denton
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What do you keep in your range bag, so that you always have it available when you're shooting? Spare firearm? Ammo? Extra magazine? Tools?
What's In Your Range Bag?
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The Evangelist Cowboy
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Ammo,mags and moonclips, handguns I brought that day.
chicharrones
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Ammo, magazines or speedloaders, sight adjusting tools, spare earplugs, optics batteries, a small thin rag, and a pair of handguns if it is my handgun bag.
My main eye and ear protection are on the outside of my bag. Anything else is kept in my car.
My main eye and ear protection are on the outside of my bag. Anything else is kept in my car.
k4swb
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Tools of the trade.
Ammo, guns, and magazines are in separate bags grouped as to firearm.
Paper and steel targets stay in my SUV along with other assorted range stuff that I can't leave at the range because the other fools that shoot there are rather destructive.
I am capable of just setting up a range anywhere I am allowed just by the things kept in my SUV.
RA40
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Simple stuff: foamy ear plugs, eye protection, targets, tape, hand wipes, nitrile gloves, the big ear pro muffs and tool kit. Tool kit has screw drivers, hex keys, cleaning brushes for the .22, .38 SPL/.357 and 9mm, oil. Maglula loader and a loader for the .22 mags. I use a Spiderwire small fishing tackle bag.
Bandit67
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All of the above plus a notepad and pen and a small plastic bucket and/or a couple plastic grocery bags for collecting range brass.
cougar1717
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Important things, but also a whole bunch of stuff I seem to never need.....
Obviously something to shoot, ammo, mags if applicable.
Eyes/Ears - I always keep a few pairs of foam plugs JIC a range neighbor forgets. Their hearing loss will not be due to my shooting if I can help it.
Targets or target spots, extra clips for attaching to target frames
Bucket (not in the bag- haha), thin gloves (because picking up brass in the rain is a mess)
Sandbags if bench support is needed
One of those three piece aluminum rods the internet hates. Brushes/jags/etc
A small can of CLP/oil.
Tools for the specific purpose when you're shooting to adjust anything - like a clamp on or adjustable gas block, scope mount, inch-pound adjustment on stock screws, sight pusher, etc.
When I had an Eotech, I always had extra batteries - haha
Lists like this get exhaustive for every thing that a person could need. What's in your bag also depends on the distance between the bench and your car. Nobody wants to carry a ton of extras everywhere. If you shoot enough, you will experience a range trip stopped or cut short because you didn't have something you needed. Those are the things that you put in your range bag and typically only rarely need again, but you still carry them with you JIC - haha.
Obviously something to shoot, ammo, mags if applicable.
Eyes/Ears - I always keep a few pairs of foam plugs JIC a range neighbor forgets. Their hearing loss will not be due to my shooting if I can help it.
Targets or target spots, extra clips for attaching to target frames
Bucket (not in the bag- haha), thin gloves (because picking up brass in the rain is a mess)
Sandbags if bench support is needed
One of those three piece aluminum rods the internet hates. Brushes/jags/etc
A small can of CLP/oil.
Tools for the specific purpose when you're shooting to adjust anything - like a clamp on or adjustable gas block, scope mount, inch-pound adjustment on stock screws, sight pusher, etc.
When I had an Eotech, I always had extra batteries - haha
Lists like this get exhaustive for every thing that a person could need. What's in your bag also depends on the distance between the bench and your car. Nobody wants to carry a ton of extras everywhere. If you shoot enough, you will experience a range trip stopped or cut short because you didn't have something you needed. Those are the things that you put in your range bag and typically only rarely need again, but you still carry them with you JIC - haha.
denton
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I wondered how many have first aid kits. Mine is tiny, and fits in one of those little plastic soap boxes: rubber tourniquet, antibiotic ointment, bee/wasp sting remedy, tweezers, magnifier, two Aleve tablets, couple of bandages.
Deus Machina
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The only stuff that stays in the bag are targets, a set of punches and small hammer, and a screwdriver set; stuff I need to adjust sights or break down a gun to fix a stuck case.
The cleaning kit gets tossed in on the way, and removed after I get home. As does a bottle of Windex to clean any corrosive ammo.
I do try to keep a box of ammo in it in case I forget one, but the parts and magazines and everything go in the separate cases for the guns.
