Back when I was an active shooting coach, I was at a seminar at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, and they demostrated that a hard case wasn't adequate. This was years ago, before the Pelican and other high tech polymer cases came about. Your standard Gun Guard hard plastic case could be run over by a truck, destroying the gun inside and then bouncing back to shape as if nothing had ever happened to it. We were advised to always open the case in the shipper's (airline, etc.) presence They recommended aluminum cases in those days because if you ran over the aluminum case it stayed all crushed. It seems like you can't protect stocks enough these days!
