So I’ve flown with my rifles and all of the gear that I drag along with it for my long range shoots and I've noticed some inconsistencies about what’s allowed/ not allowed, questionable/ non questionable. My first example is my rear bag. It’s a leather rear bag and filled with some sand. It seems that at Tulsa, every time I go through security, they pull my bag over to the side, make me open it, pull it out, then questioned about its purpose; why I have it, why I need it, where I’m going bla bla bla…. I simply tell them it’s a rear bag that is used for shooting targets. With the awkward look, the TSA head honcho usually gets called over to discuss it. I simply tell them it’s just full of sand and they begin wiping it down to do their chemical test. With their obvious reluctance that’s expressed by their facial expressions, they allow it. Now, this same rear bag doesn't even faze other TSA agents at other cities such as Albuquerque, DFW, Houston etc... What gives? Also, there's the issue of my tripod. It's a cheap flimsy one that came with a spotting scope and isn’t adjustable and is basically 3 aluminum spikes that pivot at the triangular mount. I was told that the tripod could be and I quote “disassembled and used as a weapon." Ok, in the farthest stretch of the imagination I could see that, but why hadn't it been an issue on the other flights? Are some agents just not doing their job? And if they're going to stretch their imaginations that far, what about other tripods? What about a spotting scope lenses that could be broken up and used as a weapon? I mean seriously, where does it stop? And has anyone else had issues like this or inconsistencies like I had mentioned? Needless to say, I don’t travel with that tripod however I’m not buying a rear bag every time I travel. My final point is that once again, TSA is going too far and I think it’s getting ridiculous.