I am not a big fan of the hard cases except for traveling. No extra pockets and it gets in the way of shooting if you need to leave it open. With the tactical bags or sporter bags you can pull the gun out, zip it up and still use the side pockets while the bag it sitting up against something. Take that big hard case to any rifle range that is busy and you will wish you did not have it after the first time you use it. There is a reason the military and 3-gun shooters use soft tactical bags and a bonus is the soft bag can be used as a rest for the gun in a pinch. Can't do that with a hard bag. That is one reason the hard cases are on sale a lot.