The cleaning kit gets tossed in on the way, and removed after I get home. As does a bottle of Windex to clean any corrosive ammo.
I do try to keep a box of ammo in it in case I forget one, but the parts and magazines and everything go in the separate cases for the guns.
Alte Schule
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I have one bag for shooting at the indoor range and take another, plus the indoor range bag, when I go to the outdoor range.
Indoor range bag has the handguns and the handgun ammo I'm going to shot that day, speed loaders, magazines, tape, targets, Leatherman, small needle nose pliers, extra ear plugs and two bottles of water.
My outdoor range bag contains ammo and shells for my long guns, magazines, hex wrenches, sunscreen, Hoppe's gun lube, bore snake, two bandanna's and alcohol wipes.
Indoor range bag has the handguns and the handgun ammo I'm going to shot that day, speed loaders, magazines, tape, targets, Leatherman, small needle nose pliers, extra ear plugs and two bottles of water.
My outdoor range bag contains ammo and shells for my long guns, magazines, hex wrenches, sunscreen, Hoppe's gun lube, bore snake, two bandanna's and alcohol wipes.
Zaydok Allen
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Crackersammo, targets, ear plugs, allen wrenches, screw driver set, pie pans for picking up my brass and ejecting revolver brass into, Uplula, elctonic muffs, jewlers screw driver set.
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Hokie_PhD
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After a few years of figuring out what I wanted in a range bag my son got me a GPS large range bag. I love it as it has compartments for everything I need/want in my bag.
For starters and most importantly
I have a couple of pairs ear muffs. I also have disposable foam ear plugs for when I want to double up or if someone needs them
I have a couple of pairs of eye protection
After that, I have ammo, a tube for targets, rags, cleaning supplies, spare mags, sharpies in black and silver. I have a notebook and pens, a bag to put used brass in.
A Maglula is also in the bag.
I’m sure there are a bunch of other things but those are what come to mind.
I also just received a Propper.com medium sized bag. I’m not sure how I’m going to setup that bag yet but hearing and eye protection and ammo. I can say the bag is smaller than the GPS and a really good size. Originally I was going to use it as a shotgun bag but I’m now thinking of a bag to grab and go to the range when I’m not shooting pistol, rifle and shotgun on the same trip.
For starters and most importantly
I have a couple of pairs ear muffs. I also have disposable foam ear plugs for when I want to double up or if someone needs them
I have a couple of pairs of eye protection
After that, I have ammo, a tube for targets, rags, cleaning supplies, spare mags, sharpies in black and silver. I have a notebook and pens, a bag to put used brass in.
A Maglula is also in the bag.
I’m sure there are a bunch of other things but those are what come to mind.
I also just received a Propper.com medium sized bag. I’m not sure how I’m going to setup that bag yet but hearing and eye protection and ammo. I can say the bag is smaller than the GPS and a really good size. Originally I was going to use it as a shotgun bag but I’m now thinking of a bag to grab and go to the range when I’m not shooting pistol, rifle and shotgun on the same trip.
doubleh
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Which one?
1911 guy
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Many items get rotated depending what I'm taking to the range that day. But a few items are constants.
Earplugs. The big industrial size package. Because there's always some idiot who brings his kid with no earplugs.
1911 and AR magazines, two each have permanent residence.
Targets and duct tape to hang them.
A bulk pack of .22 and a box of .45 ACP because many times I find kids who are NOT having fun shooting their dad's .500 LoudenBoomer but will sit next to their dad quite happily with a borrowed .22 rifle. And those kids eventually want to shoot a .45.
Small bag of patches and bottle of BreakFree.
Earplugs. The big industrial size package. Because there's always some idiot who brings his kid with no earplugs.
1911 and AR magazines, two each have permanent residence.
Targets and duct tape to hang them.
A bulk pack of .22 and a box of .45 ACP because many times I find kids who are NOT having fun shooting their dad's .500 LoudenBoomer but will sit next to their dad quite happily with a borrowed .22 rifle. And those kids eventually want to shoot a .45.
Small bag of patches and bottle of BreakFree.
