elite jacket which he "forgot" to drop off with all the other kit I lent him. He works up north and flys in./out for 2 weeks at a time..........so I won't see this kit until next week when he's coming out with us for a few days. Big deal? Not really as I have other kit too use but it still pisses a guy off when you lend something in good faith and not have it returned till the last week of hunting season. I do prefer the Snugpak over my other jacket I'm currently using.

So ..I would have to say No to lending out a firearm. You want to play, then you have to pay like the rest of us to get the proper toys.
 
No. More concerning is 'friends' who feel a need to borrow a gun or a car. Two things that are unoffically-officially off the record for 'lendsies'. Marbles ..... fine.
 
I have more than one rifle, so I don't see what the harm is in lending one out to a friend to hunt with as long as you trust that they obey all applicable laws and look after your rifle. However, I can also see the merit in a soldier not lending his/her's out in battle if they have only one and their life depends on it. Then again, everyone's in the same boat and you depend on each other, so I guess it really depends. What if you were injured and couldn't shoot?
 
I can count on one hand who I would lend my sporting tools, vehicle, computer or tools to: they are a priveldged few who I know would treat them as I do, who would take care of them and actually be heart broken if they damaged them.

Why so few?

These are the things that I own that I do not have the money to buy lots of, so I buy the best I can and take care of them... and I have no money to replace them, and neither does anyone I know. The firearms I own are few, but expensive, and a few put meat in my freezer so that I can eat this and every winter: I have no money to have safe queens and spares.
 
When you spend a lot of time and effort buying, setting up and properly caring for a firearm you sure as hell won't put it in the hands of people who treat them like like they are inconsequential and indestructible.

1) Drop them or let them bang around in a truck
2) clean the scope lense with a dirty gritty glove
3) Take them in from a cold weather hunt and store them in a case over night in a warm place

etc....

As was said above only to very very few who I know are as fussy or fussier about their gun as I am. For me that is a grand total of two people on this planet
 
Absolutely no friggen way no how not ever ever ever ever! ! !
Once that gun is in your buddies hands , what ever he does with it will come back on you ! ! !
 
My neighbor isn't having much success with his old beater 7x57 with iron sights, he is n't confident enough to shoot a deer with them.

I'm lending him my custom Leeper built 300WSM, Leupold scope, loaded with 130gr TTSX bullets.

I'm using a .260 Ti and the Ruger #1 .303 rigth now, so I don't need it for now, he may as well use it.
 
I lend guns out all the time. As long as someone is licensed and someone I trust, then no problem. Sounds like the guys that won't were the selfish kids who never shared there toys.....:p
 
One of the young guys at work asked me to lend him a rifle for deer hunting the other day. I've lent out guns before and had them returned in poor condition. Ruger Red Label came back with rusted out chambers earlier this fall, the guy looked at me and said "Oh geez, sorry." Some people don't understand, or put the same importance on these things. I was a bit hesitant, but lent him a new, unfired Ruger #1 45/70. Slapped a low power scope on it for him, and he bagged his first whitetail this weekend.

Its unfortunate when people don't look after borrowed items properly, but I'm at a point where I'm not going to lose sleep over these things anymore. In reality, its just metal and wood. It contributed to making his first deer hunt a success, and a ding or scratch pales in comparison to that.

Just my two cents, and I'm pretty anal about taking care of my firearms.
 
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Any of the guns I have that are suitable for hunting are beat to hell anyway, so I wouldn't bee too concerned about little nicks or scratches. I'd me more worried about it getting dropped barrel down in the mud then fired or something stupid like that. That said, I've only ever let my brother or my father use one of my guns.
 
I have loaned out guns on many occasions and have only had one incident where a shotgun came back damaged. This resulted from firing cracker shells and not cleaning the barrel after doing so; after several months of this the barrel was pitted beyond repair. Some people will not follow instructions!
 
Girls, Guns, Cars & guitars are off limits.Sorry, but to avoid future complications related to lending stuff out I politely refuse.
Unless he is a "battlebud".
 
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