whatever you do, get the best gun case you can buy, and i mean the best. Make sure that thing is tuff as nails. They will throw that thing around on purpose. On a flight last year, they tried to break into 3 gun cases just on my flight. You could see where they used a crow bar to try and pry it open on my gun case. It caused a big stir with TSA. United had to buy me a new gun case. United is the worst!