[Bowlcut]

For someone to ask to shoot one of your guns? Like if you are at the range and been talking to the range mate beside you or someone for the whole time you are there....Then he says "hey can i shoot your _____?" Is that rude to you, do you feel like you are being rude to ask? Most people seem to offer at times but sometimes I forget.

I know I dont consider it rude. If Ive been talking to someone about things and they say "hey since you been talking that up can I shoot it once or twice?" I dont mind it. Like with cars. I dont find it rude for someone to ask me to take my car out for a spin if they are interested in the model/make My friend back home said it was rude. I think its flattery a little.

If Ive gotten to know you I always try to make it known you are welcome to shoot anything I have. If I just got to know you I tend to forget to mention it tho...

Your opinion?

[Gophfer]

If I know you well enough I will offer to let you shoot it. I don't ask to shoot someone else's unless I know them well.

[Kharn]

I dont give people a chance to ask. If they strike up a conversation about my guns and seem interested in one, I'll ask if they'd like to give it a try for a few shots.

Kharn

[Mikel]

I usually don't ask, but I often offer.

My car is a different story, no one is going to learn for the first time what 500rwhp feels like in the driver's seat of my car. I'll be more than happy to take them for a ride though :D

[FPrice]

I don't consider asking to be rude, it depends upon how it is done. If someone comes up and without introductions says, "Hye! Lemme shoot that there gun." I would probably not. But if we are talking and the person expresses a desire to try it, I would probably let them do it. Also would have to depend upon my comfort level with that person.

[TechBrute]

I won't consider it rude to ask, if they don't consider it rude for me to say no. I usually offer to let people shoot what I've got, but there are times that I'm just not up to it.

[Peetmoss]

I wouldn't consider it rude if it was done right. I would expect them to be polite and introduce themselves if I don't know them. Then say something like hey that is a nice gun could I try it or something like that. I however usually don't give them that chance. I almost always introduce myself and offer them the chance to try anything I have with me.

[winwun]

It's all in the feeling. I usually offer, if the person seems compatible.

Usually, they'll fire a couple of rounds and then try to hand it back, and I usually say, "Go ahead, empty it".

A while back, a guy with an Uzi squirt gun insisted that I eat up 2 mags full. What a fun blast that was. I brought enough 9 ammo and my little plastic doohickey loader the next week and loaded 3 mags for him as repayment without asking. I think I made a new friend.

A pet peeve I have on range behaviour are persons who will ask you something and then put their "ears" back on before you have a chance to finish talking, or say something without taking their "ears" off.

I realize the electronic mufffs are pricey and not everyone can afford them, but it would seem that sooner or later everyone would have them.

I dunno. Turnover, I guess.

[Feanaro]

I don't think it's rude though I normally don't ask. If they get to shoot mine I ask that they either pay for the ammo or let me shoot their gun. ;)

But sometimes I would prefer not to let people do that. I will politely say no and offer them a rain check. If that upsets them then no gun, ever.

[ojibweindian]

I don't consider it rude, but I do reserve the right to say no. Most of the time, I'll offer to let someone shoot it if the person in question and I have been talking throughout the session.

About the only time I flat out refuse is when, during the course of a session, I've observed unsafe or immature behavior in the person wanting to "have a go" with one of my weapons.

[BlkHawk73]

Never really thought about it. usually when I'm at the range there's very few in anyone else there. Those that I do see there most always have a common model so I never really see it neccessary to ask them to try thier gun. More often than not they will do the "whatcha shootin'?" I'll freely show them and if they express a significant amount of interst, I'll offer them a few rounds to try out one of mine.

[BallisticTip]

I always seem to offer, before they ask.:D

[mdsteele]

What Peetmoss said! I will definately offer if they seem cool.

[P95Carry]

General concensus - agreed ... nope, it ain't rude as such ..... but if some newbie dork comes up and interfere's or is plain irritating then .... not so happy!

As with most tho .... sensible person, interested .... more than likely offer a chance .. and like someone said .... if they shoot 2 and seem competent and capable ... then hell yeah ''empty it''!!!:D

[fastbolt]

Okay, I'm a bit particular about allowing someone to handle, let alone shoot, any of my weapons ... and that also goes for handling my edged weapons & tools ...

