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WTB Foam for rifle cases.

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Looking to buy some foam to replace these...pelican 1720 and plano gun guard....let me know if you have some please and thank you.

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If you can't find any locally, I've ordered from https://www.thefoamfactory.com/

I have several pelican/storm cases of of various sizes and used them for several FA each so I picked up some of their bigger sheets and cut custom foam for each of my applications. I liked the results much better in the end than the die-but foam that came with my Pelican cases.

Pricing is very good and free shipping over$75. Works very well if you are handy.
 
zinkuno said:
Thanks for the heads up Janizary....which foam did you go with and how has it held up?
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2" Solid Charcoal Regular Foam - 80"x72" sheets. Cuts into quite a few sheets for the cases. I've been very pleased with how well it has held up. No issues at all.
 
Janizary said:
If you can't find any locally, I've ordered from https://www.thefoamfactory.com/

I have several pelican/storm cases of of various sizes and used them for several FA each so I picked up some of their bigger sheets and cut custom foam for each of my applications. I liked the results much better in the end than the die-but foam that came with my Pelican cases.

Pricing is very good and free shipping over$75. Works very well if you are handy.
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They have too many choices. Sort of like Taco Bell . . . how many things can you actually make with beans and tortillas? :)

So, which foam did you use?

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Tophog said:
They have too many choices. Sort of like Taco Bell . . . how many things can you actually make with beans and tortillas? :)

So, which foam did you use?

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Janizary said:
2" Solid Charcoal Regular Foam - 80"x72" sheets. Cuts into quite a few sheets for the cases. I've been very pleased with how well it has held up. No issues at all.
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Thanks. Missed that.
 
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Im gonna go ahead and order a sheet myself if anyone else is interested let me know...the have free shipping over 75 dollars one sheet is about 70...and 13 for shipping . Figured id offer if anyone else wanted one id order extra and save on the shipping....let me know gentlemen.
 
For the best cutting, you can use a hot wire cutter (<--best), or a long razor. Since I did not have access to a hot wire setup, I used a thin snap razor cutter with a fair portion of the 'snap blades' extended. Small, thin, and very sharp makes nice smooth cuts removing the jaggedness you'd get from a normal knife, or the multiple scoring marks you'd get from a blade that has to use multiple passes for the cut. That super sharp thin blade also make corner cuts very smooth.

Using your off hand to keep the split foam lined up (and importantly) taut to the cut angle, gives much smoother and linear cuts.

Hot wire cutters give the absolute best results, but I've never had one. Had a buddy that moved that had a flat bed hot wire cutter and that was awesome. There are some companies on Amazon that sell hot wire foam cutting pens. But I've never tried one of those.
 
I used our electric knife that we use for cutting the turkey at Thanksgiving. That sucker is razor sharp. It made for really smooth edges.
 
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