International Air Travel with Firearms and Ammunition

[JD338]

For those of you who have traveled internationally to hunt, what do you use for a rifle case and ammunition case?
I’ve got a Pelican 1750 rifle case that has some air miles. I actually watched a baggage handler toss it 10-12’ up the conveyor track from the comfort of my window seat. Fortunately no damage was done and a couple days later I shot my WY Antelope at 338 yards. That was my first hunt with Fotis.
What say you?

JD338

 

[jimbires]

I now have an "SKB" rifle case . the case seems to be durable . it's got a few nicks , and gouges , but the rifles have always been fine . for my ammo , I just used my plastic "MTM" ammo box . it needs to be packed separately from the rifle . I put the ammo in another locked checked bag . I pack my knife in with my rifle .

I had a cheaper aluminum gun case that got destroyed in one trip . I thought it would be a suitable gun case , but I was proven wrong . I always pull the bolt out when packing the rifle . if I had the bolt packed on the side of the rifle case, that got torn open , I'd have lost the bolt . when I picked up my luggage at the final airport I was sick , seeing the foam hanging out . thankfully everything was there , and the rifle was ok .


what you have JD , will be great . it will work fine for you .

 

[Firebird24]

I also have a pelican 1750 which is good for a single scoped rifle. I don’t remove bolts or scopes but I do leave a trigger lock in place.

I also have a Boyt case which is alittle wider and handles two scoped rifles. It is a heavier case and the weight with two long guns gets close to the allowed maximum.

I’ve never had a theft or damage and scopes have stayed “on.” Maybe that’s luck but the cut out style of foam seems to work very well on both cases.

 

[Vince]

I I use Pelican single rifle case with the middle section of foam removed and put my rifle in a soft rifle case.

Vince

 

[Blkram]

I have a Pelican case and used it for our New Zealand tip. Worked great. I used a smaller Pelican case for the ammo.
I like that the SKB cases have (or had) a warranty where if your rifle or bow was damaged inside their case during travel, they would replace the weapon. I have their cases for my bows (compound and recurve. (I couldn't source one in time for me NZ trip as I didn't plan ahead far enough at the time, and was able to get the Pelican case locally.)