Thread: Custom rifle cases/bags

Wondering if anyone has recommendations of places that do custom bags/soft rifle cases? Particularly somewhere around Wellington (it'd be nice to keep it local for getting measured etc). I've got two Baikal takedown rifles, one in .270 and one in .308 that I'd like to have cases made for.

What I'm after is a soft, padded, and slimline, but durable takedown case for each, the idea being that if I'm on a back country fly fishing trip, or a tramp with non-hunting mates, I can have it broken down in my pack with it protected from getting knocked around while not taking up too much pack space. I've had too many trips where I've been toe to toe with easily shootable animals and been armed with nothing but a 9" 6wt.

I've been mulling over concept ideas for a while- I'd been thinking about a similar idea to a chefs knife roll, but padded... I also thought about simply cutting up an old pair of neoprene waders and stitching into sleeves for the different pieces...

I've spent hours trawling google, ebay, aliexpress etc, but it seems there's extremely little out there in the way of soft, compact takedown cases. I'm surprised there aren't many readily available options for this concept... The best option I've found so far is a case made by Skinner Sights in the US (http://www.skinnersights.com/images/Fld_Tkdwn_6.jpg?828 and http://www.skinnersights.com/images/Fld_Tkdwn_5.jpg?16), but with exchange rates, shipping from US etc they don't look like they'd work out that cheap. Plus I'd have no way of checking fit, and both rifles are quite different (the .270 has a 20" barrel and comes in about 90cm overall, while the .308 has a 14" barrel and is basically bang on minimum legal length), and their website doesn't look like it's been updated in years. I'll probably flick them an email anyway.

I'm not expecting bargain prices for what I want, and would love to support local business right now, so would love recommendations of places that might do this kind of job. Have attached photos of the rifles in question.


Cheers in advance.