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In 1997 on a trip to Ivory Coast, Africa, I had to boxes each weighing just under 100 lbs. One had my guns...a 9mm, a .40, and a 12 ga Mossberg, and a slew of ammo (maybe 20+ lbs of it). A flew Portland to Chicago, where I transferred to Air France. The Air France opened my gun box and found all that ammo. The gate guy called me at the gate and asked "Does all that ammo weigh more than 10 kgs?" I answered, "I don't know how much that stuff weighs". He looked me in the eyes a few seconds and took off. A few minutes later he called for me to board the flight to Paris then Abidjan. When I got to Abidjan, the customs agent picked the box that had not been opened in Chicago and had me open it. There he found all my soft stuff like water filter and cereal boxes. The guns went right through. Thank God for Chicago!