I have to have at least some minimal reason to extend that sort of trust to someone ... I require some reason to believe that someone is capable of receiving one and handling it safely, even if I'm going to be standing next to them the whole time ... and that someone isn't going to deliberately do something stupid & unsafe with it ...

Sorry, but I've seen otherwise normal-appearing folks do some incredibly stupid things with guns ... and blades, for that matter ... and I'm a bit less trusting than I was as a young man ...

I seldom ask someone if I can borrow their weapon ... and I'm even careful about whether I'll accept an offer from someone to shoot their firearm, especially if I don't have sufficient reason to feel compelled to offer them mine in exchange. I feel it only fair that I shouldn't expect to borrow theirs, even if they make an overt offer, if I'm uncomfortable reciprocating the courtesy.

This isn't like sharing toys in a playground, you know ... :scrutiny:
Okay, I'll admit I was a bit fussy about sharing toys as a child, as well ... :rolleyes:

[zahc]

How can it be rude to ask a question? Now, a demand is different. And some peopple are rude. But I have no problem with saying no.

[cool45auto]

I don't think its rude. I had a guy come over the last time I went to the range. I was putting everything up and he started up a conversation about my Neos. I would have gladly let him shoot it but I didn't have any ammo left.:(


BTW: Mikel, 500 rwhp? What the heck are you drivin'?

[TallPine]

Well, I would consider it rude for me to ask that question, but I wouldn't necessarily get offended if asked that by someone else.

How I would answer would depend on the circumstances - probably "No" unless I was already about to offer.

What if someone said: "That sure is a neat wife you have there, do you mind if I ....?"

[fastbolt]

What if someone said: "That sure is a neat wife you have there, do you mind if I ....?"

:D :D :D
Simply & eloquently stated ... that was great.

I'm very fussy about someone wanting to "borrow" my wife, my guns, my knives, my motorcyle or my books ... and not necessarily in that particular order ... :neener:

[chaim]

I'm in the "it depends" crowd here as far as whether it is rude or not. If demanded then yes, if they come to you out of the blue then yes, if you've been talking to them and checking out each other's guns then no.

Usually I've offered before anyone has asked though (I can't remember anyone asking) and I've been offered but never asked to use theirs.

Edit:
Correction, actually the last time I went to the range one of the employees asked to try my Charles Daly and asked several questions. It seems the store got in several of them used and he is thinking about picking one up but they don't even let employees try non-rental guns there until you buy them. I was more than happy to let him try it.

[eotp]

What if someone said: "That sure is a neat wife you have there, do you mind if I ....?"

I disagree with both Tallpine and fastbolt.

Someone asking to shoot a gun that I have at the range and someone wanting to go to bed with my wife are not in the same category.

For that matter my guns and my wife are not in the same category.

If any of you guys are in my neck of the woods and want to shoot some of my guns, that is OK with me. Just don't ask the stupid question regarding my wife.

[Navy joe]

I'm usually on the offering end when people ask me about my guns, but I really hope I didn't sound rude when I made a new aquaintance and he had an MP-5. No wait, I don't care how I sounded, it was just too much fun burning up that ammo.

[Powderman]

I guess it may be a regional thing. Up around here, I don't think that I've ever heard anyone ask outright to shoot another person's guns. The way I do it, and have seen it done, is to introduce yourself, strike up a conversation and wait. Usually, the person will offer themselves to let you shoot. If not, I don't even mention it, and I don't feel insulted in the least if they don't offer.

[TallPine]

eotp: humor impaired, are we ...? :)

[Double Naught Spy]

I think this same sort of question was posted a couple years back on the old TheFiringLine board. I was surprised to see how many people did think it rude if someone asked to shoot one of their guns.

To suggest that it is rude is really counter reasoning. Proper manners obligate one to ask to use/borrow/try something belonging to another short of that something being your spouse.

If someone I have seen shoot asks or if I offer to let someone shoot one of my guns, I usually load just one round in the gun to see how well they handle it. If they handle it well, I will usually let them shoot a mag's worth, often on the premise that I get to shoot their gun as well.

Kharn, you remind me of a guy my wife and I met while shooting one day at the local public range. It was just the three of us on the range and he must have had 20 guns with him. Come to find out, he liked to take all of them to the range at least twice a year to shoot and then thoroughly reclean before storing them again. As with chatted about guns, he offered to lets us shoot some of them. In fact, he told us that he would appreciate it if we put about 50 rounds (his ammo) through some of his pistols as he didn't think he would have time to finish shooting before needing to leave. For each new gun, he explained the controls and let us shoot it. That was a really cool day of shooting sponsored by a really neat guy.

