There were footprints over both rifle cases, mine was dented considerably and my Leupold 4.5x14x50 Lr was f****d, Air France were shown the damage on both airline approved cases at disembarking, they were several other people also complaining of damaged/missing items at LHR and dismissed it completely. My friend gave up after 3 months I carried on as there was a Lack of care on thier handlers with my luggage and sucessfully gained compensation after 7 months of being fobbed off, ignored, and having phones put done. Wasn't the damage that really peed me off, as that was obviously done by thier employees, it was the complete lack of customer relationship or concern on thier part on thier part. I'll spend my money elsewhere, Virgen and SAA appear to want you to travel with them, Air france merely transport you and poorly. deerwarden