Would you lend out your rifle?

I only lend my guns to those who can afford the price of replacement up front, or unless
I really really trust the person. Needless to say, no one has been willing to shell out the cash.
If they have the cash for my guns, then they have the cash for their own providing they have a PAL. If they have no PAL, then I won't lend them my guns for any price..PERIOD!

Call me selfish all you want!
 
This past july I was back to Manitoba for a wedding and one of my buddies told me that if I wanted to come back for deer hunting in november, not to bother bringing any rifles as he had several for me to choose from. I would have been flying back.
Friends share with friends.
 
This thread reminds me of those extremely vague CBC polls, where they over-simplify everything.


Generally speaking for me, they can "borrow" it, as long as I'm around them.
 
I've got 3 brothers. I wouldn't lend out anything a but a beater to 2 of them.
But in the OP's situation, I'd simply say that I want to be the one who pops this rifle's cherry, but I'd be more than happy to lend out a different gun.
I'd try to make it clear that I trust the guy asking, that I like him, and I'm willing to give as well as receive, but there are some exceptional circumstances. So I'd invite him over to take a look at my gun cabinet and pick out the rifle he'd like to use, but I'd remove the ones that were off limits before he got there.
 
Sounds like I would lend a gun to some of you, but only because you are as anal about your firearms as I am!

My grandpa is a wealthy dentist, and he always had/has people asking him to borrow stuff. His response is always "Can you afford to replace it, should you damage it in any way? Your answer will match my answer".
 
I lent out a 20 ga youth model 870 Rem about 5 years ago. Never seen the guy since.

My barber has my 12 ga 22" barreled Rem 870, and has had it for the last couple years.

A co worker is going to borrow my muzzle loader for the December hunt.

Do I care... not really.... They are Remingtons.:D
 
I've lent guns before and some come back the same and some worse . I've stopped the practice with o e fellow I hunt with as everytime he borrows a gun he doesn't return it and says how much . He seem to love collecting my guns and I stopped lending them to him.lately I show up at camp with one gun . If it's a long trip then I take two always the same caliber
 
never had an issue lending firearms to friends that i trust,always got them back in the same condition they left in.UNTILL a couple of years ago a guy asked to borrow my pump shot gun,come to find out he was using it to shoot deer with slugs as he had already tagged out on a buck with his rifle.if he had been caught he would have lost MY SHOTGUN so no more.would let someone use it if i was with them.
 
I have a short list, My brother and a cousin.
With them I trust and I'm sure I'd get a meal out of it.
Anyone else the answer is no, if they're in your hunt party and their gun breaks, thats different but if they want your gun to go with out you.
NO
I'd rather keep the friendship...
 
Thanks for the replies. I think I feel the same as a lot of you. I have zero issue if I am there and it is getting taken care of. The fellow who asked has more than enough rifles, just thought the 375 was fun. And like many of you, although I use all my rifles, none are safe queens, I still take care of them more than any of my buddies seem to care to. I don't like seeing them thrown in a truck scope first(empty of course)or using a barb wire fence for a rest while sitting point. But that's just me. And yes I would love to put the first animal down with it.
Thanks again we'll see what happens.
KO
 
I dont own any guns remotely close to the value of yours but I don't lend guns. Guns are precision tools and must be treated as such. When someone borrows something they typically treat it the same as they would there own, so use your discretion. If you don't thing they will protect and value your rifle they way you would, just say "dude I don't lend my guns to anyone, and I don't ask to borrow them either". That is what I said when I first started hunting at my uncles camp with his crew and no one has asked me since.
 
Would you lend out your rifle?

No, and I wouldn't ask to borrow one either.

If someone raised an eyebrow at that, I'd simply tell them (the truth!) that the last time I lent one it got damaged. In your situation, I'd simply admit that I wanted to be the one to make the first kill with it, and that it meant a lot to me.

A real friend will understand.

Hell, I'd far rather lend somebody money to buy one of their own than lend a rifle of mine! Simply put, my rifles are more important to me than those who call themselves 'friends'. Getting old will do that to you.
 
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