Friends that borrow you stuff?

[buckcandy]

its go a CRIOBALLEL coat on it, i dont think you can refinish it

[DoubleGArchery]

Hey Jeff you still got my Africa music LOL

[Jp.]

I learned a long time ago not to loan anything to my friends

Have your barrel refinished with duracoat or ceracoat and send your friend the bill

Good reply, dang Blake your good.
But there is only one person Id loan stuff to and hes on here, and he knows who he is dont you Doudle D

[Angola'sBest]

Looks like it was put against a barbed wire fence while he was crawling through. I let my friends borrow my stuff, even my truck or 15-20k 4 wheelers. But I make it known that if it doesnt come back in the same shape, they will pay the shop to put it back that way. If I know they dont have the money in case something happens, they dont use my stuff. Get a new barrel and send him the bill. If he doesnt pay, hes not that good of a friend anyway.

[bluelund79]

Dang, that got pretty roughed up. A true friend would figure a way to make it right- dip, replace barrel, buy a replacement gun and keep the fugly one....one reason why I don't borrow out anymore-had my shotgun returned rusted shut(wet 500 mossberg put back in a case). That was fun to clean and get back up and running.

[buckcandy]

he's a good friend and he said he would take care of it, I. E a new barrel or gun....

[jooger17]

I learned a long time ago not to loan anything to my friends

Have your barrel refinished with duracoat or ceracoat and send your friend the bill

Exactly this on both accounts! I used to loan out anything I had until I got a couple back like yours. Then I started loaning out things that "didn't matter much" and when they were returned I'd dtill get bent out of shape so it just ain't worth it.

A friend of mine loaned me her car for 2 days while my truck was getting maintenance done on it. I drove it from her house to my house and it sat there until my truck got out of the shop. When I brought it back I had carried it to get it detailed, changed the oil, and filled it up with gas. In the unlikely event that I borrow something from someone it will be returened WAY better than I got it.

[BruceH]

I used to be the kind of person that would give you the shirt off of my back in a snow storm, until my shirt kept gettin returned torn, dirty and unusuable...

Just one of the things I hate the most is when you let someone borrow something high end, they dont take care of it, returning it in bad condition then want to take the cheap *** road to repair or replace what they destroyed....

Bruce

[TexMax]

dont you Doudle D

Fitting. If they got those Ill loan em just about anything


But as a general rule of thumb I don't loan people stuff. That whle good fences, good neighbors concept.

[wassaw]

he's a good friend and he said he would take care of it, I. E a new barrel or gun....

that's how it should be!

rule #1
If borrowed it should be returned in same or better condition. (i prefer to return in better if possible since i did ask to borrow it. My Dad helped beat that into me )

possible to sugar blast off the old coating and then re-finish? I would bet this barrel could be refinished if you wanted a back up later down the line.

[Skinny]

Yep, but if you break, you buy!!!!

Or fix...

Sounds like your friend knew he needed to pay up without you telling him to. I'm sure he didn't scratch up your shotgun intentionally, if so...no loaning him anything.

Skinny

[TUCO]

Jeff, I have seen that happen to a barrel (but not quite that bad), from the gun barrel resting on, and being pulled back & forth on the edge of a half rolled down truck window.It will take the blue right off of it.....

Sorry to see that......

Hope you get things squared away,and don't lose a friend over the deal......

[tvc184]

I don't loan anything to a friend that I am worried about being damaged. If it is an old beat up Remingon 870 that already shows some pretty good battle scars but still is a good shooter I don't mind. If it is a brand new Remington 700 BDL with glossy stock and not a scratch on it, I am not letting some neophyte take it into the brush country to try and shoot his first deer.

If it is something that I have to say, "Please don't get a scratch on this", he won't be taking it out of my sight or even put his hands on it. A 15 year old fishing reel that I am holding in reserve just in case, sure.

[Dc78]

If it were me I would not have returned it to you in that shape. I would have returned it like I borrowed. I do not like to borrow things because things happen like that.

[buckwild17]

Should be returned the way it went out !!!! I have had ok luck loaning stuff , but really tight who gets the goods !!!!