Flying - Checking In Pistol

It's that simple, yes. Just pay attention to local Co laws, including magazine capacities. Even some local municipalities get more strict than the state level.

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Co laws

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This. There has been some recent anti gun legislation in CO so I’d tread carefully

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Going to Colorado in a month and I want to bring by side arm. Is it as simple as the following? Firearms must be unloaded and transported in a locked, hard-sided container in checked baggage. Ammunition must also be properly packaged and declared.

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Yes, but there are some caveats.


I’ve flown numerous times with a firearm and MSY will set you up for failure because some other airports can be more strict.

I’ve learned that you need a lock in each lock hole on your box. Even if it’s a small box, if there are multiple locking points you need multiple locks.

If your box is compromised in anyway, get a new one. A friend of mine learned that when we flew.

Just buy a box of ammo and use that box for the ammo you’re transporting. MSY has let me leave with the ammo in magazines but then I fly home and that airport says no. So now I have a box for my pistol ammo and another box for rifle ammo that I down my magazine into.

You also can’t use the automated bag check systems. Other than that you’re GTG.

So can the empty clip, box of bullets and pistol be in the same hard shell box with all lock holes locked?

Flying with a gun is pretty clean, just be prepared and follow the rules.

Yes, that’s how I fly. Pistol, magazines, bullets in the same box and all locked.