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I am flying Northwest Airlines and they have a 4 handgun limit and I think it was 2 rifles. I am only carrying 2 handguns (44mag and 454 casull) so the limit does not affect me. They also have a 11 pound ammo limit but that is not an issue since I am only carrying enough for hunting, no plinking on this trip.

Thanks for the replies.

DMG - I agree with your statements. That's how it was when I last flew with firearms. It caught me off guard that NWA actually stated that TSA would probably open the case.
Unless someone has some recent experience different from my last trip I am going to just do what I have done in the past - put my own standard lock on it and I will have the keys in my pocket for inspection during checkin. All my previous experiences with this have been very simple with the firearms not being a big deal.

I have flown before with handguns so I do know the drill. It has been a couple of years since my last flight with firearms so I thought I would refresh my memory by visiting NW airlines web site. I found an interesting statement, quoting from their web site:
"To avoid the breaking of passenger's gun case locks, NWA recommends the use of TSA approved locks. TSA approved locks (Search alert) come with a tool that enables TSA screeners to open the lock without damaging it."
I called a couple of gun stores in the Houston area and no one had ever heard of this lock. Does anyone have any experience with this lock or know of a local Houston source?