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traveling cases
09-06-2007, 08:07 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: LI, New York
Posts: 517
traveling cases
What cases do you use on airplanes. I have the standard plano case. Is that sufficient enough providing I pad the inside enough??
I was interested in SKB and then I read about the Aurora case which are half the price.
Any suggestions?
I was interested in SKB and then I read about the Aurora case which are half the price.
Any suggestions?
09-06-2007, 08:29 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 3,784
RE: traveling cases
I have a Kalispel case that I use for traveling. Very durable but it's on the pricey side. Honestly I probably would have went with a SKB but I got this one as a Christmas gift from my wife last year.
09-06-2007, 08:56 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: traveling cases
Get the most durable case your money can buy because they are barbaric on cases...you never know when the handler is an anti...trust me I've heard horror stories from friends...like footprints on cases, tire marks on tires, cracks, dents etc...they throw them around just like everything else not to mention losing them.
When I flew to KS, I shipped my bow via UPS....it got there before I did and the outfitter shipped it home to me. It was cracked even with UPS....you spend all that money on a bow, protect it.
Tips, never ship or fly anything that looks hunting, no camo etc.....
When I flew to KS, I shipped my bow via UPS....it got there before I did and the outfitter shipped it home to me. It was cracked even with UPS....you spend all that money on a bow, protect it.
Tips, never ship or fly anything that looks hunting, no camo etc.....
09-06-2007, 08:58 PM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 21,043
RE: traveling cases
I'll be purchasing a SKB double case, this Fall/Winter. I've got trips planned to KS next year.....and to WY in '09. I'm sure there'll be something before or after that that will warrant the purchase. I have a lot tied up in my bowhunting equipment.....and I look at it as insurance.
09-06-2007, 09:04 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
RE: traveling cases
Guys looking at SKB........please don't buy the freedom case unless it will only see the inside of your vehicle. We have several that arrived at the shop new last year that were cracked in shipping.........I can't imagine what a good toss by the airline baggage crew would do to one of these. Spend the extra $$$ and get the higher end case from SKB........just an FYI.
09-06-2007, 09:15 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
RE: traveling cases
ORIGINAL: Rick James
Guys looking at SKB........please don't buy the freedom case unless it will only see the inside of your vehicle. We have several that arrived at the shop new last year that were cracked in shipping.........I can't imagine what a good toss by the airline baggage crew would do to one of these. Spend the extra $$$ and get the higher end case from SKB........just an FYI.
Guys looking at SKB........please don't buy the freedom case unless it will only see the inside of your vehicle. We have several that arrived at the shop new last year that were cracked in shipping.........I can't imagine what a good toss by the airline baggage crew would do to one of these. Spend the extra $$$ and get the higher end case from SKB........just an FYI.
A friend took my Dakota 97 in 330 Dakota to Africa with him. Had it in an SKB case with his Styer 30/06. One of the heavy handed baggage handlers apparently toted it up the air traffic control tower and threw for distance. The drop acctually sheered the action screw on the Dakota (which is the weakest part of an otherwise SOLID rifle), and his S&B scope was moved a full 1/2" in its rings on the Styer. Nothing is really airline proof.
Another case worth a look: Pelican.
