New V100P and V525P Vault Pistol Cases – Rugged, Secure, Affordable

Hard-sided pistol and rifle cases are expensive but can be great investments for hauling your rifles and pistols back and forth to the range, your favorite hunting spot, or anywhere across the globe that your shooting adventures might take you. The Pelican Vault aims to reduce the cost of protecting your firearms during transport with their line of rifle and new pistol cases. The new V100P and V525P Vault pistol cases are two crushproof, dustproof, and adaptable pistol transport solutions that come in at a fraction of the cost of similar offerings.

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[SHOT 2024] Pelican Shows 1595 Air Case

Pelican Products displayed the latest variant of its Air case series at the SHOT Show. The newest addition, the 1595 Air, is an intermediate solution designed to fit between the smaller 1535 Air carry-on-sized case and the larger 1615 case.

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Case Foam is Dead – Outfitting Your Hard Case with a Soft Case

Case foam for your rifle case?  Yeah, it’s dead.  After spending hundreds of dollars on countless hours cutting and rearranging case foam I finally found an answer to this problem.  Rather than set up a case for foam, I set up my Pelican case for a second soft one inside.  Sort of like Russian nesting dolls but for gun cases.  Let’s dive into how this works, and how you can make this work for you.

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TFB Review: Pelican 1755 Air Long Case

The Pelican 1755 Air Long Case is the newest addition to Pelican’s Air series lineup. The Air series is designed to be 40% lighter than other polymer cases, while still retaining the durability and dependability that Pelican is known for. With big plans and a very long rifle, I asked Pelican if I could review their new 1755 Air Long Case, and here’s what I found.

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Glow in the dark Flashlight? The Pelican 3310ELS

There was always this joke about the dubious usefulness of a flashlight that glows in the dark. Pelican has created just such a thing. But instead of it Languishing in the bottom of a drawer with dead batteries, and no external light to charge its luminous exterior, the Pelican 3310ELS is an emergency lighting station that mounts to an easy-to-find location on your wall with a clear case so your house lights can shine down on it so it glows when they go out.

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Packing in the Friendly Skies – Basic Training for Flying with Firearms

A hearty welcome to Deviant Ollam, of The CORE Group, as he contributes a 3-part series about “Flying with Firearms”. As a well-known security lecturer, trainer, and gun aficionado, he brings the most complete knowledge dump you will find anywhere on the web of how to take your firearms with you when you fly.  He is a long time reader of TFB and will likely answer questions you may have in the comments.

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