Traveling advice

[ishootp8ntatu]

Im going to be going down to florida for christmas vacation. I live in NY and I wanted to bring my gun down there for alittle playing time. So I was wondering how do you pack all your stuff so that nothing happens to it?

[TopCourage]

are u flying or not is going to be a deciding factor about how u pack your stuff....if you are driving down, just pack it into your normal gear bag and just back alot of soft things around the important stuff..

[ishootp8ntatu]

im flying

[vinrock]

Disassemble it (marker/barrel/air) and pack it in your luggage; bringing it with your carry-on would be a huge mistake.

I'd also suggest you notify the airline about it to be safe. Chances are you'll make it fine w/o notifying them, but is that a risk you want to take? When flying with actual firearms they must be declared prior to check-in or you're in for some heavy §§§§ if you get cought - i'm sure they'll treat a paintball gun the same way if they came across it in your luggage.

As far as packaging; #1 rule - dont have it in 'empty' air. Make sure everything is snug and cannot be crushed or bang around in transit; I'm talkin' SOLID.

[TopCourage]

also..make sure your air tank is empty

[vinrock]

oh yeah... that could cause some bigtime probs too, bringing a pressurized cylinder on the airplane.

[5150]

B o o o o M . . . Your tank would explode.
That would be so horrible.

[TopCourage]

hey 5150, its not necessarily that the tank would go "boom" but u arent just breaking airline laws...but that is a Department of Transportation violation.....

[wadd]

I would consider blowing up an airplane and killing hundreds of innocent people to be a bigger mistake than breaking DOT regulations. That's the real reason you don't take a pressurized cylinder on an Airplane. External pressure decreasing has the same effect as internal pressure increasing. So, if the pressure decreases by 50%, that's the same as the internal pressure increrasing by 200%. So, your 3000psi tank is now carrying 6000 psi. Atleast, that's what the tank would think. And way up there, the pressure is significantly less.

[TopCourage]

thats not exactely what i was saying though...of course there is that risk of the tank exploding....but the DOT made that a law so that scenario does not occur...