I used to travel with a normal Perazzi ABS case. On an inbound Easyjet flight from Malaga to Stansted my guncase arrived at the oversize luggage section looking like it had been dragged along the tarmac. There was a hole in one corner where the ABS had been worn away and the lock was broken.
I reported the damage and was told sporting equipment is 'limited release' or some such phrase, which means the airline/ handlers aren't responsible it's down to my insurers.
Worse was to come when I went to declare the gun at Customs as I discovered the three week old Essevierre stock had been damaged and was cracked through the grip.
Another trip to report the additional damage found an unsympathetic member of staff with the same fob off story.
Fortunately my insurers, NFU, paid for a return trip for me to Italy to have a replacement stock made by Essevierre again and also a much more substantial gun box from John Heading.
I get back from the UT European Champs in Portugal on 11th June and you can borrow my Heading gun box if that will help.
I also have to say that in over twenty years of travelling abroad by plane using a bog standard Perazzi box this damage is the first I've had, and I've never heard of anybody else having such an incident either.
