Traveling with Firearms

[safari007]

Recently returned from Namibia. Had to wait 4 hours at the Johannesburg South Africa Police Department for my temporary permit. After finally getting into the office, the officer asked me for a donation to the drink fund as he was about to stamp my permit. Well after waiting 4 hours, what's was I going to do? a few bucks or a few more hours. A few bucks won out. It sucks, however. They checked serial numbers and ammo. Then I flew to Upington, SA where my PH took me into Namibia. I was the only person at the border crossing, so that procedure went smoothly. I got the Namibia import permit. They didn't ask for money, but said they would take some meat if we had some extra.
I flew Delta to Atlanta. They checked the serial numbers against the Customs Form 4457. I had my rifles packed in a molded plastic lockable golf club type case. The ammo was in factory cases and packed in my other piece of checked luggage. My checked bag weighed exactly 70 lbs. which is the max weight. The gun case weighed 45 lbs. I packed clothes, etc. around the rifles. Took the detachable scopes and binoculars with me on the plane. I have used this procedure on the last 2 trips to Africa and it works well.