Bent gun barrel from airline travel...

[Elk2008]

That is hard to believe!

 

[GotDraw?]

I worked at a UPS hub at night unloading semi's into the hub's huge conveyor system when I was in college. Shit happens when you're under time pressure to get thousands of boxes, etc unloaded and moved in a rush. I saw my fair share of it.

Probably not intentional. Most likely, it fell partly or fully out of whatever transfer cart it was on and the truck pulling the train of carts either hit a doorway with the barrel end of the case and the body of the rifle was trapped between bags so there was sufficient torque to bend the barrel or it simply got run over.

A hunter's precious rifle is just one of ten thousand bags (that day) to the handlers.

I doubt anyone would risk their job just to so blatantly destroy a rifle. Getting caught pulling that BS has some repercussions.

JL

 

[DudeBro]

Just wondering how generous/stingy the airlines will try to be with replacement cost.

According to this, max liability is $3500 per passenger. That's assuming they accept liability. Airlines are far more difficult to work with for domestic flights than international flights (including domestic segments of int'l travel). At one point, I remember domestic airlines capping liability at $600 per checked bag. I suspect that has changed.

On the other hand, a good homeowners/renters insurance rider will cover this kind of stuff and more. I've got a rider through USAA for "valuable property" with all my firearms and optics listed. It covers theft and any kind of damage you can imagine (including, for example, me dropping a rifle off a cliff and smashing the scope).

 

[Broomd]

Intentional damage....

 

[ozyclint]

it'll shoot a little high. dial accordingly.

 

[Rob5589]

Can probably be straightened with a vise and long pipe.

Likely run over some how. If it was intentional it would take far less effort to damage the scope than to bend a barrel.

 

[hodgeman]

That's freakish. Airlines are notoriously hard to deal with for damage claims.

I'm also anxious to hear about the case.

 

[gearguywb]

Crazy! Cant wait to hear what case that was in, and see pics of the case!

 

[Wrench]

If I arrived at my destination and saw that, I'd shoot 50 pictures and head to the store for a hacksaw, file and whiskey. The barrel is done, but you can cut it back and rock on.

 

[def90]

If I arrived at my destination and saw that, I'd shoot 50 pictures and head to the store for a hacksaw, file and whiskey. The barrel is done, but you can cut it back and rock on.

Yeah, the one in the pic looks like you would be cutting back past 16 inches though which would open up an even bigger can of worms.

 

[Rock-o]

6.5 Leenmoor.

That's horrible.

 

[Wapiti1]

To answer the question, you usually have to declare the damage in 24 hrs in person at the airport and fill out a form.

They will, if they agree it was their fault, give you up to some value for it. I think it is max $3500 for Delta, not sure about other airlines.

Jeremy

 

[rayporter]

i once had a barrel arrive sticking out of an SKB and i seen a pelican or a pelican copy the same way, it was in the trash can at the supershoot and my bud fished it out. it had a whole corner busted off. he rebuilt it with jb weld.

never under estimate the enemy.

 

[cbat]

I was sitting on a plane one time looking out the window. Watched them off load luggage on the next plane over. Luggage train took off and a duffel bag slipped off when he was turning. The train behind him didnt see it and ran over the bag.

 

[hutty]

really want to know what case it was in? I've traveled a fair amount with a rifle and can't imagine what case that was in to allow that to happen.

 

[FLAK]

Def. got ran over by something heavy.
Unreal.

 

[wind gypsy]

Thinking about some of my cases.. I’m not sure even some of the more rigid ones would hold up well to being run over.

 

[MThuntr]

Looks like they tried to airdrop at 30K feet!

 

[hikenhunt]

I don't know a ton about travel gun cases, but for the amount of force it would take to bend the barrel like that, would any case hold up?

 

[boom]

that wouldnt happen in my rifle case..unless a luggage buggie ran it over i suppose.

no way it was intentional (okay, i suppose it could be, but i highly doubt it) ..you all are all looking for a the boogie man. i had a rifle snapped in half in shipping. it was going up the conveyor belt, when somehow it got turned sideways.. it got held up in an opening, and the next package came into it like a battering ram. T-boned my rifle, and snapped the wood stock in half. the shipper fessed up and told me exactly how it happened.

those conveyor belts have to move TONS of luggage. they have a lot of horsepower. the longer the conveyor belt, the more horsepower. damn..that SUCKS THO. i hope they were coming back from a hunt, and not headed in. sucks worse one way. but sucks nevertheless.