Hokie_PhD
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I knew there were other important things I forgot
HD Stapler and staples, duct tape, and other stuff to fasten targets are also in my big bag
Earmuffs, plugs, temp/hum gauge, chrono, extra 9V batteries, brass rod, assorted allen wrenches and tiny screwdrivers for adjusting red dots/handgun sights etc, 4" adjustable wrench, staple gun, staples, gun oil, small nylon "stuff sacks" for brass, extra 2032 batteries.
Heh, good question, I answered for my main (biggest) range bag.
entropy
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Tools, cleaning items (Q-tips and patches, an oil bottle, a 16x monocular (half of a bino the kids wrecked years ago), an 8x bino, odd ammo, bags for picking brass, an Otis kit, several bore snakes, eyes and ears (several sets), a snivel kit, (the real FAK is in the truck) a container with thumbtackets for targets, a couple RH gloves for shooting.
375supermag
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Hi...
My range bag has ammo, targets, marking pen, electronic muffs, shooting gloves, target pins, at least two or three handguns and speed loaders and magazines.
I usually also have a dry box filled with targets, a set of Chapman gunsmithing screw drivers, a pair of 10x50 binoculars, ammo and a hard sided four gun pistol case. I also drag along a Caldwell pistol/ rifle rest and an empty ammo can for empty brass and a couple of rifles in hard sided cases.
If shooting clays birds, a couple of shotguns or more, a battery powered clay bird thrower, a box or two of clay birds and a case or two of shotgun shells.
My range bag has ammo, targets, marking pen, electronic muffs, shooting gloves, target pins, at least two or three handguns and speed loaders and magazines.
I usually also have a dry box filled with targets, a set of Chapman gunsmithing screw drivers, a pair of 10x50 binoculars, ammo and a hard sided four gun pistol case. I also drag along a Caldwell pistol/ rifle rest and an empty ammo can for empty brass and a couple of rifles in hard sided cases.
If shooting clays birds, a couple of shotguns or more, a battery powered clay bird thrower, a box or two of clay birds and a case or two of shotgun shells.
1MoreFord
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As doubleh said. Which one?
I've got more stuff in my range bags than I can remember.
The ole IPSC bag had two pistols and mags for both. Consumable parts, lubes, ammo bag with ammo and cases, a rod to knock out squibs, hand tack/antiperspirant, and no telling what else.
The range toy bag gets different guns, mags, and ammo depending on my whims along with lubes and the like.
I've got more stuff in my range bags than I can remember.
The ole IPSC bag had two pistols and mags for both. Consumable parts, lubes, ammo bag with ammo and cases, a rod to knock out squibs, hand tack/antiperspirant, and no telling what else.
The range toy bag gets different guns, mags, and ammo depending on my whims along with lubes and the like.
MedWheeler
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Ammo. Eyes and ears. Cleaning kit. Leatherman-type multi-tool. Lens cleaner.Maybe some tape.
I should add some medical/trauma stuff (especially considering my profession in EMS.)
I should add some medical/trauma stuff (especially considering my profession in EMS.)
FL-NC
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Its not a bag, its a plastic box about the size of an old army footlocker: 3M spray glue, hammer and roofing nails, staple gun and staples, basic tools, oil, cleaning kit, rods for pistols, .30 and .22 diameter bore rifles, targets: 5X8 cards, 3x5 cards, 1" military pasters black & white, 4" NRA pistol targets, 3" shoot & see targets, 8" paper plates, M4/M16 zero targets, FBI head sniper targets, white spray paint for steel targets, spotting scope, ear plugs, electronic muffs, dedicated tool kit for long range rifles, 2 accuracy 1st bean bags, EMT shears, box cutter, duct tape, whistle, rubber made box of batteries (aimpoint, 123, aa, aaa, 2032) and I'm sure some other things I can't think of right now. I go to the range normally once a week. At some point during the course of 3-4 sessions, I will use everything in that box. In addition, there is a 5 gallon bucket in the jeep for brass, and a large ammo can for the ammo- mags get loaded the night before, I prefer to spend my range time shooting and not loading mags. if i am shooting long range (I usually do at some point) I have my kestrel, PDA, log books in a separate bag. As far as a first aid kit, I keep a combat lifesaver's bag in the jeep 24/7, but I have a military IFAK fully stocked also in the jeep for the range- I figure since it is meant for combat (getting shot or blown up) what better kit to have for an accident at the range.
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