Major Bonkers
AH enthusiast
Hello everyone - I am hoping that someone might be able to help with this inquiry.
Ideally what I would like to do is to fit two dismantled double rifles and one Mannlicher rifle (length: 42"/ 105cm) into one rifle or shotgun flight case, which complies with the checked-in baggage dimensions.
The checked-in baggage requirement is a maximum of 90 x 75 x 43cm (35.5 x 29.5 x 16ins). (This is the Virgin flight from Heathrow to Johannesburg.) By complying with these dimensions, I can avoid the outsize baggage handling costs.
I know exactly what I want in my mind's eye: one case with a flap on either side, in one of which compartments the Mannlicher can be placed diagonally, and the two rifles in the other compartment. This is the ideal, but I am probably stuck with the usual suitcase-type design.
I have had a look at the obvious Pelicase range, but they do not really comply with the baggage dimensions. The specific long rifle cases get me back into the outsize baggage (and, in any case, I already have an aluminium 3-gun case). In fact, almost everything available - so far as I can see - gets me into the outsize baggage: the difficulty is the relatively short allowed length of 35 1/2"/ 90cm.
Any help most gratefully received. No Chinese crap, please. I suspect that what I really want does not exist, and is an opportunity for any enterprising gun case manufacturer.
Ideally what I would like to do is to fit two dismantled double rifles and one Mannlicher rifle (length: 42"/ 105cm) into one rifle or shotgun flight case, which complies with the checked-in baggage dimensions.
The checked-in baggage requirement is a maximum of 90 x 75 x 43cm (35.5 x 29.5 x 16ins). (This is the Virgin flight from Heathrow to Johannesburg.) By complying with these dimensions, I can avoid the outsize baggage handling costs.
I know exactly what I want in my mind's eye: one case with a flap on either side, in one of which compartments the Mannlicher can be placed diagonally, and the two rifles in the other compartment. This is the ideal, but I am probably stuck with the usual suitcase-type design.
I have had a look at the obvious Pelicase range, but they do not really comply with the baggage dimensions. The specific long rifle cases get me back into the outsize baggage (and, in any case, I already have an aluminium 3-gun case). In fact, almost everything available - so far as I can see - gets me into the outsize baggage: the difficulty is the relatively short allowed length of 35 1/2"/ 90cm.
Any help most gratefully received. No Chinese crap, please. I suspect that what I really want does not exist, and is an opportunity for any enterprising gun case manufacturer.