Well said brother,I would also suggest that the lines running parralle to the barrel with more metal thickness would provide the ridgeidity of the barrel.That's just looking at it from a mechanical stand point.
I been following this thread as i would like to travel with my rifles.My concern is that someone would just snag the case entirely.A rilfe case looks like a rifle case. <dontknow>
Not bad,you could make that back with at least 5 purchases a yr.My rub is they hit me with sales tax 'cause of a brick and mortor store here.I still buy from them. <dontknow>