Hey guys short story for ya. Just this morning i dropped my brother in law off at the DFW airport becuase he was on his way up north to visit. My brother in law was to fly out on United Airlines. Since he was going to be spending some time in the woods he packed his 500 s&w and some handloads that we had finished last night. Having flown a few times for hunting trips before, I assured him there would be no problems carrying a firearm and some ammo along with him. Shortly after I dropped him off, he called and said that United would not let him carry the ammo on the plane since it was not in its original packaging. I told him I beg to differ being those loads were created on my press last night and were put directly into the plastic ammo case and have never known anyother packaging. Long story short they didnt allow the ammo to board.... Has anyone run into this before- or is this a United thing?
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Sounds new to me. When I went to South Africa I flew Delta to Atlanta and the South African Airways to SA. Never had a problem with the ammo. I had to have it in a box (I use one of those MTM boxes) and stored seperate from the guns.
As long as it was part of the checked baggage rather than carry on there should not have been any trouble.
As long as it was part of the checked baggage rather than carry on there should not have been any trouble.
You cannot bring ammunition on a plane as ....carry on, if this is what he did except LEO meeting certain conditions. It may be carried in check baggage if the airline policy allows it. Not all of them do. Call and ask ahead of time. Best if ammunition is in factory marked boxes for the appropriate caliber. Anything homemade or altered looking can draw attention and the TSA and airline has a right to refuse entry on the plane.
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YoteSmoker
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I have flown with guns and ammo many times within the CONUS. There should not have been a problem with the reloads if they were marked with the correct caliber on the boxes. I did make a dumb mistake once and put a bottle of Sweets in my gun case. It says "Poison" on the bottle and TSA had a fit, then decided to keep it at the airport and I could pick it up when I returned. I learned my lesson and did not ask for it back.
craiger40":2lrmrwyl said:
This is from United Airlines web-site, sounds like they should've allowed it. Whenever I'm traveling with such items I will usually print out that page from there own web-site to take with me in case of problems like this.
Firearms
Federal regulations require that firearms in checked baggage or in their own shipping case be unloaded and declared. Firearms are not allowed in carry-on bags. Firearms in checked baggage must be packed in a locked hard-sided bag or gun case. A maximum of 11 lbs. of small arms ammunition is allowed in checked luggage in the original manufacturer's box or securely packed in a fiber, wood, or metal box to prevent movement of cartridges.
Unless the "plastic" case was the issue. Why it wouldn't meet the requirements of fiber, wood, or metal i'm not sure?
Greg Nolan
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I've run into it a few times also. The airlines claim you can carry ammo in most normal ammo containers such as plastic, cardboard or most standard securing containers. The trouble seems to be the training the check in people got was that only factory ammo in factory boxes was allowed. I have just played on their lack of knowlege when traveling and I pick up some empty factory boxes of similiar size and caliber at the range just for this purpose and load my ammo in them for the flight and put them back in my plastic boxes upon arrival. They have never verified caliber match. They really don't bare malice they are just folowing orders. It would take a great deal of time and trouble to reach someone high enough in the airlines to verify and concede you were right. It isn't worth the hassle and missed flights. :x
Just another beuracratic snafu. :wink:
Good HUnting
Elkhunt :grin:
Just another beuracratic snafu. :wink:
Good HUnting
Elkhunt :grin:
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fredj338":397vctkw said:
Thats a good idea, make your own label for the plastic ammo boxes. 8)
JD338
