Saturday, April 30, 2011

Aluminum Gun Cases - Protecting Your Expensive Firearm Investment

By Shannon Hilson


Passionate sportsmen and hunters enjoy displaying their weapon collection by have them hung on racks in their homes or vehicles. While there are a lot of advantages to always having your weapons near you, most gun enthusiasts know that the best way to maintain weapons is to keep them well cleaned and stored away in a waterproof gun safe or case. Protecting firearms from harmful external elements ensures minimal damage while preserving their expensive investment.

Safeguarding your weapons from excessive humidity, dust and water will keep them in pristine condition for a longer period of time. Damage caused by water and rust generally requires replacing key components of the weapon to ensure it will function properly. Excessive dust will attach itself to the oils within the working mechanisms and gun barrel causing extensive damage over time. Sometimes, even with repairs or restoration, your weapon can never be brought back to its original condition.

Storing your weapons in a locked secure rifle or gun case, crafted to create a tight waterproof seal, will keep it out of harm's way. Purchasing a case constructed with two or more key locks and/or three-digit combination locks, will keep unauthorized hands away from your firearms. Longer rifle cases with three or four latches spaced far apart will provide added strength, durability and protection.

Very inexpensive rifle cases are constructed out of plastic. Typically, they do not hold up well with repeated use, heavy traveling or time. Crafted from low quality materials, these cases can dramatically increase the chance of damage to rifles and guns. Placing anything heavy on top of a rifle case fabricated with plastic can potentially bend the barrel of the weapon. Gun cases constructed from metals typically tend to rust, which allows water and humidity to penetrate through the case, causing extensive damage to the weapons inside. Aluminum weapon cases are generally designed using a heavy-duty frame with reinforcing corners and noncorrosive rivets.

High-density interlocking foam material is typically lined on the inside of the aluminum firearm case, as a way to securely hold the gun or rifle firmly in place while it is being moved. Aluminum is one of the most durable but lightweight noncorrosive metals available to manufacturers. Constructed with anti-slip grip heavy-duty handles, these high quality aluminum cases allow easy transportation in all kinds of inclement weather, when taking weapons to the shooting range, or to hunt, out in the field.

For gun enthusiasts who spend serious money on expensive weapons, maintaining and safeguarding their firearms in a well-designed, waterproof lockable aluminum gun case is a perfect way to protect their investment. Because large gun cases typically have enough room to store more than one weapon, the need to buy additional rifle or gun cases for every weapon, is virtually eliminated. Selecting the ideal suited case, should be determined not by price, but how well it protects weapons from external elements, and how high is the quality level of its locking mechanism.




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