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fishbone

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This style case (holds gun in vertical position) is a good product, but has a short coming. The bottom is narrow which makes tipping a constant problem.
I made a larger base out of Baltic plywood. The case has a dozen screws driven from the inside into the wood. Since there was room, I added a cleaning rod storage tube to one side. The wood blocks have recessed screws driven up from the plywood.
So far, I like it.



 
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I'm not being funny buts ......................what's wrong with the conventional flat hard guncase design?

I have added 3 velcro strips to the side of mine and by using the plastic brackets designed to keeping kitchen unit base boards place and some waste pipe off cuts and a couple of screw on pipe blanking fittings have a cleaning rod holder that can be attached for transport which is easily removed for storage purposes.

Works fine and is a lot less bulky. Which is important for me as I don't have a great deal of spare storage space available. To much space taken up with all the kids stuff and my wife's business.
 
There is nothing wrong with flat cases as can be testified to by the many offered in the market place. This case just appealed to me. I like the vertical gun position. But, it did want to fall over.
Guys with wood shops love to putz with what they think are solutions. This is a product of my putzing.
The base adds 1 1/2" width on each side.
I'll use it till it's a pain in the a$$ then come up with something else. LOL
 
I like what you did to this case to make it more stable. I personally just hate the flat case's, but any of the upright or cradle case's are almost impossible to find that will fit my rifles. I need 53" inside for them to fit. These plastic cradle case's would serve me well that are just to short.

I did finally find a Safari ( thats what they call they upright case) case but hey are pricey and only come as a two gun case. Man you get two long Range rifles at 17 lbs and the case itself at 31lbs and they are a hand full. I modified my case changing it into a single rifle case and that helped.

I really like your idea for this case.

Roland
 
Roland,

A friend modified his with PVC plumbing pipe & fittings so it would accommodate longer barrels.

John
 
fishbone - please post a photo of your rifles in the case, the set up looks really interesting
I find most of the reasonably priced flat cases too "skinny" for my rifles with the bolt installed
and target style scope knobs
 
Somebody wants more pics,.....now I'm all full of myself. LOL
Here ya go Karls42....





Even though the gun is rock stable with the straps, I lay a 1/2" sheet of foam over the scope for peace of mind.

 
There appears to be a huge amount of unutilised space in these safari type cases. Which must add to their bulkiness. One made to accommodate 3 guns must be half a truck bed wide
 
The flat cases are nice but during extreme temperature changes the rifle can sweat and the dense foam in the flat cases holds the water and slows evaporation and I have had severe rust issues when first using them so now am a total convert to the Airguide cases above as there is no foam touching the metal and just the stock. In the south we have severe humidity and condensation problems going from air conditioning into the hot humid air and have seen water drip off rifles in this environment.
Also the Airguides are able to stand up on end fairly well on the butt end and you can pack them in a gun safe better than it looks.
 
Hambone, you're looking at the top. That's filled when closed. LOL
 
fishbone said:
Hambone, you're looking at the top. That's filled when closed. LOL
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Uuuummmm nope! Just checked and my comments were based on what I saw in photo's#2 and #4. Which show the rifle in the main body of the case.

At the end of the day if you're happy with the way it all works that's what really matters.
 
twentytwoguy said:
The flat cases are nice but during extreme temperature changes the rifle can sweat and the dense foam in the flat cases holds the water and slows evaporation and I have had severe rust issues when first using them so now am a total convert to the Airguide cases above as there is no foam touching the metal and just the stock. In the south we have severe humidity and condensation problems going from air conditioning into the hot humid air and have seen water drip off rifles in this environment.
Also the Airguides are able to stand up on end fairly well on the butt end and you can pack them in a gun safe better than it looks.
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I never store my firearms in hard cases. They are always stored in my gun safes that have large silicon gel packs installed in the bottom of the safe along with a V80 evaporation satchet.
 
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