Cowboy Action Shooting Gun Cart

[GunnyUSMC]

About 20 years ago I got into Cowboy Action Shooting. The first problem encountered was not having a way to tote all the things I needed. Then there was the question of where to sit while waiting my turn to shoot. A bunch of shooters had built carts. One or two built wagons. I was driving a Toyota Camry at the time and driving about 40 miles to get to a match. There was no way I was going to get a cart in that car.
I got to thinking, put a pencil to paper and came up with something portable that I could build with things I had around the house. Here is what I came up with.
It would hold three shotguns and three rifles store my gear dub as a seat and still fit in the trunk.


With a few hand tools and a few minutes it could be broke down and put back together.


The main part of the cart had a storage area with a lid and the area for gun butts.


I used foam as divides


The handle has four bolts.



There’s a foot for the front. Two pieces of copper tubing, held on with clamps holster the axle, and carter pins hold the wheels on.

 

[bannockburn]

Gunny

Very ingenious and practical too! So what kind of shootin' irons are you all toting around with that gun cart?

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I would carry two doubles and my Marlin 357 carbine. Someone was always needing a place to set a gun so, the extra spaces came in handy.



I could get a good bit of stuff in the storage area, even my lunch.

 

[J-Bar]

Your shop skills are ‘way better than mine. Your cart should give good service. I suggest getting larger diameter wheels, which will make easier pushing, especially over uneven ground. Lining the barrel cutouts with some leather or other padding will help preserve the bluing.

Well done, and enjoy the madness!!

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Your shop skills are ‘way better than mine. Your cart should give good service. I suggest getting larger diameter wheels, which will make easier pushing, especially over uneven ground. Lining the barrel cutouts with some leather or other padding will help preserve the bluing.

Well done, and enjoy the madness!!

I found that it was easier to pull then to push and worked very well. I just never got around to lining the barrel cutouts.
I stopped shooting matches a few years back so, I haven’t used it for anything but storage lately.

 

[ATLDave]

I think you ought to get some small-diameter wooden-spoked cart wheels for that thing!

 

[GunnyUSMC]

When I built it about 20 years ago, I thought about making some wooden wagon wheels, but decided that it was more work then it was worth. Plus everything had to fit in the trunk of a small car.

 

[Crunchy Frog]

Yup, when I started shooting cowboy 8 years ago almost everyone was using wooden carts. Like you, I needed something that would fit into the trunk of my Camry. I found a used jogging stroller on Craig’s List, stripped it to the frame and made a guncart out of it. Since then stroller carts have become very popular. I found another cart at a yard sale and plan to use it as the basis for a Mark 2 cart. My goal is to make it even more lightweight and easy to set up and take down.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Yup, when I started shooting cowboy 8 years ago almost everyone was using wooden carts. Like you, I needed something that would fit into the trunk of my Camry. I found a used jogging stroller on Craig’s List, stripped it to the frame and made a guncart out of it. Since then stroller carts have become very popular. I found another cart at a yard sale and plan to use it as the basis for a Mark 2 cart. My goal is to make it even more lightweight and easy to set up and take down.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Well that rocks my socks.

Nice work!