Unloaded, locked in a pelican case, inside checked bag. Ammo has to be in factory boxes. It is illegal for them to visibly differentiate the bag from any normal checked bag (i.e. special handling tag), however they damn sure track the scanned tag closer, and get very snippy when your bag gets delayed and they cant give you an eta, and you explain that your next phone call will be to the FBI to report a stolen firearm moving across state lines.
Not worth traveling by air with firearms because of the hassle of the rules, crooks that will steal your firearm and awful transport laws in many major cities. In NJ, for example, their laws about transporting firearms are so bad you can get jailed just driving through the state.
NJ state troopers were pulling over cars with out of state plates trying to find firearms
Not as carry on. You can fly them in luggage.
This, there multiple TSA guidelines for bringing a weapon with you.
TSA has the overall rules
But each airline has its own rules as well
Unloaded, locked in a pelican case, inside checked bag. Ammo has to be in factory boxes. It is illegal for them to visibly differentiate the bag from any normal checked bag (i.e. special handling tag), however they damn sure track the scanned tag closer, and get very snippy when your bag gets delayed and they cant give you an eta, and you explain that your next phone call will be to the FBI to report a stolen firearm moving across state lines.
When on a national guard competitive shooting team, our entire teams firearms got "lost" while traveling to the nationals in Arkansas.
Our Colonel told the airline that he would report to the ATF, State AG, and local law enforcement if they weren't found ASAP.
We had them (8 M16A2's and 1 M240 MG) 6 hours later.
Not worth traveling by air with firearms because of the hassle of the rules, crooks that will steal your firearm and awful transport laws in many major cities. In NJ, for example, their laws about transporting firearms are so bad you can get jailed just driving through the state. NJ state troopers were pulling over cars with out of state plates trying to find firearms
Not unless you're a fire marshall or wanna meet him.