Flying with rifle and ammo

[jlaw]

Can a person stuff a rifle case with clothes, knives, boots and other hunting stuff or am I asking for problems? I'm flying Alaska Airlines out of Minneapolis. First time flying with a firearm.

I've done this every time and have never had an issue.

Have also flown with loaded pmags (in the same case as the rifle) with dust covers on and a piece of tape for good measure and didn't have a problem. As has been pointed out above, there's a lot of variance as far as how strict both the airline and TSA want to be so ymmv.