Was just curious where guys that travel to competitions and have to fly carry their shooting bags? In your luggage, rifle case or carry-on?
PRS Talk Flying With Shooting Bags
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A lot of good info out there - Long Range with the Lily's did a good video on traveling with a rifle last year on YouTube.
Short answer, keep it in your carry on so that TSA can pull it out and ask you what the heck you have a sandbag for. No matter where you put it, in checked baggage, or your carry on, they WILL take it out and inspect the black hole that blocks all their xray devices to make sure you're not smuggling something taboo onto the plane.
Short answer, keep it in your carry on so that TSA can pull it out and ask you what the heck you have a sandbag for. No matter where you put it, in checked baggage, or your carry on, they WILL take it out and inspect the black hole that blocks all their xray devices to make sure you're not smuggling something taboo onto the plane.
I carried mine in a carry on and it worked fine. They did take it out and look at it to confirm it wasn’t something scary, but they were more concerned about my wheeler fat wrench and associated bits.
Yea I’m going to try and get my rifle (in a soft case), tripod, ammunition and a few other things in my Pelican 1750. Then I will carry the rest in my backpack that I will carry-on to the plane. Will be flying from NC to TX for the PRS Rimfire Finale in December.
I will keep that in mind! Luckily my .22 has a Razor Gen II on it so if TSA destroys that thing then they have done something. I might take my ATACR or ZCO as a backup but will put it in my carry on with my Leica 3200’s if I do.
Then just carry the scope in your carry on and pop it back on when you get there if you plan to do it with a spare. I am sure you will get to rezero down there. Ammo has a weight limit too so watch that. You shouldn;t go over it with .22 ammo though.
Thanks for starting this thread. I had the same questions and am headed to the same destination. See you there!
No problem! My case arrangement is going to change because I ordered a DI Precision Vudoo barreled action to drop in on of my stocks. It’s going to be much longer than my Tikka so I will definitely be rearranging. Just wish I could find some Midas + for it!
I’m the odd one out, i check my shooting bag. I don’t know how many flights I’ve made but it’s a lot and I haven’t had a problem… yet.
That’s true, last thing you want is checking the gun box AND and an overweight bag.
Have any of you guys flown with a Two Vets QDT tripod? It's listed as being 39" when fully collapsed. Its too long to fit in my suitcase and too beefy to go in the rifle case. It's way longer than the normal carry on size restrictions.
same, I check it if I can. just have to budget weight well
carry on my scope and bino's, everything else goes into my checked bags
I've flown with a TVC-22i in a large duffle, no issues, just watch your overall size
if you can get it into your hard rifle case and make weight, that would be better
Hey Ricks I would try taking off the scope. That's what @NiteQwill does and he can fit the RRS version of that tripod in the rifle case with a bunch of other stuff.
Good luck in Texas!
Yup, take scope off and put tripod next to rifle. Fits in a Pelican or Nanuk rifle case with room to spare.
@ricksmunn I'll take a picture in a bit since I'm packing or TX too!
