Nice setup!
How are the magazines in the lid held in place? Just a strap that goes under the foam?
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How are the magazines in the lid held in place? Just a strap that goes under the foam?
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From Amazon - roll of Velcro-style tape and buckles. Cut the tape to your own desired sizes. https://amzn.eu/d/asfvnpt
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I’ll post some photos of my case tomorrow - similar layout to @Jez_Armstrong’s - I cut a couple of slots through the base of the foam and then thread the strap through so it wraps around the underside of the foam then meets back up top and buckles/velcroes over whatever item it’s securing.
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I’ve got the same case but with the normal foam. Is the pick&pluck foam worth it? At the moment I can chuck everything in without worrying too much but you have to press the lid down quite a bit to close it.
Can you get the pick & plug foam on its own somewhere?
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Not been delivered yet so... dunno.
I think the pluck n pick foam is developed to mould the foam around the pew to hold it securely, sounds like your case is just using compression to hold the items securely and that's why it's tight.
The foam is probably available to buy on it's own, google is your friend. There is another type called shadow foam that you cut the pew's outline into the foam.
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All of the foams do the same basic job of providing padding.
Simple basic foam, uncut will happily compress to hold and protect your equipment. You can put pretty much anything in the case, in any position and unless it’s too thick preventing you from forcing shut and as long as you don’t put in too much equipment in too close then it will hold and protect. The items may slip around a bit bumping into each other depending on how close and how tight the fit is vs how hefty the items are.
You can cut in to standard foam to make pockets to avoid your equipment sliding and to make shutting easier
Standard foam can be cut with a knife with good or bad looking results being dependant on how carefully you cut - or use a laser cut
A single piece/layer of foam can be more difficult to cut neatly into the right depths for various different items
Pick and pluck is typically used in two pieces/layers - one layer as standard foam, and the other piece/layer as a precut grid with small points uncut. You plan your layout then ‘pick and pluck’ ripping out the squares that you want to place your equipment in. This results in a pixelated style, or you can cut some of the grid with a knife (or laser cut - but if you’re laser cutting then you’ve defeated the object of using pick & pluck)
Shadow foam is a brand, which comes in multiple colours, eg standard grey on the top layer and a bright colour in the lower layer(s)*. Therefore when cut to fit your equipment an empty slot is obvious as you can see a coloured ‘shadow’
Shadow foam is inspired by the wall mounted shadow boards traditionally used in workshops, schools and prisons to make it obvious when a tool is missing
* Note that I have referred to ‘pieces’ and ‘layers’. These are not technical terms, but just me referring to how many blocks of foam you put into the case. Normally you could think of it as a top and bottom for the lid and base. But the bottom / base could be two pieces of foam such as with pick & pluck - one whole block approx half the depth of the base of your case and a second on top that you cut/pluck apart to form the gaps that you insert your equipment in
A single piece of ShadowFoam is made of a number of layers. When you cut the shape you then peel out a layer of foam. A thin piece of equipment can be accommodated with one layer peeled out a thicker piece of equipment needs more than one layer peeled out to give greater depth.
Pick & pluck:
https://youtu.be/dSC2vEVfSIQ?si=rHpqQ2eESKVJ0JE1
Shadow foam:
https://youtu.be/GMBziTVpoWE?si=aIH3vxWDz8aV-A2a
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While I was looking they all seemed to me a fairly standad 5" internal depth unless you want to shell out a good bit of cash, only thing that seemed to vary was the length or style.
Thanks, now to find a case that'll fit a 77cm rifle but is 101cm or less in length (the width of my boot). The search begins .....
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large seems to be just under 100cm, I went for the xl so I can comfortably fit 2 pews in it.
BBguns4less seem to have a 'Skirmish Tactical Pro' in large which is allegedly 1m long. I originally thought about Nuprol's large case but it's 1.09m long, 8cm too big.
Of course I could stop being so lazy and collapse my stocks, thus making the medium case an option (tape measure dependent of course) - albeit I might need two.
Of course I could stop being so lazy and collapse my stocks, thus making the medium case an option (tape measure dependent of course) - albeit I might need two.
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Just remember the internal sizes will be different
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I've used one of these for years. It's just foam that compresses rather than jigsaw foam. It's mainly for an HFT rifle to protect the scope from being knocked waaaaay off zero, but I've had a bayonet collection, broadswords etc in it too.
I tell the nosy that it's case for a percussion instrument.
Not as tactical, but at £45/50 about 20 years ago its earned its keep.
https://www.napieruk.com/collections/shotgun-slips-flight-cases/products/aluminium-rifle-shotgun-cases-air-line-approved?variant=15046232113218
I tell the nosy that it's case for a percussion instrument.
Not as tactical, but at £45/50 about 20 years ago its earned its keep.
https://www.napieruk.com/collections/shotgun-slips-flight-cases/products/aluminium-rifle-shotgun-cases-air-line-approved?variant=15046232113218
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Well a massive box was waiting for me when I got in from work today...
I ordered the xl size in the hope that I wouldn't need to remove accessories (I'm lazy), I reckon I'm more likely to take my favourite pews to any game days which basically means a Scar-H or L & an AR15 derivative.
My Mk18 is the longest AR I'm likely to take but I'll be measuring up for the XM177 too before I pick any foam out, all attachments will stay attached & all mags will be in my various sets of webbing so no need to fill gaps in the case (or add extra weight).
While I was waiting on the postie I hollowed out the L85A3 case I had to fit some foam into it, prob a daft idea seeing as the case had formed spaces for an SA80 & seperate accessories but as I said earlier... I'm lazy & didn't want to remove accessories if I could help it. I'll probably buy some wave foam to do it properly but I had tonnes of padding foam in my shed & the wave foam that I do have is far too thick for this case.
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I ordered the xl size in the hope that I wouldn't need to remove accessories (I'm lazy), I reckon I'm more likely to take my favourite pews to any game days which basically means a Scar-H or L & an AR15 derivative.
My Mk18 is the longest AR I'm likely to take but I'll be measuring up for the XM177 too before I pick any foam out, all attachments will stay attached & all mags will be in my various sets of webbing so no need to fill gaps in the case (or add extra weight).
While I was waiting on the postie I hollowed out the L85A3 case I had to fit some foam into it, prob a daft idea seeing as the case had formed spaces for an SA80 & seperate accessories but as I said earlier... I'm lazy & didn't want to remove accessories if I could help it. I'll probably buy some wave foam to do it properly but I had tonnes of padding foam in my shed & the wave foam that I do have is far too thick for this case.
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@Jez_Armstrong how have you secured the ShadowFoam into the case so the entire layer doesn’t just fall out of under the weight of the kit? Nearly finished all my cutting and shaping and thinking about how to fix it in - double sided carpet tape, spray glue, something else…?
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