Well as you all know I got my bow and everything in. Well to ship it to Afghanistan, I wanted to make sure that it was in a case because you never know what GI Joe will do to your box. Anyways it was shipped via the Plano AW Bone Collector Case (Amazon $89) and with a box wrapped around it. Pretty good idea as the case did not come scratched up. My first complaint was going to be the pillar locks (black with red things pictured), whenever I opened the latch it would latch down at the bottom and that was really frustrating. I came in today and realized, wow, if I flip the case over, it won't latch on and have me pull open the latch twice. Its something that is hard to describe, but easy to do, other than that for the latches, my only complaint would be that it is plastic. A good kick to the locks, or the correct angle of fall would have that broken in no time. There are places to put in padlocks if you so desire as you can see in the picture near the handle, and the last 2 latches on the case on either side, does come with keys to lock. However, like I said, it can easily be broken. Next thing would be that my DNA does not fit well into the case. My DNA had to be shifted up to accomdate for the blue pillars sticking up in the middle of the case. My biggest gripe with that was that now my stabilizer could no longer fit. It was mostly the way the strings in the DNA were set up that did not allow the bow to fit in perfectly, I do know that my friend bought a 2007 Hoyt Matrix? Vector? and it fit perfectly. Another gripe would be that the quiver attachment, something which Plano provides to mount your quiver to the case does not come with this case. It has to be bought separately. So what I did was I just mounted the regular arrow mounts, and then stuck one bar from the tight spot quiver into it, and used the velcro strap(provided) to latch down the other side. It worked pretty well. Also one has to be careful screwing in the velcro straps to the plastic case, the whole thing is plastic so overtightening it will ruin the threads. These pictures show how the velcro straps down the bow, I don't think there is a need to do the string side strap down as the velcro strap is not only too long, but cinching it down at the limbs seemed like it was enough. Other than that, the plastic seems sturdy, but now I need to find places to put my release and stabilizer.I think I am going to make some kind of paracord pouch to mount to the empty brackets near the arrow tips on the top part of my case. I also found that my stabilizer fits quit nicely underneath the foam padding. I had the choice to get the Double bow SKB case for real cheap on here or from my friend who works for the pro staff but when I saw it in person, it just seemed too big. In hindsight, this thing is quite gianormous, and the SKB only had more depth but more solid metal pieces. My initial thinking was, why would I ever need anything more than one bow? Well now that I got mine in, I want more. It also would have cost 3x as much retail though, my next purchase will be the SKB case along with more bows. But for $89, this should work just fine and with the hours of research I did, the price can't be beat for what you get. I also heard that if the latches break, Plano will send you out free latches. I dont know if any of you can see it in the pictures, but around the edges of this case, they have foam to make it dust proof and water resistant. There were also complaints about it being heavy, I dont know what all the complaining was about. Its just like any other plastic case with a bow inside.
Good review man? Your allowed to have your bow in Afghanistan? If so this next your is going to be sick......
I dont know what is it a good review? And yes we have a archery range here! but only 5 months left, unfortunately its hot here so I dont go out much
You don't go out much? I don't know what unit your even attached to where you would even have time to shoot a bow. Unless your a civilian then good on ya.
There is a better life than what you guys endure in the Marines, its called the Army, Navy, Air Force = ) I don't go out and do crazy things per se. But I was trying to say that in my time off I don't like going out in the blazing hot sun to shoot a bow.
