Range Bags - What do you use and what do you keep in it?

[W Turner]

When I am just going to an IDPA match or similar, I use a small tool bag that came from an inexpensive household tool kit a friend bought for us a few years ago. It is the perfect size for 2-3boxes of ammo, pistol + holster, and ears inside. The outside has two pouch pockets on each end and pockets sewn into the sides that the perfect size for magazines. Usually ends up loaded with the above mentioned items inside and spare mags, bug spray (a necessity at my range), notebook and pen on the outside.

When I am taking everything with me, I use a Gall's LE duty-type bag in addition to a seperate ammo box, a metal pistol box that can hold almost all of my pistols, plus rugs and cases for long guns and my Ruger 22/45.
The duty bag has targets, stapler and staples, big can of bug spray, pasters, binoculars, screwdriver set, punch set, plus whatever else I look at as I'm leaving and think "Hey, I might need that." The range is an hour away, so if I forget it, it stays forgotten.


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[Stevie-Ray]

An old gym-type bag that came from Bo-Rics. Hey, what the hell, it was free! It's got zippered pockets on each end, plain pockets on the mid-sides, and beaucoup room inside for ammo, muffs, glasses, gunrest, tools, spare mags, cleaning equipment, yellow dots, etc. I've had it for 20 years or so. But I have been eyeing the leather ones at the gun shows. Not bad prices, but not free like the last one.

Guns go with me seperately in locking cases.

 

[landon74]

My wife gave me one dillon's range bags for christmas a couple of years ago. I've got all the goodies I can fit in it, Staple gun, extra staples, ear plugs, shooting glasses, cleaning rod, thumb saver/mag loader, set of screwdrivers, some CLP, targets, whatever ammo I'll be using for the day, after you jam all that stuff in it, my spotting scope fits nicely on top.