What is the best way to hand over a firearm, especially a pistol.

I've always been told to hand it over as pic related.Today, though, while handing back my friends new Bulgarian Arcus 98DA after trying it out, he flipped out. He said I was going to shoot myself doing that. Was I wrong, is it not the same as handing over a knife?


I loved that pistol, very accurate from what little I've handled it, and dat grip. Could anyone who's owned one for a while tell me how it's held up?