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Flying Delta in August to Joberg then on to Harare.Is there a weight limit on the gun case,or is there just a gun limit per case?Looked on Delta web site,but could not find. | ||
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Also check the dimensions of your case (length + depth + width). Delta has a size limit and anything over so many inches is an extra charge. Check their website for details. they may have changes the size since last fall when I went, so I don't want to post any numbers that may not be applicable now. | |||
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Tracker - The dimensions don't apply to rifle cases, golf club cases, etc. just the weight. This is pretty standard procedure for most all the airlines to exempt "sport cases" from the dimension structure. Larry Sellers SCI Life Member
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Matt, the 50 lbs will take you thru to Jo'berg, but intra-Africa restrictions are usually 20 Kilos, which is about 44 lbs. I checked my bags from USA thru to Bulawayo, and didn't have an issue. | |||
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I know of one situation, I was there, where a fella was told his aluminium case was "too big". This was at Dallas Ft. Worth International. He had to go to Bass Pro and buy a different rifle case. Funny thing is, between my wife and I we had 2 full size Tuffpaks, and a take down Tuffpak. His case did not look to big to me???? It was the typical aluminium 2 gun case, not the Safari 3 gun case... DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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Possibly a very good reason to avoid going through Texas on the way to Africa. Amazing that someone in Texas would say anything was too BIG. Isn't big what Texas is all about? Larry Sellers SCI Life Member
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I didn't realize that the gun cases were exempt from their size limit, the one I originally was going to take was too big (4 gun case and it was over their listed dimenstions), so I bought a smaller two gun case for our trip last fall. Oh, well better safe than sorry I guess.
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Is a 1750 Pelican within size standards? Certainly not over 35 pounds with a single rifle. Thanks | |||
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I've used the Pelican 1750 gun case for two trips to Africa and a lot more to Alaska and the lower 48 states and have never had a problem with size or weight- it usually has one rifle plus binos,bipod, knife, etc in it - I can't remember what it weighed but it was not very close to the max | |||
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Thanks guys Just trying to cover all the bases,and hopefully not have any surprises. | |||
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Matt, be prepared just in case (no pun intended). United charged myself and a client $150 each before they accepted our gun cases. Mine was 6 lbs over (56 lbs) and his was 2 lbs over (52 lbs). We had no clue but had been advised we might be charged $50. That charge was only on United Air: Nashville to Dulles. David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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