I flew to Idaho in APril and didn't have any trouble at all. Make sure the ammo is in a seperate check in bag, The action on the rifle is open, and have a lock that they can put on the gun case with out a key, They told me that they understand that there is ammo in one of the bags to go along with the gun. Don't lock your check in baggage cause they will open it when they see the ammo in there, but they will put a tag on it locking the zippers together once they have inspected it. I put my digital and video cameras in my carry on luggage and they just looked at them to make sure that is what they were. I actually had a pretty decent experience with them. If you don't get impatient it will go just fine.