When someone asks to try your expensive gun

[Alan]

There's always that moment of hesitation when someone wants to shoot your nice rifle or custom 1911. You want to be generous, but you're also calculating in your head whether they'll break it or shoot terribly and blame the gun. Usually I say yes but give a quick safety brief first. Most people are respectful, but that one time someone wasn't taught me to be more selective.

 

[Danny boy]

I’ll say yes but I’m watching closer than a hawk with trust issues

 

[Shredder]

I still let people try my nicer guns but I keep an eye on them.

 

[Alex]

  I remember letting someone shoot my tuned 1911 once and he immediately started slamming loaded magazines into it as if he was angry at the gun. Ever since that day, I've become much pickier about who gets to handle my more expensive gear at the range.