Do you ever loan out your gun(s)?

I always carry an extra rifle to the silhouette matches.

If someones rifle malfunctions more than once it is disqualified,

so I bring an extra in case someone needs one, complete

with a cheatsheet taped on top of the scope. I have made

some good friends that way, including the match directors.
 
Only too my wife, if I am going to be away from her for a long period of time. She has her CCW permit, knows her firearms, and she is a fine shot.
 
Guns and cars are not to be loaned to anyone IMO. And of the two I'd be more likely to let someone borrow a car than a gun.
 
There are a couple guys I'd lend guns to with no questions asked, and they'd probably lend them to me; all of us, curiously, have lots of guns.
 
Trust is tough. I was always taught to return it in as good as shape as you got it or better! Some folks don't understand it. Spread the word!
 
yes, I did and doo, I have several rifles and shotguns, some of them I will not loan to any one except my son, but others no problem, particularly if is to accommodate a friends that hunt in our group.
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roberto
 
I know alot of people but only have a couple good friends. I would let my friends borrow alot of my guns. I trust my friends with my life and have no hesitation to do so. However i do not think I could part with a couple of my firearms. Let them shoot them of course, but the day those guns leave my side I will be in 6 feet under or fish food. :)
 
I've done it a couple times.....

Every time was an abused woman who was leaving her husband and didn't feel she had 10 days to wait in the event the soon-to-be ex decided to make good on his threats (this is California... 10 day waiting period to purchase).

In every case, I got the guns back inside of a month with no shots fired.



edit: Oh, and I've loaned out a shotgun to a local Boy Scout troop who was in need of guns for a shoot they were doing. I've got an old bolt action 20 ga. that's absolutely ideal for such events.
 
There are two people that I will let borrow guns. One is a younger brother, one is my older brother. That's it. No friends, co-workers, cousins, not even my dad.

I spent a lot of time earning those firearms, and I don't lend them out to people that won't take care of them to the same level that I do, or that I wouldn't trust to shoot responsibly with them.
 
Pretty much same as anyone else. Would allow someone else to shoot my guns if I am around, but will NOT loan any gun to anybody. At worst, they'd do something dangerous/irresponsible with serious consequences, and at best I am left to do all the cleaning after someone else had all the fun.
 
Yeah all the time. Generally when a person with a drugged look in their eye and a tone in their voice resounding of needing murderous vengeance I happily hand them a loaded, deadly weapon... /Sarcasm

NO FRIGGIN WAY!!! If a friend or relative wants to go to the range with me that is fine, no stranger will ever be handed one of my guns. No gun of mine will ever be loaned out either.
 
I will usually let people at the range fire a gun of mine if they show an interest and seem to be responsible people.

I let a friend borrow a pistol once to put down an injured dog, but he was well versed in firearms safety and a very competent and reliable person. Being a former Army ranger, good woodsman and a very proud Alaskan didn't hurt his cause any either. :p
 
I only loan em out to people who I know have a score to settle with someone else. Or if they show me the manifesto they have written....

No but seriously, I have many uncles, cousins a couple brothers and my dad who know guns. Of them it would probably only be one cousin and one of my brothers. I trust my Dad with my life, but not my guns. He just doesnt take good care of stuff. One of my cousins is always losing his wallet or keys or.... Yeah he is not one I loan stuff to. I have one brother and one cousin who have guns know how to use and care for them.
 
Your posts have given me a lot to think about

One of the things that really stuck in my mind is JerryM's comment that "I value my friends more than my guns." Guess you could say this was a wake-up call of sorts for me.

A part of me still agrees with Pahoo, though---having lent out other stuff (not guns) I've been disappointed by the condition in which the loaners came back (if they came back at all). Makes me think that you should never loan out any thing you aren't willing to lose completely, if worse comes to worst(!)

I suppose that the biggest irony of it all is that the people we are most likely to lend our guns to, already have a lot of guns of their own, and are less than likely to borrow one of ours. In that case, I guess the criteria would be---would they lend me a gun if I needed one---right? If so, I guess I'd lend them one of mine, too.

Guess that the best thing to do would be to divide my collection into two parts---guns "for personal use only" and "loaners". I'm sure that, even subconsciously, each one of us has already drawn the line between which pieces we can "lend out" or "lose", and which ones are sacred ("for personal use only"). It's pretty clear that chadstrickland already has!

Just like many of us have already made a list of people in our heads, to whom we will (or won't) lend our guns, all legal issues aside.

Special mention goes to InigoMontoya and slickab, who have shared their weapons with those who probably needed them most. Sort of reinforced my faith in human nature, you two!

Yung.gunr and Nocturnus31, you guys crack me up! Remind me to call on you when I have "issues"!

Crankylove's point is well taken: "I spent a lot of time earning those firearms, and I don't lend them out to people that won't take care of them to the same level that I do, or that I wouldn't trust to shoot responsibly with them."

And I think that 104 has it down pat: "Trust is tough. I was always taught to return it in as good as shape as you got it or better! Some folks don't understand it. Spread the word!"

Thank you all very much for addressing a very ticklish subject! Now I know what to do...
 
My dad and my best friend are the only two people I trust to loan them out knowing they will come back in better condition than what they left in
 
irish52084
I will usually let people at the range fire a gun of mine if they show an interest and seem to be responsible people.
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I hadn't thought about range time, OK I'll let anyone shoot with my guns if I invite them over to shoot. Its just polite.
 
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