Let’s talk gun cases

[Ucsdryder]

What is everyone using for airline travel, specifically Alaska? Skb golf club case, harbor freight Apache case, pelican 1750? Who’s removing the foam and using just clothes? Any tips or tricks?

 

[Dawg In Montana]

I use Pelicans with custom cut foam and put what other shooting accessories I can in there. Binos, spotter, or whatever needs protecting and is valuable enough to where I feel better if it is locked up.

 

[finner]

What is everyone using for airline travel, specifically Alaska? Skb golf club case, harbor freight Apache case, pelican 1750? Who’s removing the foam and using just clothes? Any tips or tricks?

Pelican with optics, ammo, and tripod jammed in. After the beating it took coming through Seattle this August, I'm glad I left the foam in and sprung for the higher end case

 

[gentleman4561]

Pelican 1750 with my rifle in an Armageddon Gear soft case. I then pack clothes and such around the rifle case to hold it all tight.

I used to go the cut foam route, but that was a pain for changing guns.

Then I just did softer foam sandwiching the gun and realized that would allow the gun to slide.

Soft case in the hard case has worked great for me.

 

[WCB]

Boyt H51 Double case...add a piece of foam under the supplied (harder foam) to tighten it up. Never had the guns slide in it. I will throw my range finder and extra pair of binos in the case also. I use the same case for my archery equipment except I "custom" carved out my bow in the foam. Sorry no way I am using just my clothes. I normally don't bring enough that it would secure the firearms and if one or the other doesn't show up I only have one problem to solve.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Pelican

I did the cut foam for the big trip I did, but I can’t remember why I did do a soft case and clothes etc inside, i think weight.

 

[cumminsbassguy]

Cabelas double gun case. Basically a pelican, rough cut the middle foam to the two guns, cut the lid foam fron 2" to 1" stuff the excess with clothes.. have been using it for 11 years meow

 

[HuntHarder]

Rifle lives in a soft case and I put the soft case inside a Pelican Hard case. Typically on any fly out trips or boat rides, your gun needs to be removed from the hard case and to protect it, I bring a soft case. I usually stuff any additional larger clothes in there as well to ensure my rifle has maximum padding.

 

[bojangles808]

harbor freight apache for me with rifle inside a soft case surrounded by clothes so it doesnt move around. case alone is 22 lbs though. so plus a 10 lb rifle you only really have 15 lbs to play with so youll likely need to check another bag.

 

[Ucsdryder]

harbor freight apache for me with rifle inside a soft case surrounded by clothes so it doesnt move around. case alone is 22 lbs though. so plus a 10 lb rifle you only really have 15 lbs to play with so youll likely need to check another bag.

Pelican 1750 looks like it weighs 25 pounds with foam.

With a 50 pound max, that’s my concern. 25 plus 10 pounds, plus ammo and clothes is about all you’re getting.

 

[Ucsdryder]

Surprised nobody is using a golf bag hard case, I saw a lot of people talking about using them to throw people off the gun trail…

 

[crich]

Surprised nobody is using a golf bag hard case, I saw a lot of people talking about using them to throw people off the gun trail…

Not a bad idea and probably lighter.

 

[bojangles808]

Pelican 1750 looks like it weighs 25 pounds with foam.

With a 50 pound max, that’s my concern. 25 plus 10 pounds, plus ammo and clothes is about all you’re getting.

when ive go for southern whitetails ive flown with american and had the aa credit card which gave me free checked bags (i think it was 2). southwest also has free checked bags. then id bring a cooler backpack as a carryon and freeze the meat and bring the meat home as a carryon. I think i brought a duffle bag too and threw a backpack with clothes in it/rubber boots /and other crap on. the backpack was my daypack on the hunt. week long back trip would be trickier) you have to get creative. optics always keep in your carry on.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I used to use a Plano tactical case (similar to a pelican) with the foam completely removed, I’d use clothes and other gear to pack my rifle, optics, ammo, trekking poles etc.

Now I have a larger pelican case which I use in a similar way but I havnt torn the foam out of it.

 

[Marty]

I’ve got a pelican 1750 for airline travel or when weight/space allows. Inside I’ll normally just pack clothes and gear.

As an alternate, I’ve to this soft case made that fits inside of the 1750 from American Steppe Gear (https://americansteppegear.com/super-cub-rifle-bag/).

 

[Marty]

I’ve got a pelican 1750 for airline travel or when weight/space allows. Inside I’ll normally just pack clothes and gear.

As an alternate, I’ve to this soft case made that fits inside of the 1750 from American Steppe Gear (https://americansteppegear.com/super-cub-rifle-bag/).

 

[kharb22]

This is my setup for NRL hunter. The DAKA from Magpul makes it pretty modular.

 

[justinspicher]

I’ll use a pelican for my travels with a rifle, regardless of how I’m traveling.

I do not have any foam in my case, I’ll put my foam mat for sleeping in the bottom and pack the rifle case with everything except what I’m carrying on the plane. I’ll even take my pack apart and put it in the rifle case along with all my camp gear. In my carryon lll have all my clothing and optics.

I tend to travel as light as possible, keeping to a 50lb limit as that’s what most bush planes seem to limit hunters to.

My packing list has been whittled down over the years, making my traveling much more streamlined.

 

[Nicaburns]

Most of the time, I use an SKB GOLF case with boots and clothes to stabilize the soft case. If traveling with a buddy or one of my sons, we share the pelican vault v800 with the magpul daka system.

 

[Cmb213]

Boyt H51 double case, custom cut the foam. Flown a bunch of times with it and zero issues.