Probably half of  my schuetzen rifles wont fit a 50.5" case, and need 52" or longer to work. There's a gal who sells all sorts of soft cases at the CGCA show in Denver each May, and has some really great cases at reasonable prices. I used to haul my own cases in the event I bought guns, but I needed a much longer case for the 34" Hepburn Match B I got at Denver, and I went to see the case lady. She had a very heavily padded case, with side pocket, and sturdy carry handles for $30. 
All my long cases are hard cases, so I buy one or more of her extra large cases each May, even if the gun I buy doesn't require a case that long.

For you cheapskates like me, at the Colorado Collectors Gun Show, upper level, they were selling soft cases for three for twenty some odd dollars.
Long enough for most any rifle and some are large enough for a schuetzen rifle with the scope.
Hope they are there again this year.
Chuck

Track-of-the-Wolf also offers some decent soft cases in lengths up to 54". Cabela's offers longer lengths, as well.

I don't know gents.  I've broken exactly one rifle stock too many while it was being transported in a well padded soft case.  Fortunately, it was an easily replaceable, modern, high volume, factory production stock and the wood wasn't anything I shed tears over losing.  But, if it can happen to a one piece stock that easily, it will take a lot less force to break a two piece stock mounted between tangs, as many of these rifles are.  Not to mention, the potential for breaking a tang.  All of my two piece stocked rifles get moved around in well padded hard cases only.  The more modern one piece stocked rifles also get stuffed into hard cases as space and cases are available and packing is done with far more care than before.  Modern metal, plastic, and fiberglass stocks will take a lot more abuse than wood of any kind before giving up, so they get padded soft cases if need be.  Fancy wood gets packed like eggs in a really rugged case.

My .02,

Hayface 

My Kalispel aluminum cases are big, heavy, and not very easy to get in and out of my pickup's rear seat. But, I know my rifles are well protected in them so I don't mind the weightlifting before and after the match.

Why take chances?

JerryH

Air Canada broke a Plano case in half plus broke the stock off the RPA rifle at the Toronto airport.

Nothing is safe unless you do the transportation yourself.

JerryH wrote on Mar 14^th, 2018 at 3:59pm:


I agree Jerry. I have one and there's not a case made better than my Kalispel! I only have one complaint, and maybe you've found a fix for it? My Kalispel has the edges rolled in towards the gun, and I always worry the gun could slide down inside the case and contact the sharp aluminum rolled edge. I put some extra heavy black foam along the edge to hopefully avoid that, but have not figured a permanent fix. Maybe it wont happen and I'm just overly concerned? But I wish they'd turned the edge one more time to leave a rounded edge, and not the sharp edge towards the gun.