Gun Cases For Dusty Conditions

[Firth]

Curious what everyone likes for gun cases in the dust. Typically, I use soft sided gun cases because they take up a bit less space than hardsided. I have several of the Midway ones and they are generally fine for my uses, however, the dusty conditions just eats up the zippers. Not a problem if I keep them in the cab of my truck, but I hunt out of a Suzuki Samurai quite a bit with the top off (hunting or just bumming around in the hills really) and that gets dusty. The same would apply for guys using UTVs.

I've been tempted to get a waterproof style case, several are mentioned here:

Thread 'Favorite waterproof gun case?'

Feb 29, 2020

Heading up in September for a float bou hunt. What’s your favorite way to keep rifle dry.
More points to you if you’ve got a great one that’s just collecting dust you’d like to let a CO boy borrow/buy.
Thanks

• JonS
• Replies: 23
• Forum: Caribou

But I'm interested to see what everyone else is using.

 

[Firth]

Little bump for more views. I can't be the only one destroying zippers from dust. Aside from gun cases, I've eaten up the zippers in a few packs in the dust.

 

[flyfisher117]

I use a RGD Extreme bow case. Its zipper has held up decently. It did include a little thing of zipper lube.

I got it because my buddy uses both their bow and rifle soft cases and they are always strapped onto his ATV. He rides with one or the other on all year.

 

[DuckDawg22]

Maybe this is oversimplifying things, but could you put the rifle in the case "upside down" and put the bag zipper side down in the Samurai to reduce exposure?

 

[Boarmaster]

I been using a kolpen gun boot for well over 25 years. It always kept mud, dust and water off my rifles.

 

[Johnksully]

I'm a big fan of the SKB hard cases.

 

[Weldor]

Try some Silicone spray on the zippers, it does not collect dust like regular lube. I made a few sleeves out of Visqueen 20 mils. bought a hand sealer on Amazon for a couple of bucks. You can use the 10 or 12" seal a meal bags that come in the rolls and cut what you need and seal one end and slip your soft case into it.

 

[BCsteve]

I been using a kolpen gun boot for well over 25 years. It always kept mud, dust and water off my rifles.

Same, I've had good luck with the Kolpin booth. The latest that I'm using is the Kolpin Stronghold. If you want to stick with a soft case and avoid zippers, I'd look at the waterproof cases with the rolltop closure.

 

[86indy]

If you want to stick to a soft case look into “floating cases” from the waterfowl world. The sleeve styles work great for scatter guns and the zippered style often have waterproof zippers with a shield on them which keeps dirt out. I have seen zippered ones that were rather large and might fit a scope.

Good luck!


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