You are doing it in the proper way. I recently brought my XD out to Montana and had no problem going through TSA. Handgun in a locked hard case, ammunition seperate from the weapon in its original box or a box designed for ammunition, declare the weapon and ammunition when checking in your baggage and you will not have any problems.
I stayed with the TSA when they checked my baggage just in case they wanted to have my case opened or had any problems. As a side note, my handgun was loked within the locked case and the TSA agent said only one thing while I was there - "good job on preparing your weapon."
I stayed with the TSA when they checked my baggage just in case they wanted to have my case opened or had any problems. As a side note, my handgun was loked within the locked case and the TSA agent said only one thing while I was there - "good job on preparing your weapon."