Side-open gun case
View Patent ↗A gun case having a waterproof outer shell and an oil impregnated inside fabric liner, and conjoined sidelong and end access openings that allow the gun case to be quickly turned inside out and hung for cleaning and/or drying. Secure fold-over VELCRO® closure flaps are provided for both openings to solidly retain the gun within the gun case and to prevent accidental opening and release of the gun. Padding is disposed between the patterned outer shell fabric and inner liner to cushion the gun as it is transported, and to maintain the buoyancy of the gun case so that it floats even with a gun contained therein.
1. A gun case for storage of a long gun, comprising:
a fabric enclosure formed by a fabric outer shell sewn to a padded inner liner and reinforced around a peripheral seam, said shell and padded inner liner being folded lengthwise and sewn together at one end to form an elongate enclosure permanently closed along one side and said end, and open along a majority of another side and end and defining conjoined sidelong and end access openings, a first foldover flap movable between an open position and a closed position releasably secured over said end access opening to prevent access to the fabric enclosure, and a second continuous foldover flap movable between an open position and a closed position releasably secured over said sidelong access opening to prevent access to the fabric enclosure, said first and second foldover flaps being movable to the closed position to completely close access to the fabric enclosure and a long gun inserted therein, said first foldover flap being movable to said open position to permit withdrawal of said long gun, and both of said first and second flaps being movable to their respective open positions to fully expose said conjoined sidelong and end access openings they allow the gun case to be quickly turned inside out for cleaning and/or drying.
2. The gun case of claim 1 , wherein said conjoined sidelong and end access openings are selectively closable with fold-over flaps attached by hook and loop fasteners.
3. The gun case of claim 1 , wherein said padded inner liner includes a woven facing that is impregnated with a rust preventative to inhibit corrosion of a gun stored therein.
4. The gun case of claim 1 , further comprising padding disposed between the fabric outer shell and padded inner liner to cushion the gun as it is transported, and to maintain the buoyancy of the gun case so that it floats even with a gun contained therein.