Thread: Rifles as baggage

Originally Posted by Sonicjoe

Back when I used to travel a lot shooting, a simple phone call to the airline before turning up and then going to a check in desk rather than the self check in bits seemed to do the job. Make sure your bolt and ammo is in a checked in bag, and isn't in with the rifle or in your hand luggage (seen a few bolts confiscated). Finding where to pick up the rifle at the other end was always a good laugh...normally an oversize luggage area or similar.
May have changed, but always used to find it quite easy.

Yup, pretty much as I thought, was a bit concerned about doing it last week with all the anti-gun frenzied ranting. Just got a suppressor for my Ruger .223, so keen to try it on a friend's farm down south.