Handling guns..politeness?

TennBill2 · 02-26-2011, 05:19 PM

I had some fellows stop by one day who where church friends of my wife's. The conversation finally got around to hobbies etc. and the wife says "show them what you just made". I had just more or less finished a rather complex 'swivel breech' rifle built entirely from scratch. Not knowing them, and not wanting to appear cantankerous, I obliged.....much to my regret! Couple days later, my 'in the white' gun barrels had rust! Boy was I pis.......d. Just ordered a new supply of cotton gloves today which made think of this. I would never handle another fellows guns unless he offered, let alone, as some have done to me.....dry fire a gun! I always wear cotton gloves when handling my own guns. Is it crude to hand a guy a pair of gloves?

02-26-2011, 05:19 PM	#1
TennBill2 RIP Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 101 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 6 Posts	Handling guns..politeness? I had some fellows stop by one day who where church friends of my wife's. The conversation finally got around to hobbies etc. and the wife says "show them what you just made". I had just more or less finished a rather complex 'swivel breech' rifle built entirely from scratch. Not knowing them, and not wanting to appear cantankerous, I obliged.....much to my regret! Couple days later, my 'in the white' gun barrels had rust! Boy was I pis.......d. Just ordered a new supply of cotton gloves today which made think of this. I would never handle another fellows guns unless he offered, let alone, as some have done to me.....dry fire a gun! I always wear cotton gloves when handling my own guns. Is it crude to hand a guy a pair of gloves?