Recommend a Discrete Long Gun Soft Case

[Deanimator]

(Moved from Handgun Accessories)

Since I'm in a new place with people I don't at all know, I'm discrete about carrying long guns to and from the apartment.

As an interim measure, I've taken to putting the AR or the Ithaca in a soft rifle case and putting that in a large rectangular bow case. This breaks up the outline and pretty much anything could be in the bow case, up to and including a keyboard.

However this is kind of clumsy (the bow case doesn't have a shoulder strap) and the bow case is still camouflaged.

I'm looking for a soft long gun case with a generic rectangular appearance, black without identifiable magazine pouches on the outside. Plain rectangular zipper pouches are fine, just not obvious magazine pouches.

Criteria:

• generic rectangular shape, does not appear to have any specific purpose
• preferably black
• no identifiable external magazine pouches
• purpose built for carrying firearms (ie. secures the firearms from flopping around inside
• preferably has room for two AR/riotgun sized long guns
• has storage for accessories that does not allow them to flop around inside the case (generic outside pouches are acceptable)
  
  I'd prefer that it be a two gun case, hopefully with backpack type carrying straps, or at a minimum a shoulder strap.
  
  I looked at a few on Amazon, but would like some input from somebody who actually owns one.

 

[25-5]

No matter what you do, maybe you can fool five dumb folks. So get a case that's useful.
Of course you can go the route of a cello case.

 

[BigBlue 94]

I was gonna suggest using a snowboard bag until I saw your location.

Maybe a golf bag?

Anything I see that is long and rectangular like that makes me think 'firearm' but that is me.

 

[SharpDog]

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...rete-soft-long-gun-case.878152/#post-11707725

 

[George P]

I'd go with a different case color than black - that tends to scream gun.

 

[Deanimator]

I ordered this one from Amazon:

 

[Deanimator]

I'd go with a different case color than black - that tends to scream gun.

With only a few exceptions, just about EVERY bag I have is black, from generic backpacks, to camera backpacks to laptop bags.

 

[TheWarhammer]

If you really want it to not look like a gun case, I'd suggest modifying your first two criteria:

• generic rectangular shape, does not appear to have any specific purpose - A rectangular case looks like a gun case to anyone who's even a smidgen savvy
• preferably black - Black is the most gun case color you can choose. Brighter colors (red, yellow, some stripes) look more innocent.

This is a bag I bought a few years ago. I can't remember who made it. (They kept the branding so covert that I can't find a brand label, lol!) It has velcro panels inside, so you can position the hold-down straps wherever you need them. It can tote my AK, Shockwave and a full-size handgun, with mags and ammo, all at once.







The only identifying mark is this logo embroidered on the front:


Edit: Here's one that looks very similar: https://botach.com/grey-ghost-gear-apparition-sbr-bag/

 

[TheWarhammer]

Another fairly covert carbine bag here: https://botach.com/lancer-tactical-t2187-mission-delta-tactical-carbine-pack-w-qd-buckle/

And this one: https://www.vanquest.com/rackit-36-gen-2-covert-rifle-pack/
A TFB review of the bag here: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/03/26/vanquest-rackit-36-covert-rifle-bag/

 

[Deanimator]

If you really want it to not look like a gun case, I'd suggest modifying your first two criteria:

• generic rectangular shape, does not appear to have any specific purpose - A rectangular case looks like a gun case to anyone who's even a smidgen savvy

It's not the savvy I'm worried about.

• preferably black - Black is the most gun case color you can choose. Brighter colors (red, yellow, some stripes) look more innocent.

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Just about every bag I own is black, from camera backpacks to laptop bags.
Neither my AR nor my Ithaca 37 would fit in a bag the size you cited.

 

[George P]

It's not the savvy I'm worried about.

Just about every bag I own is black, from camera backpacks to laptop bags.
Neither my AR nor my Ithaca 37 would fit in a bag the size you cited.

Then unsavvy won't be looking or even getting it.............

 

[rabid wombat]

https://www.larue.com/products/larue-covert-rifle-case-mkii/

Looks a lot like a musical instrument case, and it is Larue....

 

[rabid wombat]

Or a different thought

https://www.larue.com/products/larue-m-o-a-b-soft-case/

just go through Larue gun cases...they have several

 

[Zerodefect]

My P90 goes in a tennis racket case just fine.

My AR:

 

[armoredman]

The old UTG one worked great with folding stock rifles for me. Outside is slick, and a space for a business card, for "disguise"

 

[TheWarhammer]

FWIW, I figured out what my red and black bag is. It's the Apparition Pack from Kinetic Development Group. It seems to be out of production by KDG, but the Grey Ghost Gear Apparition SBR Bag appears to be the exact same backpack.

 

[rabid wombat]

The most recent American Rifleman has a paragraph on:

https://www.saviorequipment.com/products/ultimate-guitar-case-single-rifle-case

 

[wiscoaster]

I like the guitar case. That's the only case mentioned here that isn't too obviously a rifle case. Though ... unless you're a big husky guy it's going to be noticeable you're carrying more weight than a typical guitar. An observant person might come to conclusions.

 

[CapnMac]

Modern bass guitar cases are rectangular, rather than "similar contour" shaped. This is anonymous two ways.
Still worth a trip to the local pawn shop, or the guitar store, to see if they have anything going spare for cheap.

 

[Dunross]

A Google image search on "keyboard gig bag" turns up some interesting ideas that would work for this.

https://www.google.com/search?q=key...w&bih=626&biw=1349&client=firefox-b-1-d&hl=en

If you take the AR down into upper and lower halves you could use a smaller case.

 

[Deanimator]

A Google image search on "keyboard gig bag" turns up some interesting ideas that would work for this.

https://www.google.com/search?q=key...w&bih=626&biw=1349&client=firefox-b-1-d&hl=en

If you take the AR down into upper and lower halves you could use a smaller case.

It's also got to fit my 20" Ithaca Model 37DSPS.

I'm waiting for the one I ordered from Amazon to come.

 

[Deanimator]

I just got my case. It fits the AR and the Ithaca very well. I think it's going to work out just fine.

 

[Dunross]

I just got my case. It fits the AR and the Ithaca very well. I think it's going to work out just fine.

What case did you order? I'm looking myself.

I'm not familiar enough with musical instruments to know what all is out there, but some of the larger soft trumpet cases might be made to work as well.

The larger yoga mat bags can also be pressed into service. Just make sure the one being looked at has a large enough internal dimension to hold the gun.

 

[Deanimator]

What case did you order? I'm looking myself.

I bought the one pictured in post #6:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08956YB4L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't think that anything but an actual gun case would have worked anywhere near as well. It secures the guns well inside and has plenty of storage for magazines and accessories that doesn't look like magazine storage.

 

[jmorris]