[mrbieler]

Thanks to MeanGreen for posting his transit chest pictures. It got me off my butt this weekend.

I made the mistake of building this without my wife's help. I am very dyslexic (thankfully Firefox has spell check). Especially with numbers. I can measure three and four times and still get it wrong even though it looks right in my head. She usually proofs my work and I use her to double check things for me, but I choose to build this while she and my son were out playing so I could work all day on it.

All the same, it came out well. The black plastic box has my spare parts and cleaning supplies. It also holds my adapter. I had a 44" OAL and 11" height restriction for shelf space.

I had an abundance of brown paint in the garage so I went cheap and used that. All in all, I am into it for only $69 in wood and parts.

 

[CaptMax]

Looks good mrbieler, I bet the cat helped you though.
CaptMax

 

[MuzzleMonk]

Nice Job!

I'm getting all jealous about the multi caliber adapters. They are very slick and compact making them a good fit in the transit case.

It is nice to see a smaller case well designed for the bipod role.

I lucked out when I built mine and found a bunch of oil-based olive drab paint on sale at Walmart.

 

[mrbieler]

Thanks. Always fun to build stuff on the few chances I get.

The cat was my assistant the whole time over both days. She spent a lot of time in the box too. Confirming interior specs I imagine...

Closest thing I have to adult supervision.

The multi-caliber adapter is neat. I toyed with the idea of the dedicated .308 adapter with the MG3 cans, but liked the built in link catcher of this style better.

I will attach some sort of slot on the inside of the lid to hold paperwork, etc.

Still need to work on a stencil as well.

 

[MuzzleMonk]

The stenciling does give it that "official" look. Right now you've got a stealth case that could pass off as a big toolbox.

I downloaded a font with the flaming bomb and printed it on some heavy stock to make a stencil. It all turned out quite well. Here is a link to a good source for the font file as well as a couple of neat transit case ideas.

http://browningmgs.com/TransitCase.htm

 

[Bullwinkle]

Use some wood filler and fill those screw head holes!!! Sand smooth and paint!

Great job...it'll look even better with that small bit of detail work.

 

[mrbieler]

Yeah, I plan to fill the holes and clean up some things the paint has highlighted.

Damn thing, as simple as it is and with no tripod, weighs 89lbs fully loaded as you see it. I used 1" pine.

 

[mrbieler]

Thanks for the links to the stencil bits.

I may give it British markings to match the box color...

 

[Mouse]

If you want to paint some verbage on there I can cut you 3/4" or 1" tall stencils for a nominal fee.

 

[mrbieler]

Thanks for the offer. My wife is the full on scrap book type. This is right up her alley.

 

[MeanGreen]

Nice transit chest! Glad I could be of inspiration!

 

[DNH]

Very nice job! At that weight, you might want to add some wheels.