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| I wanted to bring my Glock 23 with my when I flew home to New Orleans for Christmas. When I was at the range last Sat, I asked one of the guys in the store if I could fly with a plastic case that was locked. He said no, that it had to be metal. The metal cases were a little pricey for what I wanted to spend at the time so I passed on it. Well for Christmas my dad gave me a hard plastic 4 pistol case. So then I wanted to check and see if they really had to be metal to check in to an airline. According to the TSA website: The firearm must be in a hard-sided container. http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...rial_1666.shtm Then just to confirm, I called TSA and spoke to an agent there that did confirm that my hard plastic case was fine to use. So basically I just wanted to share this info with everyone. If I was misinformed from someone at a gun store, I'm sure other people have been as well. When I do fly next time, I'll have print outs of their website stating the rules as well as the call id the TSA agent gave me before ending the call. amddude mentioned that his friend usually disassembles the gun then puts it in the case just to make the agents feel a bit more at easy. That's not a bad idea either. Anyone else have any tips, questions, or stories, post them here. |
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| plasfic box for plastic gun. Have a good trip |
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| Check the airline's web site you are traveling on also. Their procedures maybe more restrictive than the TSA. |
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| Yea, I started at Southwest first since that's what I fly mostly and was directed from there to the TSA website. |
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| I work for them and they are easy to transport your guns in checked luggage. |
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| I wanted to take my pistol to Las Vegas on our recent trip, but I chickened out. I still wasn't sure about the Clarke county registration and I was afraid we would drive into CA. I am still uneasy about the whole process. I am afraid I'll get to the airport and have done something wrong. Then what?
__________________ David The only person available to protect you 24 hours a day is you. |
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| Quote:
__________________ Victory rewards not the army that fires the most rounds, but who is the more accurate shot. ---Unknown |
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| Those are exactly my feelings. Of course, they would be more willing to throw you in prison for 10 years than explain to you how it was you improperly packaged your (unloaded) paperweight for flight. |
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| Having traveled a number of times, here's how I go at it:
__________________ Orlando, FL Last edited by GHF; 12-29-2007 at 11:56 AM. |
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| Thank you for your time on this. |
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