Is Your Range Bag A Mess???

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Ya know I had this idea (a dumb one based on past experience) when I got my new Dillon range bag last year that I would have a clean, organized range bag...ya know lots of pockets....

Now I am finding empty oddball cases, dirty patches, mags mixed together, dumped my Brownells thin bits on the bottom, ripped targets, the paper off of target pasters a few loose asprin, loose staples...rounds for guns I dont have..

Is it just me being the slob..or is it a time warp and this stuff is appearing out of another dimension??

WildlikesocksinadryerAlaska.
 
My old range bag used to be pretty cluttered, there were more than a few .22lr rounds in every pocket,and lots of inserts from empty boxes of .223. But now I moved to a new bag thats alot nicer that I haven't taken out yet, so it's still pretty clean. Also gotta love the fact that I got it from my school, it's even got the school name and logo on the side.
 
Lets just say there's one pocket in my range bag that I don't go into anymore. I had the bag in the back of my truck, when a full can of coke exploded next to it. Instead of cleaning it up right away, I put the bag in the garage. The pocket I'm referring to has a bunch of loose .22 shells, loose #7 1/2 shot, staples, used ear plugs, pencils, all stuck together in a sticky carmely mess like some kind of freakish snack mix.

The rest of the bag looks about the same, sans the dried soda.
 
I suppose this is the reverse of those situations similiar to the one missing sock. Somehow, you will always lose ONE sock to a pair. Never, never both.

Yes, my range bag is a mess. Cleaning it up is on my TO-DO list that will be rectified uhm, someday. Since I don't want to buy a specialized bag with a billion pockets, I've started using ziplock baggies. Seems to be working thus far. A baggie of earplugs, baggies of various spent brass, etc etc.
 
My Black powder 'possibles bag' is very neat and clean, though I can't seem to stuff everything I could 'possibly' need to shoot my flintlock in it.
 
I have found that FEWER pockets leads to a more organized life. That and i empty my range bag out after every trip. That way i am sure to have what i need without lugging around a bunch of crap that i dont.

Now the trunk of my car on the otherhand...
 
Used my range bag on a trip to FL this spring... went to a range, then the next day used it to carry stuff on a wild boar hunt since all the ammo was in there anyway. Went to get the coolers out of the truck to pack the meat in and I sat the range bag on the ground.

I turned around to see one of the guides' Florida curs lift his leg on the corner of my Smith and Wesson range bag. :cuss:

Field report: that Codura seems to repel a few quick squirts of dog urine pretty well. Seemed to wipe clean with a paper towel, but I still really need to empty the bag and clean it properly. :barf:
 
I finally got into the habit of emptying my range bag after a session at the same time as performing gun cleaning and brass bagging.
 
Yep. Got into the habit of cleaning the range box while cleaning my barrels, all ammo comes out and gets returned to my ammo box, replenish patches, plugs etc so I know its ready for the next trip.
Nothing worse than getting to the range and having to waste time digging around a bunch of crap looking for something. Worse is digging around looking for something that ain't there because "I thought I put it in there"
 
I see we have a conflict here between the "Clean it out when it smells like a trench at Verdun in 1916" crowd and the "My bag is so clean you could perfrom brain surgery in it without infection" crowd...wonder if there is a political correlation?

Dug in my bag last night and found a condom in it......

WildtreauresAlaska
 
i'd have liked to hear that one explained to SWMBO.

:neener:

'really, its for my rifle barrel when its raining out!'
 
Yup. My dad and I's range bag is full of target .22, loose 7 1/2 12 gauge, boxes of empty .410 shells, bottles of Breakfree, staples, assorted tools including a screwdriver and staple gun....the list goes on. All jumbled up in a mess.
 
Oh, yeah, let's see: scribbled my name and address on it, burn marks from rifle fire, table for a .308, 6.5 Swede, .338 WM, spilled 1/4 bottle of Kellube in bag in Tejas, range gravel, river clay, loose .22 rounds, cotton swabs used to lube or clean, and Kotex (unused, just in case any new holes develop at the range) and duct tape (supra). Of course, not really a gear queer, but, hey, it's either stay at the office or play range bag.:D
 
My range bag isnt too bad.

Got speed strips, ear plugs and glasses in right pocket.

Left pocket has gun oil, Rem Oil, 2 boresnakes, multipliers and a small punch.

Top pocket has springs, followers and literature.

Forward pocket has patches, cotton swabs, allen wrenches, borelight, scrub brush and small screwdriver.

Inside aft has ammo and mags.

Inside forward carries pistols in holsters.

Overall its pretty neat if you dont mind the few empty shell casings on the bottom of the pockets.
 
Let's see: oddball reloaded rounds from someone whom I've now forgotten, targets that date back at least five years, short lengths of staples that don't fit the staple gun I use now, bits of paper towelling, a sheet of backing paper for the orange stickies that doesn't have any orange stickies on it, an unopened pack of ear plugs that are hard as a rock by now, a range membership badge dated 1993...

Nope, no condoms, though. :neener:
 
Which one? :D I have four: One general range bag, I keep the earmuffs and spare glasses in that, two sets of binos, 8x and 16x, and my Kel-Tec 9mm SUB2000 when I'm shooting at home, (I put it in a case to be legal when I go somwhere with it.) Also in there are targets (Velocitor .22 Targets that came with a box of .22's my 10 year old had to have, and the standard Sodam Insane and Osama Bin Shot targets), stapler, and staples.
Then there is the *ommph* ammo bag. Odds n' ends I bring to the range when I go, so if someone offers their gun to shoot, (I always do), I have ammo so I don't burn theirs. (Currently, a box of .223, a box of .45LC, 100rds. of 7.62x39. Extra shotgun shells that don't fit in the ammo boxes, (one or two Value Paks, and a 20rd. box of Mini-Shells, two boxes of .410, and five boxes of .410 slugs), four bricks of .22 in the side pockets, and two web belts and a holster.
Then there is my Mosin bag. This is a smaller, map case size bag where I keep my two ammo pouches, the other eight stripper clips full, a belt 20 rd. ammo carrier, and five or six full boxes of 7.62x54R.
And finally my blackpodwer bag, which holds everything for all my blackpowders. (Two Hawkens and two cap-ball revolvers). It is an Army pilot's helmet bag, and is also my 'gun show bag' Inside it is my 'possibles bag', which is a two-quart canteen holder with the strap on it. It hold my 'Essentials' , pick, capper, quick loaders for hunting, and caps and patches. I try to keep them clean; matter of fact, I went through them last night, and my wife commented, "Man, you have an arsenal in there!" Good thing she didn't see the ammo cans and crates!:evil:
I don't need any condoms for my range bags; I had a vasectomy!:p
 
Yep mine is a mess .Whats weird is i have found loaded rounds from calibers i dont own have never owned and no one i know owns.

I try to clean it once a month think i need to move to one of them suit cases with wheels on it for my shooting bag
 
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