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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 41876"><p>Recently I flew from Erie to Pittsburgh, to Atlanta, to Cape Town (South Africa) and onto Port Elizabeth (South Africa) with 2 firearms. </p><p></p><p>In Erie my gun case was unlocked and they "looked" inside the hard case, never removing anything. I signed the card and they inserted it inside the hard case and they then locked it and forwarded it to Atlanta. I was "asked" if the rifles were unloaded. I answered yes. The rifles were never removed from the hard case. I picked up the gun case at baggage claim the same as my suitcase - in Atlanta. </p><p></p><p>We spent the night in Atlanta. </p><p></p><p>The next morning we went to Atlanta airport where my case was opened, I signed the card and it was inserted in the hard case. Again no rifles removed, they simply "asked" if the rifles were unloaded. I locked the hard case and it was tagged to go to Cape Town. I was asked if I had ammo, I said: Yes, the ammo is inside my suitcase. I was never asked to open my suitcase (which was locked). They did inspect the suitcase with their machine but I was never asked to open it. </p><p></p><p>In Cape Town we have to go to a special location to fill out the paperwork for a temporary import permit. The local police filled out the forms and inspected the firearms to be sure our customs forms matched the serial numbers on the firearms. I signed their form and locked the case and it was checked to Port Elizabeth. </p><p></p><p>In Port Elizabeth, again we had to go to a special location to claim our firearms. The case was unlocked and the contents checked so that the serial numbers matched the temporary import permit. I locked the hard case and collected my suitcase and went outside to meet our PH's. </p><p></p><p>Basically the same process on our return flights. I found security to be rather lax in the USA. </p><p></p><p>When we returned to the USA via Atlanta the customs agent had me open my hard case and he then verified the serial numbers against my customs form. I then locked the case and they checked it through to Erie. It was sort of weird in that my hard case was checked through right there but I had to take my suitcase and re-check it through via the ticket counter. </p><p></p><p>I found the entire process to be rather simple. </p><p></p><p>Don <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 41876"] Recently I flew from Erie to Pittsburgh, to Atlanta, to Cape Town (South Africa) and onto Port Elizabeth (South Africa) with 2 firearms. In Erie my gun case was unlocked and they "looked" inside the hard case, never removing anything. I signed the card and they inserted it inside the hard case and they then locked it and forwarded it to Atlanta. I was "asked" if the rifles were unloaded. I answered yes. The rifles were never removed from the hard case. I picked up the gun case at baggage claim the same as my suitcase - in Atlanta. We spent the night in Atlanta. The next morning we went to Atlanta airport where my case was opened, I signed the card and it was inserted in the hard case. Again no rifles removed, they simply "asked" if the rifles were unloaded. I locked the hard case and it was tagged to go to Cape Town. I was asked if I had ammo, I said: Yes, the ammo is inside my suitcase. I was never asked to open my suitcase (which was locked). They did inspect the suitcase with their machine but I was never asked to open it. In Cape Town we have to go to a special location to fill out the paperwork for a temporary import permit. The local police filled out the forms and inspected the firearms to be sure our customs forms matched the serial numbers on the firearms. I signed their form and locked the case and it was checked to Port Elizabeth. In Port Elizabeth, again we had to go to a special location to claim our firearms. The case was unlocked and the contents checked so that the serial numbers matched the temporary import permit. I locked the hard case and collected my suitcase and went outside to meet our PH's. Basically the same process on our return flights. I found security to be rather lax in the USA. When we returned to the USA via Atlanta the customs agent had me open my hard case and he then verified the serial numbers against my customs form. I then locked the case and they checked it through to Erie. It was sort of weird in that my hard case was checked through right there but I had to take my suitcase and re-check it through via the ticket counter. I found the entire process to be rather simple. Don [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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