[Tamara]

There are certain guns that I drag to the range with the sole intention of letting other folks shoot them. "Hey, have you ever shot a (squeeze cocker/Italian semiautomatic revolver/gas-seal revolver/$2400 1911)?"

Half the fun of having cool toys is letting other kids play with them. :)

[Mike Irwin]

No, not at all.

I'm more than happy to share my firearms.

I'm not as happy for them to be shooting their handloads in my guns, however.

[Dionysusigma]

I look at someone asking to shoot my rifle the same way I'd look at someone wanting to borrow tools. As long as I get it back in the condition it left me (unless the condition is greatly improved:D ) then knock yourself out!

[Byron Quick]

If I'm at the range shooting and someone comes up and seems to be a person of normal intelligence...they are welcome to shoot all of the guns I have with me but the one on my hip. I might need that one if they act stupid.

[Ala Dan]

Greeting's All-

If the friendly shooter in the next lane has demonstrated
proper gun handling techniques, I usually offer to let him
or her pop a few cap's. OTOH, if they try to make like
some of the "big screen" cowboy's I usually don't offer!

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[arinvolvo]

I will always be the first to offer my guns for a test fire. I always love to hear "damn, I gotta get me one of those!"

[fastbolt]

Okay, I'll admit I was a bit fussy about sharing toys as a child, as well ... fb

Half the fun of having cool toys is letting other kids play with them. Tamara

As usual, I feel compelled to bow to the lady of grace & charm ... and no little familiarity with things that smell of the sweet, acrid perfume of gunsmoke ... and would and yield to her wishes ... ;)

[swingset]

Since I'm always shooting by myself, if someone else says anything to me while I'm at the bench, I would have to acknowledge that the voice in my head is trying to get ahold of one of my guns, and that can't be a good thing. :D

[Poodleshooter]

I never ask, but I offer if folks are interested. They usually reciprocate. Usually the folks with the most interesting toys are the ones who are friendly and offer to let others shoot their stuff,in my experience.

[E357]

Except for a gun with an ultra-light trigger, I enjoy letting other people shoot whatever I have. When I see a young shooter, with his Dad, at the range I usually ask if they want to try something different.

Elliot

[newman32]

In NJ, its not rude, but it IS illegal! :eek: NJ has a cool law that makes it illegal to "temporarily transfer a firearm" unless your name is on a list that a sanctioned club sends to the NJ State Police. No addresses or anything, just names. So, if I let my shooting buddy "try" my Sig at the range, I am in violation of the law in NJ. Isn't that nice? Now, I have not heard of anyone getting busted, but I am waiting for someone to start prosecuting that law at any time. Think twice before you let someone (particularly a stranger) try your gun in NJ. (Unless youare a member of a club who has sent your name to the State Police - they you are real law-abiding like)

[OF]

I don't think asking in and of itself is rude, but it can certainly be done rudely. I try to avoid the whole issue by offering before anyone can ask (if someone is showing interest).

I'm with arinvolvo, nothing like sinking the hook of gun-lust into someone and watch them mentally tabulate their monthly budget right there on the spot. :)

- Gabe

[themic]

yeah if i'm talking with someone i just load up a mag, insert, and offer. they usually do the same.

if i get the wrong feeling from someone, then i wouldn't. but that hasn't happened yet in my years of pistol shooting.

shotgunning, however, was a different story. too many crazies/irresponsibles at the range i went to. had to get there and get all your shooting done by 9 am and leave before the wackos came out and started swinging barrels around everywhere. used to see a couple people kicked out every sunday morning.

storytime!
my dad was shooting his 300 Magnum rifle at the range. Navy Seal dude is talking with him, Seal asks to try a shot or two. Dad warns, this ain't like the M16. It's bolt action, and it's a whole lot more energy. Watch the scope. He says, naw, he shoots full auto all the time, he can handle a hunting rifle.

ok... :: snicker :: ...

BANG! ... 10 stiches on nose and eyebrow.

he's pretty sure noone will ever ask to shoot his .458. He's not sure he'll shoot the .458 again.

