greencobra
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this was mentioned in another thread...not to use a range bag as luggage when flying.
i'm sitting here thinking how lucky i've been that i've traveled extensively with this bag and have never been detained and questioned, especially in the state the world has been in. i think i'll retire the bag as my travelling companion. an interesting note...the last time i travelled i was detained at the airport on my way home for over a 1/2 hr. they had a problem with my right sneaker. they wanded it, x-rayed it, scanned it many times, probably thinking they nabbed a domestic senior citizen terrorist while my trusty bag with spent shells and powder residue was safely loaded onto the plane. time to get a new bag, don't need an anal probe at this time in my life.
this brings up an interesting scenario that i never thought of. i typically use my boyt range bag as luggage when i fly. it fits 2-3 days worth of clothes and i've always used it as carry on or checked when i fly. it's also my current range bag and has been for many years. i remember using it as far back as 1994 so i've had it that long. (and it still looks good, a testament to it's quality) interestingly, i used it in feb 2018 when i last flew. when i got home and opened it, i don't lock it, there was a piece of paper from tsa saying they opened it for inspection. ok i thought, no big deal, right? so i go to unpack it and there's a bunch of spent brass all through out the bag. .22's, 38's, 9 & 10mm, powder residue where a fired gun was put down on the inner liner and bits of burnt flake powder all over the bottom. when i shoot a revolver i just empty the fired cylinder full of brass into the bag and collect it when i'm done. you always see that burnt powder and it tumbles out of the fired brass.In all events, never try to fly with a bag that has served as a range bag. It will have enough contaminents embedded into it to set off sniffers.
i'm sitting here thinking how lucky i've been that i've traveled extensively with this bag and have never been detained and questioned, especially in the state the world has been in. i think i'll retire the bag as my travelling companion. an interesting note...the last time i travelled i was detained at the airport on my way home for over a 1/2 hr. they had a problem with my right sneaker. they wanded it, x-rayed it, scanned it many times, probably thinking they nabbed a domestic senior citizen terrorist while my trusty bag with spent shells and powder residue was safely loaded onto the plane. time to get a new bag, don't need an anal probe at this time in my life.