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Tamid this gun and case fascinated me long before I became its keeper. I was so taken with it I decided to make a couple of copies being a practical type of person. At the time I was thinking of manufacturing them for sale. As the case is made of all wood with just a painted finish it was rather a cheap thing to put together. Though looking back it may be a little before its time because gun owners then wanted the traditional expensive canvas or leather rectangular cases with straps. But in todays climate of security it may be a way to go for transporting a gun without bringing attention to ones self. I do know one of the copy cases I made makes regular walking and underground trips across a Major City being ignored by passers by because it gives nothing away other than I contain a violin. I have posted another photograph so you can see its rather slight domed top. I made differing size copies from thin flexible plywood for the sides quarter inch ply for the bottom with a shaped pine laminated top, gluing it all together in one piece then cutting off the top. So very quickly constructed with the handle lock and hinges taking the Lions share of the cost. Though finding the point of balance for the handle is rather problematical because of the shape and a guns weight.
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
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Violins are light weight. Guns can be heavy. I wonder whether the re-purposed violin cases are sturdy enough to work?...Geo
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Geo, they were good enough for Capone's gang to carry Thompson's. With or without shoot music. Gil
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Geo, that Victorian violin case has been married to the gun for a hundred plus years. So I am sure a well made case would out live your good self and all of us to.
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
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. While it's not a toe-under case, I feel I was lucky to stumble across this Connecticut Shotgun Co luggage case in relatively new condition at a CT yard sale 18 mos ago for $20 A month or so ago, I found a gun with barrels slim enough to fit into it. .
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PeterMichael, Ive got a couple of those cases. Wished Id paid $20.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Will someone please explain to me just what these box cases are good for? They look really neat for displaying a fine double, but you can't use them for air travel, everyone laughs at you if you take your gun to a dove shoot in one, no one travels by train anymore(at least not from here), they take up more storage space in the closet, they're ok for a road trip in the car but they advertise EXPENSIVE GUN and again they take up more space than a leg-0-mutton or gun slip.
Fire away...Geo
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I must admit to liking the old Gun in the Fiddle Case idea. But I guess that's 'cause I like to shoot , & I am a semi pro fiddle player ( Irish trad, Folky kinda stuff)....It would be a bugger to bring the wrong case to the Ceilidh ....:) franc
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Geo. I have a SUV and, unless I put the back seat down, I can't get a gun in a soft case in the car. We usually have 3 or sometimes 4 shooters in the car so not alway convenient to drop the rear seat. Next car I buy I will take a gun in a sleeve and base my purchase upon which car has enough room for.long guns.
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