Sorry if this is the wrong place for this question!
Long story short, I retired from the Navy in San Diego area and have stayed here because my wife has family here. Her parents are both gone now and my dad in Kansas is getting up in years and I need to be there. So we’re moving to Kansas, and I’m purging our house of 24+ years together of STUFF and doing some repairs to sell the house. We’re keeping my tools, guns, ammo, stockpile of lead, wife’s jewelry, the clothes we actually wear, photo albums…
I really have two questions: (1) I’m looking for a solution for packing rifles and shotguns to move them. I have cases for many of them, but I want to pack them so they don't LOOK LIKE I'm moving a bunch of guns while loading and unloading, and probably storing them somewhere until we find a house to buy back home and can move in.
I have a few hard cases, but those are pretty obvious what they are and what’s in them.
I’ve been looking at plastic tubs like Sterilite, Rubbermaid and Plano from Walmart, Target and Big Lots, but none of them are long enough. We have a lot of them from wife’s years of teaching, moving stuff back and forth between our garage and her classroom each year, and we have a lot that wife’s mom used to move her stuff to a smaller place after my FIL passed away. I’m packing stuff that we’re keeping in those to move to Kansas, instead of boxes that could have disgusting bugs in them.
The attached photo shows one case I found that I can't identify, but I'm thinking maybe it's something a traveling band would use to move instruments. It's basically a plastic box with a lid that fits on like a shoebox lid, swing handle in the middle like a suitcase, and one on each end, three straps to secure it, and wheels at one end. It's about 51" inside length. I got this one for $20 at a thrift store, but I can’t identify it to try to find more of them. I can’t find a brand name or any kind of model number on it. There is only an “Inspected by…” piece of paper inside it. This thing would be perfect if I could find more of them.
Does anyone know of something that would work for my purpose, or have any suggestions for what I'm trying to do? I want to put long guns in cases or wrapped in old blankets to protect them inside something like this. I do have most of my long guns in silicone impregnated gun socks in the safe, and I will probably get enough to cover all of them like that for corrosion protection in storage.
(2) I have some powders that I don’t want to move and can’t store anywhere. Does anyone know if I can sell that stuff here, or on Gunbroker, and ship from California?
Is there anyone local here in the SD area who would be interested in buying new and unopened powders? I’ll just buy what I need after we’ve moved and not have to deal with California’s insanity ever again.
Thank you for any help or suggestions