[JShirley]

I wouldn't ask to shoot anyone's piece. I figure if they want to offer, I'll take 'em up on it. Last time I went shooting, I saw a shooter with some battle rifles. Went over and started talking. He starts handing over rifles...:D

I always try to offer to let other shooters shoot what I brought, as long as I have enough ammo (which I usually do).

John

[sig970]

Like others here I usually offer. I won't ask unless offered.

I also agree, and someone already stated it here, no handloads in my handguns

[bad_dad_brad]

I don't know if rude is the right word. Perhaps impolite is more appropriate. Sort of like asking to drive my car I guess.

If I want to share, I will offer.

[voilsb]

I don't consider it rude at all, but I'm a pretty reserved guy so I usually won't go up to someone else and ask them. but I'm quite open to others asking to shoot what I've got (although it's not much, as of yet)

[444]

I have been asked numerous times to shoot my guns, and I never turned anyone down. I don't consider it rude, and I don't consider it a big deal.
I have also asked to shoot other peoples guns. I can remember two times in the last 20 years. I had to ask a guy to try his Desert Eagle in .50 AE, and I asked a guy last summer if I could run a mag of my ammo through his Stoger, stainless Luger.

I probably would be more reluctant to let someone shoot my submachine gun. There is a little bit more going on there. But I probably would if you asked nice.

I am often leary of someone asking me if I want to shoot their guns. I have been set up a couple times like this. And, I have done it to a couple other guys. For example, a friend told me I had to try this new super accurate load in his Marlin .45/70. I sat down and fired a shot off the bench. The recoil blew my hat, earmuffs, and glasses off. He was standing behind me to get the picture.

[eotp]

eotp: humor impaired, are we ...?

Perhaps......and then again, perhaps not.

Were you attempting humor?

:)

[Hand_Rifle_Guy]

Anyone near me is likely to get get an "Oy! Ya wanna shoot this thing?", particularly if they've been watching me shoot some of my stupid stuff, (The Monster or the S.A.S.S.) or just sumpin' cool. (Like my 1066.) Like Tamara said, half the fun of cool toys is spreading fat smiles around by sharing.

Besides, then you get to shoot what other folks got WITHOUT having to ask. That's how I got to shoot Sven's Valtro. Hoo-boy, that's a SLICK machine!

[280PLUS]

he was impressed and got off into the rant about .38, .45 and 9mm not being the only good rounds out there...

we both agreed we wouldn't want to get shot with it.

you KNOW i was liking that kinda talk...

:D

i'd say on any given day one person might think you were rude while another would say, "here, want to shoot this one?"

i usually start off with, "watcha shootin'?" and take it from there

[RustyHammer]

Sure he can .... if he lets you take his girlfriend around back first!

:neener:

[SoDFW Jason]

Not rude.

I usually offer first provided they are showing safe handling practices.

[CGofMP]

This is a tough one for me to answer.....

Is it RUDE per-se? No, not rexactly rude, but it is in my opinion slightly impolite if you are a stranger to simply ASK cold.

Except for my father NOBODY out-and-out 'borrows' any of our guns when we are not with them. (Well except for John Jardine who took my wife's Valtro / Jardine Modified 1911 to the shot show - but then I know that he'd be able to make anything right that came back imperfect). I made that mistake in high school and had a shotgun barrel come back rusted. :banghead:

When I am at the range with people I know or whose reputation I have heard about, I do not mind at all. For instance if Sven was there, even though I never met him, I'd have no problems with it at all. Dad meets lots of folks at the range and if one of his buddies wanted to try the Valtro or the M1... no problem. (The Nor-Cal Precision rifle is an exception..)

STotal trangers are a different story. I'm pretty UNlikely to offer or give permission for someone that I do not know unless a friend or family member knew them. There is just way too much chance of stupidity happening. Not only that but I'm very protective of the condition of my firearms.

On the other hand if I have talked with the person, and they are demonstrating very good handling of their own weapons, they score a lto of points.

Long story short... someone asking cold will get a NO every time.
Others are on a case by case basis with the tendency being to opt not to.

Another poster mentioned a secnd gun on his hip that is not allowed to be lent... sadly in today's climate I think that is prudent too.

Charles

[Sven]

I am always flattered that folks are impressed by some of my toys and it makes me happy to see them smile, or whatever, when they try something, or even just talk about the gun.

Even if they don't like it, I figure that is some data for them that might save them money later in life...

