Airline ammo woes
I was checking into United Airlines yesterday in Detroit. I had 28# of a grand mixture of 10, 12, and 20 ga paper shells that I had collected at the Novi show over the past two years. I had no venison to bring home this year so decided to bring the ammo back. The "lady" behind the counter was taping my cooler up and asked what was in it so I told her just stuff and some ammo... she stood up quickly and asked "how much" to which I said, I don't know. She asked if it was over 11# and I said I hadn't weighed it.... big mistake.... B I G mistake. She made me get it all out of the cooler and weigh then, all proud of herself for doing such a thorough job, made me pare it down to 11#(save for the one box of old 10's under some clothing). Sadly, since there was no option for me, they confiscated and disposed of about 14# of nice old paper ammo. I was ready to bite someone's(guess who's)head off and was livid for the rest of the day. Sure ruined my day. I only lost one gorgeous old box of 10's that I had traded off Destry; the rest was mostly 12 and 20, some of which wouldn't even go off.... but the 10's....what a sad loss. I never should have told her what was in there and learned a valuable lesson, which I'm sure you all can take a guess at. I can't imagine who the pinhead bean counter was that came up with the 11# number. A tragic loss. So... be careful when checking ammo into the airlines. I had 45# when I came south and no one ever asked how much and TSA could care less because it's an airline rule not a TSA rule. They just check for proper packaging, which all mine had. I'm gonna be peeved about this for some time and feel like a criminal for causing the destruction of such valuable history. I think I'm the biggest moron of all in this event and feel like holding a wake...
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