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I have flown about 6 or 8 times to the east coast from Houston (IAH & Hobby to Reagan & BWI). My first piece of advice is to PRINT a copy of the airline's policy with regards to traveling with firearms. On more than one occasion the person at the check-in desk had no idea what to do with a gun that was to be checked. The first time was pretty scary, but they eventually, they did find someone who was familiar with the policies. The second time, I had that copy of their own policies from the web and that seemed to clear up a lot of confusion. Also, ask the representative if your container can be placed in the baggage office rather than being put on the carousel.

I've had responses ranging from "wow that's scary...I'll bet you could spray this whole place with that thing!" to "cool...how do you like it? I've been wanting to get one of those for years now."

The scariest part of all though is when your plane arrives and you race down to the baggage claim and you see your container going round and round on the conveyor belt. You know how nobody every checks the labels anymore like they used to?

As far as cases go, I have used pelican, lockable plastic doskill cases, as well as the long aluminum cases that you can get from Academy.

My scariest trip was to Reagan (DC) with my Colt Hbar in the aluminum case and then traveling through the city via the metro (subway). I'm sure I would've been on all news channels if I got caught that night.

-Rug