Flying with a Rifle
 

Leaving On Saturday to go on a mule deer hunt in Utah. I have never flown with a firearm before. What do I have to do?

Good question...interested in finding out myself.

Good luck in Utah Seth

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...rial_1666.shtm

Did it before,never again....will ship mine next time. Hope you have a better experience than I did.

Make sure you have a good case, I bought a flight rated gun case last yr and I have a flight rated bow case. They cost some money but mine both guaranty my things are protected or they give replacement of contents. Shipping is the way to go and it will save you the heart ache of lost baggage.

Its just like checking in normal baggage but they want to know immediatly and ammo cant be in same case.

Air Travel
 

It is one big pain in the ***. Make sure you gun case is airline approved, you have a lock and an operational key for the gun case, and you ammo cannot be stored in the gun case. You may want to ship your rifle through a service such as FedEx or UPS.

I have flown many times with no issues checking guns. You need to have a good strudy case. It must be unlocked when you arrive at check in. No ammo in gun case. TSA opens the case and puts a card inside of it showing it was checked. You hand them your lock and they lock it. They then put it on the conveyor with your other checked bags.

And you hope your bags arrive:D