Which bag?

[dustin]

Sort of a stupid question. Im about to travel with my guns and I was wondering what the best type of bag was. I was looking at either the picasso or the omer bag. I havent seen either of them in person so I dont know if the padding (if they even have any) is better in one or the other.

I was thinking about sleeving the guns in pvc inside the bag and maybe trying to shove some more of my gear in there.


What do you guys use?

Thanks
Dustin

 

[Amphibious]

I use a fishing rod tube and take the trigger/handle assembly off and put in in my duffle. make sure you use something rigid - baggage handlers are not the gentlest folk.

Willer

 

[rigdvr]

Lots of people use ski cases....they are rigid, plenty of room for 2 large guns and draw less attention at airports Right now however they are searching everything so unlock it before they get it so they dont break anything:head

 

[andrsn]

I use a heavy padded snowboard bag and just put my shafts in rigid pvc tubes. The bag is big enough that you can pack your clothes/wetsuit in w/ your guns and everything's golden. I think the less you advertise that your contents are fragile, the better. :t

Cheers,
Anderson

 

[dustin]

The snowboard bag is a pretty good idea. May try that.

Dustin

 

[Hawkeye31]

Packaging

A good friend of mine flew from LAX to Denpasar (Bali) this previous summer (prior to 9/11) for a surf/dive trip. He had his Riffe Island packed in a 3" PVC pipe with a cut out for the handle, and a lot of towels stuffed inside for padding. This tube was placed in a large surfboard-boardbag that had 3 or 4 boards in it. Not only was one board broken, and another had 3 broken fins, but his speargun was broke in half!:waterwork
Ive heard indirectly that he was so bummed about his speargun that he did hot come out of the bunk for several days...
Pack with caution

Adam

 

[dustin]

That seems sorta wierd. You can run over 3" pvc with a truck and its perfectly fine. Was the pvc shattered or somthing?

Dustin