I recommend using a guitar case

[thegriz]

By chance about a year ago I picked up a rifle from an FFL who also happens to sell guitars. He had no spare cases so he gave me a soft case for a guitar.

Sometimes I like to bring a rifle up to my office downtown to work on it during a lunch break or show it to a friend, etc. Now I carry my rifles in the guitar case and nobody even notices. In the past my rifle case usually got a lot of attention.

Aside from feeling like a mobster, I recommend it for transporting rifles in sensitive areas.

 

[hexidismal]

Ive done this myself. Not so much intentionally though, more as matter of necessity when I've come up a case short in the past.

I wouldn't recommend it though. A guitar case is far too wide, and allows too much movement of a rifle. Certainly no good for any optics mounted to have that much freedom to bob and bang around. Also, that much freedom of motion will eventually start to ruin a finish. A good rifle case needs to hold a rifle securely in one place. If on the other hand you customized the guitar case to be more suited for a rifle, perhaps by adding elastic straps to the inside to keep the rifle secure.. and maybe some little pockets to hold ammo or something to not waste all that extra space .. that would be a different story. I do agree with you that the guitar case is a good method of concealment of rifle. Very few people think "gun" when they see one.

 

[MudPuppy]

Isn't that illegal in some states?

 

[Notch]

I have a padded Tennis raquet case that I sometime transport the AR18 in

 

[Strings]

Heh... I go the opposite way: I use the case from my Storm for my Steinberger...

 

[CypherNinja]

I bet egg crate foam could be added to a guitar case pretty easily, even soft ones.

 

[ptmmatssc]

Although I can't carry "all" my rifles in this , I can at least carry one or two .

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/ptmmatssc/100_0122.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/ptmmatssc/100_0123.jpg

Yup , my KelTec SUB2000 .40 with spare mags and 200 rounds of ranger . Briefcase was actually a perfect fit for the "urban businessman" .

 

[Robert Hairless]

Isn't that illegal in some states?

True. Assault guitars are banned in California, New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, and New York. They're also banned in Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, and other cities. Best not to use anything that even looks like an assault guitar case to carry a firearm.

Mayor Bloomberg was first to oppose them when he heard someone say "That music is smoking." Bloomberg immediately added them to the long list of things that irritated him, right below cigarettes and ordinary people but above trans fat. Bloomberg, Daley, and Menino led the consortium of mayors to declare that "Only the police need guitars with more than ten strings," which makes no sense to me because no police department requires a natural sense of rhythm.

Dianne Feinstein immediately bought one, then decided that they were too dangerous in the hands of ordinary players. John Kerry said he played one in the Vietnam War, which caused problems with John Edwards' wife who said she didn't want anyone who owned one in her neighborhood. John McCain went on the record as being in favor of them as long as they're not played within 90 days of any election in which he's running. Guitar Owners of America criticized Wayne LaPierre strongly but didn't say why. Dozens of guitar owners immediately let their NRA membership lapse and spent the $35 on a big spread at McDonald's. Carolyn McCarthy was found wandering the streets of Washington telling everyone she met that guitar players were pulling their strings. Al Gore said he invented her. Al Sharpton held a rally.

It's very bad out there and it's all the fault of George W. Bush and the Republican Party.

 

[bill larry]

As a musician, I found my bass gig bags invaluable for transporting long guns to and from the car, especially since I live in an apartment...don't want to frighten the neighbors.

Not really a great theft deterrent, though (ohhh...lets go steal that dude's instruments....).

FWIW, I wrap the barrels with a hand towel and they dont move around in the soft cases. Bass cases are much longer than guit box bags, and work well for longer guns...I can get a Turk mauser in my bass case.

 

[rxraptor02]

I never used a guitar case but that is a cool thought.

I have used cardboard boxes and duffle bags to stuff my pistol cases in. When I brought my shotgun from my parents I found a long skinny box to transport that also.

My reason is:

I do not anyone to see what I have. I live next to a liquor store and a apartment complex. The last thing I want is a someone scoping out my place for theft.

 

[Titan6]

Where would I put all the guitars? They won't fit in the gun cases.

Hairless you post some of the funniest stuff.

 

[Starter52]

+1 for RH. Funny Stuff !

 

[Prince Yamato]

I use guitar cases. If they're safe enough for a guitar, they're safe enough for a gun. Tweed cases are nice. I was also looking into getting one of those coffin cases. I figured that it would look extra un-PC.

 

[alucard0822]

My favorite pistol case is actually a microphone case made by coffin case, only costs around $40, has 3 latch/locks, and even a cutout for cords, but seems like it was made for a pair or double stack mags. it will hold 3 small pistols, 2 full size, or 1 10" revolver/scoped pistol

 

[TallPine]

Robert, you forgot to mention Michael Moore

 

[cbsbyte]

Actually I believe this would be a legal way to carry/store a firearm in Massachusetts, where it is mandatory to have firearms locked up when not under direct control, except it would have to have a lock.

 

[Red State]

illegal in some states?

I think MudPuppy is right. Some states (maybe ca?) have laws about concealing/disguising guns to make them look like something else. Not sure how that would apply to this.

 

[preWWWIIbuff]

golf any one

golf bag

 

[xds&gsps]

golf bag

Funny story (sorry to hijack the thread a bit) my cousin was going to ask his future father-in-law for his daughter's hand in marriage & they went golfing. (His father-in-law knew about his plans already & prepared by sticking his shotgun in his bag) when my cousin started talking to him about it he pulled out the shotgun & said something about needing to clean it. LOL It was funny at the time.


Thread back on

You could also use an electric gutar case that is not as deep, might only be able to fit one long gun in it though & a couple handguns. I think the egg carton foam is a god idea too.

 

[AVESguy]

An HD shotgun fits just perfect in a lacrosse bag.

 

[kungfuhippie]

Yes, in California it's a crime. A swat guy I met (not at the gun shop) when undercover on surveillance uses a Yamaha keyboard case with a huge 'Yamaha' decal on it. If I do that I'm breaking the law. Too bad because that'd be a great way for an apartment dweller to go to the range unnoticed.

 

[MudPuppy]

Here we go (since this topic is a rehash from an earlier one here on thr):
Well, here is an example from Arizona:

http://www.packing.org/oldnews/article/?article=10106
(ARS § 13-3102 (F)).”
“A weapon is not concealed, for the purposes of this provision, if the weapon is carried in a belt holster which holster is wholly or partially visible, or carried in a scabbard or case designed for carrying weapons (other than a “fanny pack,” purse, backpack, lunch box, briefcase, or other container that is specially designed to carry a weapon in a concealed manner) which scabbard or case is wholly or partially visible, … or carried in a container that is clearly labeled as containing a weapon.”

America should legalize freedom.

 

[Prince Yamato]

Ooh... I like the coffin case

 

[bg]

Kinda reminds me of the old tommy gun in the violin case..

 

[Blue .45]

Ever see Desperado with Antonio Banderas?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEixBM41fzw&mode=related&search=