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Some good info here.  Been a LONG time since I traveled with weapons and gear, late 1980's during the Ronald Regan years.  We used Pelican cases, locked of course.  Made a total of 37 trips to various places, most out of Connus.  Only had one incident and that was during a plane switch at Miami International.  We actually saw one of our cases coming up a conveyer belt and a worker trying futilely to get into it.  He was successful but thankfully he only got into one that had our gun belts and some gear and not weapons.  Several of us who saw him from the plane identified him during an investigation but nothing really came out of it because we only saw him trying to get into the case, it disappeared from our view before he actually got it open.

Back then it was pretty easy, we traveled with Official Passports and checked into each Country with the help of Embassy Officials and a representative from the leading Law Enforcement agency from the Country we were entering, bypassing Customs, then bypassing it again on the return trip.

Once in a while we would go to a school/training in Connus and travel with weapons.  I don't remember all the details being 30 years ago but it was pretty easy back then.  We showed up with travel orders and a copy of our itinerary on an official letterhead, declaring the weapons(s) during check-in, showing our paperwork/credentials and breezing right on thru. 

I would imagine things are considerably more restrictive/difficult these days since 9-11 and/or if you are a civilian/non LE traveling with weapons and ammunition........Cliff

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On 12/30/2014 at 11:30 AM, 98Z5V said:

 

Here's a start - dig into the regulations, and print copies of the regulations - don't print a webpage.  Make sense? 

http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/firearms-and-ammunition

 

Another comprehensive article:

http://www.wikihow.com/Travel-on-Airplanes-With-a-Gun

 

 

DO NOT USE the stupid TSA locks!  You cannot - they won't let it on the aircraft with TSA locks on it.

 

Militarily, we always used Pelican cases and Hardigg cases. The two companies have kinda combined now.  It's unpossible to fuk up a Hardigg case. 

Even though the thread is old,this is still very much relative

^^This right there^^^

The ONLY other thing to consider is magazine capacity if you are going to a restricted state.

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not as good as some flying stories I HAVE heard, but this is good info. A little long, but worth it.  My thoughts after watching - would it be good to include a set of open locks along with a giant note to TSA right in visible space when the case is open that instructs them to install the additional locks in the event that they deemed it necessary to cut the other locks off?  Just a thought that might save some of the back and forth. 

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I didn't read the whole (old) thread - but I'll add this... requirements and processes appear to vary by airport and by airline.   The first time I flew with a firearm (other than military flights) a couple of years ago, the handgun in the lock box with the magazines unloaded and the cartridges in a zip-lock bag in the lock box was fine... The next time, on a different airline I almost had to chuck my ammo (or donate it to the local LEO) because the airline required that it be in a "factory ammunition box" inside of the locked case.  My understanding is that this was an airline specific requirement - not a TSA requirement.  The gate agent had apparently been through this before - and the local PD must have seen it happen a bunch of times because after a ton of "this is unofficial - we won't do this again" warnings from the gate agent, she asked me what caliber I was carrying (9mm) then told me to hold on and she went to the PD desk and they produced an empty box for me (sounds like they bring them in and keep a few in their desk for just this situation).  So - if you aren't sure what the protocol is - check with your airline in advance.  

My 2 cents... 

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