i have a fiberglass gun case[ very ridged] and when i leave tomorrow morning at 5 am. for the caribou hunt ,i will not worry that some moron throws it into the planes baggage suit .my fishing rod is also included in my gun case .

Good luck on your hunt!

Are you talking about Pelican Cases or hard cases in general?

We just use soft padded rifle cases for the muzzleloaders.

Yes definately! I once had a Leupold lose zero on me that was in a padded bag riding in the back of the truck just coming home from the range. But I guess that was enough to throw it off.

So now once I have a gun sighted in for hunting season, no matter where it goes, it goes in a hard plastic case. My MLs are all sidelocks and do not use scopes. For those I will use either the padded bag or hard case with the lock facing up.

I use this style of gun case:


It is made by Plano and is very good for the money. It is called the 1301 AIRGLIDE GUN CASE. It is listed here at the Plano website:

http://www.planomolding.com/fall/products.asp

I paid about $30. for mine at Cabalas. Don't know if they still sell them though. What I like about this case is that it lets the gun float in its support form. It will handle guns up to 50' long.

As to storing a gun in a foam case, I don't recommend that. I only use my cases to transport my guns. Any foam or cloth case will soak up and hold moisture and that will rust guns as someone has already stated.

I use both soft and hard cases in WIs we have to have our rifles cased when in a vehicle or we get a 210.00 fine. Do not even lean a gun against a vehicle.

SW Thomas, If you have foam and it get's wet it will rust the gun. Yes we used wd40 and sprayed on the foam. Stunk like h--- but never a rust problem. When I get home from a travel out of that case it comes and I leave the case open and if possible pull the foam out to dry as well.

No case here. Whilst traveling in the truck, the rifles are jammed in between the seats, or in the gun rack.

I may see the casing of guns in vehicles, but what the hell is the idea of not being able to leaning a gun against a vehicle? What do you do when you get out of the vehicle and get ready to go into the woods?

Sometimes these idiot politicians can put really stupid stuff into law.