[deadzero]

okay, I've done painted myself into a corner on this one. reciently I bought a Remington R-15 18" barrel collapseable stock. I put a Nikon 3-9x50 prostaff on it with Burris extreme tactical rings (xtra high). well I got the 2 Picatinny rails that mount on the foreend and got a BSA high intensity laser as well as the high intensity tactical light and mounted them on the side rails (90 degrees in relation to the scope).

all was well until I tried to put it into one of my double rifle hard cases. ooops.... I cant close the thing up on any of my 4 hard cases. it's now too wide. I'm at a loss as to what to do unless I stip the tacti-cool stuff off before putting it into a hard case. with the accessories attached it measures 5.75" across.

I've seen several setups on here that have to have run into this problem.

anybody got any suggestions?

[Johnnycat]

Plano makes a case - AirGuide? Anyway, I got one 12 years ago when I bought a Bushmaster A2. It has plenty room for the rifle and some stuff.

[gunadvocate]

I found a wide case at a local gun shop that fits my tactical stuff in it while attached... its actually too big and I use it to hold two rifles when I go shooting... guess I went overboard haha

[SwedeSteve]

Just try taking the flashlight off first.

[ZombieHunter]

Quote:       Originally Posted by deadzero

okay, I've done painted myself into a corner on this one. reciently I bought a Remington R-15 18" barrel collapseable stock. I put a Nikon 3-9x50 prostaff on it with Burris extreme tactical rings (xtra high). well I got the 2 Picatinny rails that mount on the foreend and got a BSA high intensity laser as well as the high intensity tactical light and mounted them on the side rails (90 degrees in relation to the scope). all was well until I tried to put it into one of my double rifle hard cases. ooops.... I cant close the thing up on any of my 4 hard cases. it's now too wide. I'm at a loss as to what to do unless I stip the tacti-cool stuff off before putting it into a hard case. with the accessories attached it measures 5.75" across. I've seen several setups on here that have to have run into this problem. anybody got any suggestions?

It sucks that you've already spent the cash on rails and whatnot, as you probably won't want to purchase another mount...but here's what I did:

Since I have the round free-float and didn't want to spend the cash or lose the comfort by buying a quad-rail, I bought a laser/light combo that mounts directly to the scope tube. The laser and light sit side by side, and fit nicely right around the scope turrets. About 1/8 of the flashlight output is lost on the bell of the scope, but you've still got enough light to see the stuff you want to see. Best of all, with the laser mounted at high noon, the flashlight sits at the 1:30, so it doesn't stick out any further than the turrets.

The only issue I ever had with the case situation was my original rifle case wasn't tall enough...but this was before I ever put the scope riser on. I had to separate my receivers and stagger them so they'd fit in the case. Taller case, problem solved.

[deadzero]

this light and laser setup actually has the scope mount bracket if I wanted to go that route and mont them both over the scope. but then the rifle may end up too tall, but im not sure.

come to think of it, we use to sell those airguide cases. I'm going to have to check into that. something sticks in my mind that I didn't like something about them but can't remember what it was right now.

[jrswanson1]

I have an Allen soft sided case, for 42" guns, that fits my pimped out AR and it has four side pockets for magazines. It will hold my Mini-14 with ATI stock and flashlight, too.

Jim