Hi Guys,
I know some of us have loaner guns we let people use when they visit.
I have 3 Enfield No.4's that I like to loan out.
I've never had a complaint and they never fail.

What do you keep around for a loaner???

Cheers, John

I typically have a couple of .30-06's lying around for that reason.

I don't have loaners; I don't have truck guns. My rifles do what I want done when I want it done by whatever I've got in my hands.
Before I let anyone USE one of my rifles, he's got to be hunting with me and he's made several trips to the range to learn how to use it and where all of the whistles and bells are.
Yes, Virginia, your very best friend will sue the piss out of you 'cause he shot himself whilst walking around with his finger on the trigger and the safety off.

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Originally posted by wasbeeman:
I don't have loaners; I don't have truck guns. My rifles do what I want done when I want it done by whatever I've got in my hands.
Before I let anyone USE one of my rifles, he's got to be hunting with me and he's made several trips to the range to learn how to use it and where all of the whistles and bells are.
Yes, Virginia, your very best friend will sue the piss out of you 'cause he shot himself whilst walking around with his finger on the trigger and the safety off.

Hmm, my loaners will do what I want, when I want too. Hell, they'll even do it for my friends provided the friends do their part.

Any of my guns is a loaner for somone hunting with me, and if I am going to loan one out, I intend for it to work just as well for the person using it as I do for it to work for me.

Now, to just clarify some points, the only way I am going to loan a gun out, is if the person is actually hunting with me. I am also going to totally famiiarize them with the gun before they even get into a shooting siuation.

I also understand many folks concerns over possible litigation that might affect them because of carelessness on anothers part. also understand that the OP was posing a question to others that might not have the various inhibitions about loaning out a deadly weapon in our modern times.

If a person does not believe in loaning out a gun, that is their business, at no point in the OP did I see anywhere that it was suggested that it should be a normal practice, just a question for those that do not have problems loaning out rifles, and whether they have only certain rifles they will loan, or that any rifle they will loan is one they would use themself.

All my using guns have after years probabl can be classified as loaner guns, I don't know what anyone could do to them that hasn't been done already...

Not many of my custom rifles ever make it to Africa, as they get sold before they make it..unless I have to scramble and put one together just before I leave and that happens, I usually finish it when I get back and sell it also...They would not be loaned to anyone.

I have a few that I will never sell and they are so beat up that I wouldn't hesitate to lend one to a client in need.

I have never given any thought to the letigations of loaning a gun, guess that comes from being old school, maybe I should give that some thought in this changing world we live in with so many frivoulas law suits and folks wanting something for nothing, besides if they can't afford a gun or don't own guns I don't want them around me..I even have relitives that fall into that catagory!!

In my case its relatives comming in from out of state.
As far as loaning a rifle out to a no nothing?
Screw that.

Cheers, John
some people are just to damn anal

Things I never loan: dogs, guns, money, wife

Loaning guns a tough one if I know and trust the person. They can use any gun I have. Only 4 people in my life right now meet that. They would get the dog and money too.

A few others get to use selecttive guns.

Others I say so sorry.

Learned the hard way a cousin used my 94 as a drag stick. Wrapped the rope around it and pulled a buck out with it.

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Loaning guns a tough one if I know and trust the person. They can use any gun I have. Only 4 people in my life right now meet that. They would get the dog and money too.

A few others get to use selecttive guns.

Others I say so sorry.

Learned the hard way a cousin used my 94 as a drag stick. Wrapped the rope around it and pulled a buck out with it.

I think that description fits the majority of us on here, and I would hazard the guess that the times we have reaized loaning the gun was a bad idea, occurred with the one person we figured there would bo no problem at all with.

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Originally posted by SFRanger7GP:
Things I never loan: dogs, guns, money, wife

Is that in priority order?

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Originally posted by SFRanger7GP:
Things I never loan: dogs, guns, money, wife


Is that in priority order?


Greg

No. Let me fix it for him: money, dogs, guns, wife.

LWD

Most of the time I view guns as tools. They should be used and cared for, but will begin to show wear. I have some tools that I'd loan out to some but I have other stuff and people that I won't. It is subjective for sure. If I feel they are they type that would not treat my stuff well then they don't get the chance to prove me wrong.

I do also realise that at some point everyone falls down and there is a chance of a new scar. It's part of hunting. How they deal with it and what they say or do can be a huge difference in how I feel about it.

I have only one rifle that I probably treat better than the rest. At any time you will find a gun of one sort or another in my vehicles. Most of the time it's a varmint rifle, two or four legged. Truck guns to me are generally short barreled handy types, and get used for whatever needs killin'. I have a M600 that spends much of it's time out of the safe. The AR's and mini-14 are always out or in the vehicles. I'd have no issue with any friend of mine grabbing a rifle to use.

An aquaintence, completely different story and approach. I'm way uptight around people with guns I don't know. Nate

I have a couple Remington .308 rifles I loan out.....I don't have any Savages as I wouldn't loan one of them to my worst enemy and I don't loan my M-70 or Mauser rifles to anyone.

My Remingtons function fine and I can be quite philosophical about their use.

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Originally posted by BigNate:
I'd have no issue with any friend of mine grabbing a rifle to use.

An aquaintence, completely different story and approach. I'm way uptight around people with guns I don't know. Nate

I have a several rifles suitable for all kinds of hunting and on any hunt I'd gladly hand any one of them over to a friend for their use.
All of my rifles are special to me but so are my friends, if something happened to one of my rifles I'm sure it would be something un-avoidable and wouldn't worry about it much.

I would let my brother borrow an AK when the next hurricane hits but other than that....I ain't no library.