...I have to admit, I use subtle mind-control tactics. I will have relatively new (but competent) shooters try the Valtro first, and THEN try the Glock, and they always hate that Glock trigger from that point on (probably for the rest of their lifes)... my guilt here is that I pre-bias them by giving them 'desert' for appetizers. ;)

[CGofMP]

I will have relatively new (but competent) shooters try the Valtro first, and THEN try the Glock, and they always hate that Glock trigger from that point on (probably for the rest of their lifes)... my guilt here is that I pre-bias them by giving them 'desert' for appetizers.


THAT sir is just PLAIN CRUEL.....

Man...

hahahahahahah:D Thats just an awful thing to do!
hahahahahah

[Mil Novecientos Once]

If I want to shoot somebody's gun that caught my attention I start to ask questions about the gun: price, capacity, recoil, weigth, ergonomics, caliber, accuracy, etc. By the end of the interrogation they usually hand me the weapon so I can feel how it shoots:D

[brownie0486]

I NEVER hand a gun to a stranger, friends are different.

I'm familiar with my friends abilities, not so with a strangers.

It avoids all types of issues that can accur.

1. No matter how much they appear to know before they take yours into hand, they could drop it while in possession of it. With friends, they'll pay to refinish. With strangers you have a marred gun finish and have to broach a subject that, having not handed the gun to them, would not be necessary in the first place. Sure they are sorry, doesn't fix the finish/sights or other issues caused by mistakes/negligence.

2. Strangers are strange.

Tough stance to take you say? Sure is, I had a p7-m8 dropped by a stranger and ate the cost of the new finish, not again thankyou.

And yes, it's I think it is rude to ask to use anothers weapon. If you are asked if you would liek to try it, thats a different story.

Just like the motorcycles, loaned mine to a friend who then totaled it around a pole. Friends still play with my toyus as I'm standing right there. Bike, no way they are out of my site with anything.


Brownie

[Russ]

Everytime I have gotten to know someone at the range and offered to let them shoot one of my guns they alway reciprocate and ask if I want to try any of their stuff, particularly if similar weapons, ie: same caliber, etc.

[puppage]

I agree with you, Kharn. That's my feeling, too.

[12.7x99mm]

Yes I think its rude. I would never do that and I very rarely accept an offer to shoot other peoples guns.

The worst thing I experienced was me setting up my Rem700ps on a bench and I turn around to get a rifle and I find a guy sitting at it looking through the scope. Didnt even ask or introduce himself.

"What the ------are you doing you -----"

Was my introduction to him.

He got up a walked away and then left the range in a few minutes.

What freaken jerk.


-------


Edited becasue I got yelled at by Runt.....sorry wont happen again....didnt know you had filters in place

:(

[Hillman]

Someone else here mentioned knives and tools.

I was at my son's baseball game this afternoon, there was another dad there having trouble with his lawn chair. He must have seen the pocket clip of my Benchmade ... he asked if he could borrow my knife. I walked over ... I thought he was planning on cutting some webbing or something then he said he wanted to use my blade to tighten a screw! "Nope, I don't have a tool for that".

I've swapped stations with a range neighbor to 'test-fire' each other's guns and thought nothing of it (of course, we pre-qualified each other first). But to have someone ask to use my blade as a screwdriver? I thought that was a bit rude.

[Jerrywahid]

I almost always offer and don't mind letting other shoot my ammo as long as they are polite and don't want to shoot more than a couple mags.

Here's a question though: Is it rude to decline shooting someone's weapon if they shoot yours? This happened the other day at the range. I was shooting my U22 Neos which has a red dot on it. It looks pretty crazy and I can understand why someone might be interested in finding out what I was shooting. I told the guy to blast away and he offered to let me shoot his USP but I didn't really want to so I declined. I think he was a little dissapointed. What is the ettiquette? I know it's no big deal to politely decline, I was just wondering if someone might be offended.

[puppage]

"I was just wondering if someone might be offended."

Jerry, unfortunately in this hypersensitive PC world, there's ALWAYS going to be someone offended by SOMTHING real or imagined. If we worried about offending someone everytime we did, or said something we'd still be living & caves & throwing spears at the range.

Pete

[Tamara]

I've swapped stations with a range neighbor to 'test-fire' each other's guns and thought nothing of it (of course, we pre-qualified each other first). But to have someone ask to use my blade as a screwdriver? I thought that was a bit rude.

