What's in your range bag

Luckysasha

As the name suggests I'm curious as to what you carry in your range bag. I have seen everything from small tool kits to cleaning kits and 3 or 4 pairs of glasses in the bags of lads at my local range. So is there any " must have " item you can't leave home without

Cass

Jaysus, where to start. I have a box/bag for each firearm so all i have to do is grab a firearm and respective bag and i'm good to go. My normal stuff would include:

• Ammo
• Cleaning products (oils, chemicals, patches, jags, and jars of spare jags, etc)
• Staple gun and staples
• Target patches
• Shoot-N-C patches
• Small Torch (sometimes two)
• Tools (torgue wrench, Allen keys, pliers, screwdriver, ratchet kit, pointed nose pliers, etc)
• Bore guide
• Cloths (lots of cloths)
• Loctite and red loctite
• Spirit levels (plural, as in i have usually two to four)
• String/plum line
• Ear plugs
• Two pairs of safety glasses
• Gloves
• Elbow pads
• Spare gun parts (rails, rings, rail screws, action screws, QD studs, swivel slings, trigger kit, trigger, butt pad, etc)

IRLConor

Luckysasha wrote: »

As the name suggests I'm curious as to what you carry in your range bag. I have seen everything from small tool kits to cleaning kits and 3 or 4 pairs of glasses in the bags of lads at my local range. So is there any " must have " item you can't leave home without

With me when I'm shooting I always have:

• At least one (and usually two) allen keys or screwdrivers for every bolt or screw on the gun.
• A torque wrench.
• Cleaning gear so that the gun can go back in the box clean.
• Spare cold weather gear because ranges are always colder than expected.

alanmc

Luckysasha wrote: »

As the name suggests I'm curious as to what you carry in your range bag. I have seen everything from small tool kits to cleaning kits and 3 or 4 pairs of glasses in the bags of lads at my local range. So is there any " must have " item you can't leave home without

- Ammunition
- Ear defenders
- Torque wrench with hex and torx bits
- Rear bag
- Notebook and pen
- Stapler and box of staples
- Breech flags
- Rifle bolts in bolt carriers
- Moderator

cavan shooter

Not a rifle shooter but for the Craic I just checked. In my bag I've various types of shooting glasses but I wear the same type all the time. Ear plugs x 5 ear muffs X2, choke tubes a choke wrench a baseball cap a half bottle of coke and a Mars bar.

Luckysasha

cavan shooter wrote: »

Not a rifle shooter but for the Craic I just checked. In my bag I've various types of shooting glasses but I wear the same type all the time. Ear plugs x 5 ear muffs X2, choke tubes a choke wrench a baseball cap a half bottle of coke and a Mars bar.

All you need now is a gun with a cup holder !!!!

Grizzly 45

No one sofar has a user replaceable critical parts kit for their firearm in their range bag??.:)

Cass

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

No one sofar has a user replaceable critical parts kit for their firearm in their range bag??.:)

Ahem........................

Cass wrote: »

• Spare gun parts (rails, rings, rail screws, action screws, QD studs, swivel slings, trigger kit, trigger, butt pad, etc)

Granted it doesn't everything for every rifle, but except in the circumstance of a critical failure i've spares for most every part.

gunhappy_ie

In my shooting bag is the hope that some day I might win a competition :P

Grizzly 45

From the guy who doesn't have a range bag,he has a range VAN!:D:D:D

jb88

Different bags have different stuff

This is one example
Rifle
Drag bag
Bipods x 2
Shooting slings x 2
Drop charts, Pens and Paper (Shooting clipboard, water resistant)
Wind measurement device
Range finder
Ammo
Cleaning Rod, Jags and patches, Oil and cleaning solvent, Bisley Gun Grease
Bore Guide
Cover for Bolt
Spare mag
Tools to open and close everything hex keys and lots of small Allen keys
Multitool for removing tough cases
2 X Levels mounted on the scope and on the rail
Cosine angle indicator
Poncho
Mat
Rear bag
Breach flag

Bottle of water
Cap
Ear defenders x 2
Safety Glasses
Phone
Towel
Scientific calculator
Small wire brush
Patches
Scope and spare scope mounts, inserts for scope mounts.
Spare screws

Don't ask me what its for or how its used, I haven't a clue. Just have lots of stuff

whydave

Cap
Ear defenders
spare Mag
spare Ammo
winder-breaker

some stress (left in the first target !)

gunhappy_ie

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

From the guy who doesn't have a range bag,he has a range VAN!:D:D:D

I need all the help I can get :P

goz83

I don't have a range bag

What I bring depends on what gun I bring.

In my rifle slip, I have the rifle, with mod, glass and bipod attached. I keep shoot-n-c targets in there and I pack 2 mags and some ammo.

In my shotgun slip, I keep the shotgun, spare choke with key and silicon ear plugs. I carry a belt for my ammo separately, which holds a box of shells.

I prefer to keep my cleaning gear at home, because the little wooden shed at the range is not a nice place to be.

Luckysasha

goz83 wrote: »

I don't have a range bag

What I bring depends on what gun I bring.

In my rifle slip, I have the rifle, with mod, glass and bipod attached. I keep shoot-n-c targets in there and I pack 2 mags and some ammo.

In my shotgun slip, I keep the shotgun, spare choke with key and silicon ear plugs. I carry a belt for my ammo separately, which holds a box of shells.

I prefer to keep my cleaning gear at home, because the little wooden shed at the range is not a nice place to be.

How will you manage with three bags when you get the pistol!!!

Luckysasha

For the pistol I carry, a holster, 2 x mags, ammo if I have some left over or I will buy it on the day, stapler , ear defenders, 2 x glasses. The small tool kit that beretta supplied with the pistol. The bag I have is a bit small so I plan on upgrading to a decent bag when I'm in the states next week. Also going to keep my eye out for a red dot sight, depending on price.

BattleCorp

I opened my range bag last night to clean it out. This is what was inside.

1 digital timer
1 set of electronic ear defenders
1 set of ear plugs
100 approx. .22lr CCI (unusual for me to come home from the range with ammo)
1 pair shooting glasses, case and cleaning cloth
1 water bottle (empty)
1 set of scope covers that should have been on my rifle.
5 pistol magazines
5 rifle magazines
1 stapler
2 boxes staples
1/4 of a pack of t&p1 targets
1 cleaning kit (rods, oil, patches and other bits and pieces)
1 mini screwdriver set
1 tin of spare parts such as firing pins, springs, recoil buffers etc.
2 spare red dot sight batteries (not sure if they are working)
2 pens and a bit of a clip board
A 'hape' of used scorecards that should have gone into the bin ages ago
About €8 in change that was in the bottom of the bag for some reason
Club ID badge on lanyard
Range officers badge holder
Yellow high viz range officers vest
Whistle
Some empty shells that I didn't know fell into my bag.


No wonder the fcukin thing weighs a tonne. I really need to clean out the range bag more often.

I've other bags at home that I work out of too but they rarely make it to the range.

cavan shooter

Grizzly 45 wrote:

No one sofar has a user replaceable critical parts kit for their firearm in their range bag??.

No but a half bottle of coke and a Mars bar is as important.........

thunderduck

Ammo
Ear muffs
Glasses
Cleaning kit
Bore snake
Mini First aid box
Club badge
Skeet vest
Chokes

And a wispa gold

cookimonster

I know whats not in my range bag.......my f#cking leatherman wave.........can't find it any where!...@...#....$$$...X..agghhh!