I have a "bait shooter" coming to Zim with me in June. He wants to bring his rifle and I will have two rifles. We are overnighting in JNB, so we will have to clear SAPS. Obviously, SAPS limits you to two rifles.

My question is can we put all three rifles in my case and each of us clear our respective rifles OR do we need to separate the rifles into "owner specific" rifle cases?

We traveled through Jo'berg with three rifles in a single Tuff Pak in April with no issues.

No problem at all.
He just needs his paper work separate
Larry

Glad to hear the responses to Will's question.

I'm in the exact same boat about 21 days after Will goes through JNB.

I've travelled with a shared guncase to save on weight. Obviously my hunting buddy and I were on the same flight! We did JHB-Harare.

I would check with my airlines. I know that Alaska Air has a two-rifle per case limit. This could be a big problem. It was for me one time.

+1 on the above, check the contract of carriage for your airline for baggage restrictions on firearms. Likely no one will care, but it takes just that one to ruin it. Enjoy

If two of the rifles are the same caliber, there will be a problem...I saw SAPS confiscate BOTH rifles a guy was trying to clear that were the same caliber (.270 Win, not "military" caliber)...he wasn't very happy.

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I saw SAPS confiscate BOTH rifles a guy was trying to clear that were the same caliber (.270 Win, not "military" caliber)...he wasn't very happy.

He must not have had any "Tip" money with him!

If you have seperate U.S. Customs forms with seperate names and fill out seperate SAPS forms then they both can be of the same caliber in one case.

Larry

Three rifles in a case.... wouldn't that put you overweight and be subject to a heavy baggage charge? I think its $100.

You might want to check.

17lbs tuffpak holds three in soft cases with weight to spare.