Many folks entire experience with pocket knives is with Swiss Army/Boy Scout type knives. He was probably surprised that your Benchmade didn't have a screwdriver.

[OEF_VET]

I don't personally ask to try someone else's weapon. I have offered to let others shoot mine in the past, but only after they've displayed enough intelligence and safe gun-handling to make me comfortable. I like to introduce people to something they've never experienced before. Especially if it's a kid who's shooting with their parent. If they're shooting a rifle, but have never shot a pistol, I'll offer the kid my .22, or vice versa.

A little antecdote now. Several years ago, I took a few friends to the local gravel pit / shooting range to try my AR. One of them, who I know to be highly intelligent, starts bouncing right and left on one foot while shooting as fast as he can pull the trigger, with no regard as to whether or not he actually hits the berm. Needless to say, he didn't get very far into the mag before the foreend was grabbed, the gun was (safely) taken from him, and he recieved a very heated lecture on proper, safe gun handling. He also never shot another of my weapons again. Several months later he was booted out of Air Force delayed entry program after his arrest for threatening someone with a knife. He ended up being a druggie who hangs out in a pool hall all day and night, with no job other than hustling pool and playing cards.

[Carlos]

I always offer my guns, if the person doesn't act like a complete idiot. Get a chance to shoot others' toys too, and I appreciate that.

Not rude at all.

[Mark Tyson]

It's never happened to me, but no I don't. I would never ask personally, but that's just me. I usually end up offering to someone at the range. Most people are trustworthy in my book.

[Gilmore]

I think it`s rude. I wouldn`t put someone on the spot like that. I don`t think of going to the range as a social event to swap stories and weapons like at a gun show. I`m happy to be helpful and lend advise or assistance to strangers but not my weapons.

[Okiecruffler]

I have a few weapons that draw some attention in the sea of Remington/Winchester/Rugers at most ranges. Most notably my M44's when I extend the bayonette, and "Money Pit" that most people don't even realize is an SKS until I tell them. The average shooter ( I know this is painful to think about) shoots a few rounds thru their deer rifle every year just before season starts, and ,if they get lucky, a few more during the season. Alot of these people, after shooting my Mosins and SKS and whatnot and finding out how cheap they are, get very interested. I've seen more than a few of them show up with their new military surplus rifles and I see them more frequently.

And twice I've saved novice women shooters from their macho boyfriends who think it's wise to start a new shooter with a .45 or a .357. You'd be surprised at how quickly they warmed up to my little Rossi with my hand loaded wadcutters.

[arinvolvo]

Hey Gilmore, that sucks of you...Sorry if that was rude.

[Kenneth Lew]

People I know well: YES.

Strangers: NO

Would freak out if I let someone touch some of my firearms. I do let people play around with my "carry" HK P7M8 though as a demostration.

Kenneth Lew

[Tim McBride]

I always offer if someone shows an intrest, makes the trip that much more fun.

[general]

Was at the range a couple of months ago with some friends from work (all in thier 30's) and a trio of older gentlemen (50's - 60's)came up and were using a position a few lanes down from us. During a cease fire/target change I went over and introduced myself and spoke with one of them about the rounds they were chronographing. Real nice guys. When I was done and beginning to pack up, I went over to say goodbye and the guy says "Hey, you want to put a few thru my .45/.70? They're running about 1780 fps?" I said, "Well sure!" Turns out he works at the local Galyan's and is a real super guy. Likes big bore handguns and checked on some prices for a Kimber for me. He made sure to let me know he was getting a S&W 500. Would I have made such good friends with him if he hadn't shared his gun? Probably... Would it have take twice as long? Probably.
It's all about trust. I've got hair down to almost my butt, and here's this 50's or so gent offering to let me shoot one of his buffalo guns - (OK- maybe my State Shooting Association hat helped) but I never asked.
Next time I went, there was a young guy with his girl (sounded like her first time) he was shooting a .50AE Desert Eagle (her- a .38). Now, I'd love to shoot the Action Express cartridge, but I thought it would be inappropriate to ask. Just introduced myself and chatted with them during ceasefires so the lady would know us gun guys are good people.
Shoot my gun? Sure, if you ask real nice. Act like you've got some common sense and respect for others.
If we are talking and striking up a friendship I'll usually offer.
Will I ask? Not unless I know you.