a good hard case like you got should be fine......my friend had a winchester model 70 featherweight laying behing his seat on a pile of clothes in a soft case...he forgot it was like that and slid in my gun in a hard case and when he got to the range his scope was bent...the bell bent way down...he was ruff putting my gun back there thats what he gets....it was a good scope too....i think a big simmons atech..i do believe they sent him a new one even if it was his fault.....he still didnt learn his lesson