[D.carden]

Got my Pelican 1750 w/foam yesterday.....

There's plenty of space to cut-out for rifle/sg/pistol ( I knew that before i ordered)....The case will serve a dual purpose, air travel and "pile-on stuff in the back of a vehicle for road trips with the crew". I removed the foam and inserted all three guns (in they're soft cases) into the Pelican. Everything fit perfect. This got me thinking about the conveniece of having the soft cases avaliable after arriving at the match, while leaving the hard case at the hotel.......
Is the foam a better choice for air travel, or is the soft cases inside (snug fit) do-able..?????

TIA

Dan

[Mickster]

I'm doing this with mine and has worked well with flying and driving.

Cut the foam to fit all 3 guns.
Put the soft cases on top of the 3 guns that are nestled in the foam. I use a drag bag that can hold both long guns and the pistol.
Take the foam out of the lid.
Close the lid.
All guns are in there nice and snug and you have the soft cases as needed at the match.

[BSeevers]

D.carden, on Jul 9 2009, 09:50 AM, said:

Got my Pelican 1750 w/foam yesterday.....

There's plenty of space to cut-out for rifle/sg/pistol ( I knew that before i ordered)....The case will serve a dual purpose, air travel and "pile-on stuff in the back of a vehicle for road trips with the crew". I removed the foam and inserted all three guns (in they're soft cases) into the Pelican. Everything fit perfect. This got me thinking about the conveniece of having the soft cases avaliable after arriving at the match, while leaving the hard case at the hotel.......
Is the foam a better choice for air travel, or is the soft cases inside (snug fit) do-able..?????

TIA

Dan

Well put them in there and throw ot down a set of stairs 10 times. If they don't break then its ok.

Or ask yourself if you feel comfortable doing what I just described.

I have no idea but thats what I think about airlines.

[Jadeslade]

One thing is to make sure that if the case is like dropped off the plane-like from 15 ft, that however you pad it-it isn't next to the end-need at least 2" at each end, it won't move. Also, the price of transporting large cases has gone up. Make sure that you know the total of L+W+D on the case and it fits the airline. You can add 4-500 dollars each way if its oversize. May be better to use smaller case and break the guns down.

[Tyro Shooter]

for years I have put 2inches of foam at each end and travaled with rifle , shotgun & pistol in well padded soft cases in a pelican 1750

The Pros:
if packed correctly they are near impervious to all miss handling by even TSA gorrilas.
Getting to your destination and then unpacking and runnning with soft cases is nice.
some times there is not a lot of flat space at a back table at the range to open up that beast to get everything out.
at the end of the day at the range, once packed up you can stack all of your gear on that case with no worrys

The Cons:
flying with 80-90lbs of guns in one case is a pain. . .not to mention . . as noted in the above post realy frigging expensive

it was fun though to watch the little TSA guy tip over trying to pick it up and put it through the x ray at the airport


as for the road trips with the crew . . . thats how we packed 24 rifles & shotguns for this years Ironman for 8 guys
Hard cases with no foam and soft cases inside worked great.

Just my opinion. . . .