RE: Toughest Gun Cases
Well, I ended up getting the Storm iM 3300. It is plenty big and seems very strong. It has a slightly different plastic that Pelican, different handles and different latches. IMHO, the Storm latches were better due to the push button release. I tried these at the range one day and they wereeasy. Pelican cases can be tough to open and close. Someone even makes a tool to improve your leverage.
The handles are not rigid on a Storm. This makes them weaker for carrying, due to the hinge pin, but then they areless likely to break the ccase if it is dropped on the handle.
The plastic on the Storm is different and they are very clear about their drop test spec. It seems like a good spec, especially if conducted at a very cold temp. Not sure the temp of the test.
The Storm is a slightly larger volume. I wanted max size.
Extra foam for the Storm is $41 compared to $60 for the Pelican, but the case was more expensive.
IMHO, Starlight, Pelican and Storm all look like top quality plastic cases. SKB also seems good, but the locks in the handles make it hard to use a TSA lock for flying and a real lock when needed.
Also, just my 2 cents. . .A person really needs to customize the foam. I believe this fixes much of the banging around issue that can be a problem with just sticking guns between two pieces of egg crate foam.