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GunNut
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Boyt Hard Travel Case H20 - You get what you pay for?

I'm a bit annoyed because earlier this month when I was packing for my training trip I realized that my Pelicans are bit BIG for a single pistol and ammo which is all I was bringing on this trip. BUT my only hard case for pistols was just a LITTLE smaller that what I'm comfortable with as far as checking in as luggage. Probably would have been fine, but I'm not taking chances so off to the local store(s) I go and no one had a good sized Pelican for me to buy so I ended up buying the hardiest Boyt I could find.
At $119 this was not "cheap" but it does come with lifetime warrantee right?
Ok first round trip on Delta and this happens...



I've never had any issue like this with Pelican. Anyway I emailed the info and pictures to the folks at Boyt and we'll see if they take care of this. I don't think this is a critical failure by any means but Lord, ONE TRIP!!! Doesn't instill confidence...
At $119 this was not "cheap" but it does come with lifetime warrantee right?
Ok first round trip on Delta and this happens...



I've never had any issue like this with Pelican. Anyway I emailed the info and pictures to the folks at Boyt and we'll see if they take care of this. I don't think this is a critical failure by any means but Lord, ONE TRIP!!! Doesn't instill confidence...
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ESPECIALLY if they think something breakable is in the luggage
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
This one is overkill for only one handgun but I can pack it up with clothes and such too and actually use it as my check-in luggage easily enough.
Just got an email from the CS Manager they are shipping me a BRAND NEW case and a label so I can ship back the defective one. Damn!
I am impressed. Not really sure of the design still. Those little wings look like an invitation to breaking off. I don't believe my Pelicans have them. Aren't the wheels replaceable on the Pelican?
We have one of those harbor freight boxes. But, it never gets abused, the wife keeps her camera and lenses in it
If you have a baggage handler looking to steal a firearm, the small Pelican type cases are a big billboard that says to them "Gun inside". I fly in and out of Orlando International all the time, with one or two Pelican cases that have tools and test instruments inside. Even though one of the Pelican cases is not large, I always have to claim it at the oversize baggage area and show my ID. When I asked why, the airline representative told me that they assume there is a firearm inside. I had to chuckle because when they told me that I had already claimed my suitcase off the belt and that is where my firearm was, not in the Pelican cases. Yes, my suitcase is hard sided and has a TSA lock. By Federal law, the travel safe has a non-TSA lock. Under normal times I fly on a weekly basis and have not yet had an issue.