[CaptMax]

Here are some pictures of the RIA transit case I built. Hope I posted this in the correct forum. The stencils I made for it took the longest amount of time.
CaptMax

 

[toolmanm203]

looks great max! hope mine turn out that nice, were did you get the dimensions from?

 

[CaptMax]

From here......
http://browningmgs.com/TransitCase.htm

Slightly modified them for my needs though. I will try and post more pictures later. I actually built three of them for the triplets.
CaptMax

 

[phillip]

Is that primer or paint? What color? Looks real nice.

 

[Mouse]

The stencils I made for it took the longest amount of time.
CaptMax

Guys just an FYI....

If you need stencils cut let me know. I can cut 3/4" or 1" letters or numbers but no symbols for a small fee.

 

[CaptMax]

Mouse, I sure wish I had known that!!!
CaptMax

 

[CaptMax]

Here is one of the stencils I cut by hand with an X-acto knife! I would have bought from Mouse had I known better. I also did a Buffalo Arms and a Saginaw Steering Gear as well for the other two. Took me longer for the stencils than to build the box. The boxes are nice but damn they are heavy. I see why these are crew served guns. When I can I will post a picture of all three boxes together.
CaptMax

 

[CaptMax]

Another of the inside.

 

[Lucky#13]

Nice work, CaptMax! I thought several times about buying such a box from one of several board members who have offered them. In the end, I decided they were too heavy to carry. Look great for display, though!

 

[slowfire]

looks real good!

just out of curoisty... I saw a very fast clip of a worker putting a 1919, into a just a plain wood box, nothing even close to where it might have compartments, are these a fanciful interpetation of them, with compatments?

 

[kkkriverrats]

Transit chest

Best I can figure out there were no transit chests The factory shipped them in a wooden box, that was discarded when issued to troops. I saw a FA 1919 in a wooden crate purportedly the original shipping container this example came back to the US pre 86 from Argentina or Brazil I forget what the owner stated. Somewhere along the line someone added hinges and a hasp, but it was just a wooden crate painted park bench green looked very rough. There were canvas cases, but no transit chest.

Here in Illinois, I have to transport a firearm in a case, unloaded. So I made a case one thing leads to another now the thing weighs about 60 lbs! what with all the crap in it. Last thing I need is some 25 year old cop to see the 1919 in the back of my Jeep. Probably take a week to 'splain what it was.

 

[phillip]

OooooooooKaaaaaaaaayyyyy then.