|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,963
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,963 |
Guys on here use the terms "loaner" and "truck" rifles a lot...I personally don't own any rifles that I wouldn't be perfectly fine using myself, as far as loaning them out...that depends on who is using them(also has a pretty big influence on how LONG I'll let them use them).
As far as "truck" guns go I'm not sure...never had to shoot a truck before, probably have to go with the .300 Win Mag on that one(heaviest hitter in the safe right now).
Mauser Rescue Society Founder, President, and Chairman
I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
jdi do píči
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 24,389
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 24,389 |
Loaner, a rifle built strong and well used, in a caliber most can handle. Truck gun is a short, handy, mid 20's caliber rifle.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,122
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,122 |
For a truck gun the 45/70 works really well. It will penetrate the engine block which is important for quick kills.
Shod
Last edited by Shodd; 01/31/15.
The 6.5 Swede, Before Gay Was Ok
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 86
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 86 |
I think the 'loaner' rifle would be one I know will get beat up and mistreated, so I would loan a gun I don't care about.
A 'truck gun' in my thinking is one that is also well used and beat up that I can keep behind the seat of a truck, ok, maybe a lever action in 30-30.
However, I could be wrong.
Have Gun Will Travel,, The more dust on the trail- the thicker the soup. Life Member: NRA, VFW, Six Napoleons
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 426
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 426 |
loaner: ok to get beat up--synthetic or cheap wood light kick caliber for beginning hunters trigger not too light but decent scope w plenty of FOV and eye relief, not too expensive i loan my re my 788 in 243 w a trigger job, 3-4 friends have bagged their 1st deer w it, no regrets
Yesu ai zhongguo
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,115
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,115 |
I agree with 358Dog I have a marlin lever in 35 Remington.......
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,854 Likes: 4
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,854 Likes: 4 |
Loaner, one that can get a mark put on it and I dont care. Or one that was cheap enough that if someone screws it up, I can say "Let me take the scope off and it is yours for $200"
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 549
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 549 |
My Truck Rifle:
Ray
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 29,650 Likes: 5
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 29,650 Likes: 5 |
A loaner rifle is one of known reliability & accuracy, but also sufficient heartiness that it can be banged around a little.
For me they've often been rifles I've yet to "bond" with, but which I know I likely will some day.
Of my 3 favorite rifles two were bloodied by newer hunters before I ever collected a head of game with them.
I live in a crappy Yankee state where one cannot have a truck gun so I am not qualified to speak on that topic. If I did have one it'd likely be my win 94 in 30-30.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 15,565
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 15,565 |
Out of the guns I actually regularly hunt with, I wouldn't have a problem letting a bud borrow any of them. They are only guns.
MOF, I gave my AR-15 to a bud not long ago. He has never owned an AR. But I did let him shoot it before. He managed to take aim at a buck, pull trigger, and hear it go "click".
It helps to be familiar with the user manual first......
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,103
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,103 |
I keep a loaner handy which is a simple Mauser 8x57 with a receiver sight and replacement stock. Good thing, too, because that rifle has garnered more dents and scratches than what's on all of my "good" rifles combined, thanks to my ham handed buddies who have borrowed it. No sweat, as that is why it's there.
The concept of a "truck gun" is ludicrous around here. It would be a sure way for John Law to throw you in Stoney Lonesome for quite a spell. Besides, I can't think of a single occasion when I would have needed a rifle at hand while driving around.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,836 Likes: 8
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,836 Likes: 8 |
Don't know anyone I trust enough to loan a gun to, except my sons, who are going to end up with my guns anyway.
No truck, no barn, and few places around here you can carry a long gun "just in case" without trouble.
What fresh Hell is this?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 6,839
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 6,839 |
My loaner/truck gun (truck guns are fine in TX ) is an RAR in 243.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,972
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,972 |
I only have a few rifles so,my "loaner" rifle is whatever I'm not holding that day. My "truck" rifle the last few years has been my only synthetic stocked rifle (30-06).
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,836 Likes: 8
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 28,836 Likes: 8 |
And in the Peoples Republic of Maryland, a loaded magazine in the same "space" as a gun is the same as a loaded gun.
What fresh Hell is this?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 19,250 Likes: 4
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 19,250 Likes: 4 |
A truck gun and a loaner are one and the same to me. Something that shoots good but is cheap enough that it ain't gonna hurt too much if it gets beat up or stolen.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 19,250 Likes: 4
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 19,250 Likes: 4 |
My loaner/truck gun (truck guns are fine in TX ) is an RAR in 243. Truck guns are fine in rural upstate NY too, so long as they're not loaded and don't fall under the SAFE act definition of "assault rifle".
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 96,121 Likes: 1
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 96,121 Likes: 1 |
All my pards own rifles so there is no need to have a 'loaner'. I don't have friends that don't own rifles.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,532
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,532 |
I don't keep a specific 'loaner' rifle around. The last time I needed one for this purpose I went a different route. I talked a casual hunter friend who didn't own a centerfire rifle into accompanying me on a western hunt. He was a shotgun and bowhunter and his family budget didn't allow the purchase of a bunch of new equipment for a hunt he may not repeat for many years. I picked a rifle that was lower in recoil but very consistently accurate and reliable. The last thing I wanted was for him to go to the time and effort of this trip and then not have a great chance of success when it came time to pull the trigger. It wasn't a beater by any means, in fact it was one of the newer rifles in my safe at that time. I asked him to be careful about dropping it but not to worry about babying it. If it came home with a few honest scratches that was just fine.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 930
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 930 |
The above post is the reason for two different types of loaner rifles. There is the kind that works pretty well but nothing special and the other type not so well on all counts... Truck gun, AR or an AK is usually aboard.
|
|
|
|
455 members (219 Wasp, 22kHornet, 06hunter59, 1Longbow, 16penny, 16gage, 51 invisible),
2,554
guests, and
1,260
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,625
Posts18,492,831
Members73,977
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|