Need new rifle bag

[womble]

Nothing fancy.
Ideally fleece or felt lined.
Just which one made in Australia , local manufacturers.

Any links or suggestions and I’ll grab one.

Thankyou kindly

[Shootermick]

Check out Aussie Outback Supplies.
I bought one of their big rectangular bags to easily fit my thermal rifle, it’s pretty bulky, but they have other designs.
Not cheap, but the best bag I have seen.

[Jorlcrin]

Nothing fancy.
Ideally fleece or felt lined.
Just which one made in Australia , local manufacturers.

Any links or suggestions and I’ll grab one.

Thankyou kindly

Cant help you with supplier, but my experience is to avoid Cordura bags, as UV/Summer heat causes them to fall apart.
I have a number of Cordura rifle bags here, that you can rip the tabs/sling points off in a cloud of plastic dust..

Talk to a local saddler, and see if he can make something up using canvas out with padding inside?
Anyone catering for Horthey-Horthey people usually have someone who can stitch up canvas gear.

[GQshayne]

My dad has a Spika one, and we reckon its a beauty. Worth a look to see what the current model range is.

[womble]

Thanks team

Now looking at your suggestions.

Generous size is best I think.

Can always put a short rifle in a long bag but vice versa just dose’nt fit. As a rule.

[womble]

Spika premium is hard to pass up on price, but not locally manufactured.

Aussie outback supplies could really eat a big hole in my wallet. So much great stuff.
But yep that rectangular one is a winner. And in the mail.

Dose’nt look like a rifle bag on the back seat. Happy to pay that for that. And a violin case would cost more again.

Could probably fit two if you wrapped one separately.

Kiss your hard earned money goodbye, because good quality stuff https://aussieoutbacksupplies.com/

[GQshayne]

I reckon that price is ok for a good quality product, that will last a long time. I have a cheaper one that has had very little use, and it falling apart due to age. Cheap is often not the best value.

[No1_49er]

I appreciate that you've said that you'd like a fleece or felt lined, Australian made, "cover", but why a soft / flexible one?
Supercheap sell a line of hard, waterproof, foam lined, cases that are ideal for rifle storage / carriage. After starting with Pelican, and then finding the ToolPro from Supercheap, there's no going back. I've witnessed airline baggage handlers do their best to "take care of them" and they didn't succeed. Good enough for me!
Just another opinion.

[womble]

I appreciate that you've said that you'd like a fleece or felt lined, Australian made, "cover", but why a soft / flexible one?
Supercheap sell a line of hard, waterproof, foam lined, cases that are ideal for rifle storage / carriage. After starting with Pelican, and then finding the ToolPro from Supercheap, there's no going back. I've witnessed airline baggage handlers do their best to "take care of them" and they didn't succeed. Good enough for me!
Just another opinion.

I’ve also got the Toolpro Supercheap hard case and it is excellent. For airline baggage.

But that’s not the need I was trying to fill here.

When I travel by vehicle here I have to leave the firearm in the vehicle. That’s just the law. At a caravan park or a motel or campsite etc.
Or anytime I have to leave the vehicle unattended. Can’t lock the dog in the vehicle either because it will be a crispy fried dog.

And finally I get to my point.
If your car gets broken into and it’s full of gear what will get taken by someone likely on foot who can carry a limited amount.
And the answer is anything in a convenient carry locked hardcase. Because whatever is in that is valuable.
For all appearances it’s a portable safe.

So yep i don’t use them. You have to think like a sneaky thief when you consider your security.

And a soft bag is always easier to make less visible or fit in a less visible space.

There is another advantage of the soft case in particularly dodgy areas. You can feed a cable lock through the action and lock the firearm to the vehicle whist still using the soft case.

There are other steps you can take too. But I can’t really post them on a public forum.

You don’t have to take steps beyond and above the legal requirements. But the hassle of dealing with a stolen firearm is to be avoided.
And anything I can do to ensure a thief learns a hard lesson , well I’m doing it, because I hate thieves and i won’t pass up any opportunity to cause them considerable grief.

[womble]

I reckon that price is ok for a good quality product, that will last a long time. I have a cheaper one that has had very little use, and it falling apart due to age. Cheap is often not the best value.

The Spika stuff is good quality too though. They have a well established brand to protect.
But note they a competitive price range of products and high end products.

[Shootermick]

Good choice Womble.
Get back to us when it arrives, I think you should be pretty happy with it.