Range paraphernalia.

[Pathfinder76]

It's like packing for a week away!

[gitrdun]

Yes, but thankfully you have your little helper.

[260 Rem]

Thinking about getting one of those Dewalt front rests. More solid than my backpack.

[32-40win]

I know where you are coming from. The box with the rest and bags, however many guns, whatever ammo, targets, tool box, tripods, spotting scope, cleaning supplies and rod. Target board? Chair and table? Shooting sticks? Chrono? Camera? Loading tools? Palmrest?
Doesn't seem like much, til you go thru the checklist, of what is in the toolbox, the ammo box. battery in the chrono, stapler.tape, target marker.
This gun needs these tools, are they in the box? Bullets, brass, powder, primers?
Is there room for the dog?

[score]

I bet that over the years I've actually used about 25% of the gear I lug around shooting/hunting/fishing, etc.......even after going through it all every year, but you never know .

[Dick284]

Quite over achieving Chuck.

A simple double decker wheeled tool box by Stanley, and my Flambeau gun cleaning box are all I need to drag to the range, along with a old Rubbermaid tote for the MTM boxes. And the gun cases of course.
Front rest, rear rest, a couple sand filled shot bags(steel shot) chrono, spare battery, tripod, spotting scope, stapler, staples, targets, tape, PAST shooting pad, pen, towel( for my elbow), extra ear plugs, bug dope. All go in the Stanley.

Solvents, bore guide, jags, brushes, multi driver, needle nose pliers, Allen wrenches, scope cleaner, a few rags, all go in the Flambeau. ( Dewey rod goes in one of the gun cases.

Once you are setup, it's a toss it in the respective part of the truck, and get er done sort of affair.

Nuttin to it!

[whitetail Junkie]

Must have just missed ya,....I was there for 5 hours today,Wind was bad.

[colroggal]

Originally Posted by score

I bet that over the years I've actually used about 25% of the gear I lug around shooting/hunting/fishing, etc.......even after going through it all every year, but you never know .

Yeah, but I find its not the same 25% every time. My wife likes to say if you don't have it you won't need it, but guarantee if you need it, you won't have it. You should see the lists she makes. I shouldn't complain - it saves me the trouble of having to think.

Colin

[260 Rem]

I take what I need to the Range. In addition to the gun I am shooting... Front rest and a small carry box large enough to hold a rear bag, a couple pieces of leather, a small towel, my bullets, and a magnifying glass to check primers. I clean at home.

[joebatt]

Originally Posted by 260 Rem

I take what I need to the Range. In addition to the gun I am shooting... Front rest and a small carry box large enough to hold a rear bag, a couple pieces of leather, a small towel, my bullets, and a magnifying glass to check primers. I clean at home.

Why the magnifying glass?

[260 Rem]

Magnifying glass is actually a magnified cup ... purchased at London Drugs ... I think for reading maps .... Works great for inspecting primers for pressure signs.
I use the small pieces of leather, about 4" X 4", to snug the forestock into the saddle on the front rest on rifles with skinny forestocks. Forgot to mention another important part of my kit, which is a piece of silk about 6" square which I fold over to put between the forestock and the saddle ...to make sure the rifles recoil slide is smooth.
I place the small towel close to the ejection port to make sure brass doesn't get dinged hitting the concrete bench top.

[wally338]

Jeez I better start carrying a lot more junk with me. Mind you I haven't been to a proper range in 5 years.

[Fredo]

The more I took, the more I was forgetting.

So I break down to this :

Gun(s)+ammo + plugs and rangefinder in the drag bag, a backpack for the tools+water+spotting scope and al, maybe an extra bag for the targets and that's all.

If I can not carry everything at once, I feel frustrated.

Extra: Chrony + tripod if I'm testing a load.

[twofifty]

squib rod and mag brush might come in handy when handgunning.

[purgatory.sv]

I wish all could be carried in one trip.

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by Dick284

Quite over achieving Chuck.

A simple double decker wheeled tool box by Stanley, and my Flambeau gun cleaning box are all I need to drag to the range, along with a old Rubbermaid tote for the MTM boxes. And the gun cases of course.
Front rest, rear rest, a couple sand filled shot bags(steel shot) chrono, spare battery, tripod, spotting scope, stapler, staples, targets, tape, PAST shooting pad, pen, towel( for my elbow), extra ear plugs, bug dope. All go in the Stanley.

Solvents, bore guide, jags, brushes, multi driver, needle nose pliers, Allen wrenches, scope cleaner, a few rags, all go in the Flambeau. ( Dewey rod goes in one of the gun cases.

Once you are setup, it's a toss it in the respective part of the truck, and get er done sort of affair.

Nuttin to it!

I'm over achieving and carry less than you. Too funny.

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by whitetail Junkie

Must have just missed ya,....I was there for 5 hours today,Wind was bad.

You were still in bed when I was there. Zero wind at that time as well. :-)

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by 260 Rem

Magnifying glass is actually a magnified cup ... purchased at London Drugs ... I think for reading maps .... Works great for inspecting primers for pressure signs.
I use the small pieces of leather, about 4" X 4", to snug the forestock into the saddle on the front rest on rifles with skinny forestocks. Forgot to mention another important part of my kit, which is a piece of silk about 6" square which I fold over to put between the forestock and the saddle ...to make sure the rifles recoil slide is smooth.
I place the small towel close to the ejection port to make sure brass doesn't get dinged hitting the concrete bench top.

Reading primers is flawed, bag wax was created to ease sliding, and eject brass into your hand (although plunger ejectors are inherently horrid). :-)

[Pathfinder76]

That said, I do look at primers, I have used silk, and have rifles with plungers. :-)

[Gboe8]

Originally Posted by chuck

bag wax was created to ease sliding

Doesn't it just come off when you shower?

I hope you at least go into the outhouse to apply it

What range is that?

[1899b]

Funny how things change, my Grandfather would put a tin can on a post at 100 yards and call er good. Difference back then was his and the rifles accuracy was needed to feed his family and add to the food cache which was derived from his farm and trapline. He would scratch his head at us gunnutz toting chronies, spotting scopes, lead sleds etc etc.. My Mom and her siblings never went hungry or without game meat btw....

[Bushrat]

Toilet paper, one of the most important items you can take to the range.

[Leeper]

Originally Posted by whitetail Junkie

Must have just missed ya,....I was there for 5 hours today,Wind was bad.

When I read this I wondered, what kind of wind does it take for a Pincher Creek guy to call it "bad"?
Over the years, I have been in various situations with regards to shooting ranges and the necessity to load stuff up to take to the range. Never a particularily well organized person, I have always been challenged. Today, it mostly just means I have to walk back to the house to get whatever I left laying on the bench. Recently though, my home range has been compromised by the campground so I have had to start driving to shoot and have become re-acquainted with the difficulties of doing this. I don't know if I can take it. Leeper

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by Leeper

When I read this I wondered, what kind of wind does it take for a Pincher Creek guy to call it "bad"?
Leeper

Not sure myself, but I have been told that if the wind quit blowing down there all the cows would fall over !
Cat

[gtr]

The wind from Fort Mac is always blowing.LOL

[gtr]

Originally Posted by Gboe8

Doesn't it just come off when you shower?

I hope you at least go into the outhouse to apply it

What range is that?

Great comment,but you will be flamed.I think it was worth it.

[whitetail Junkie]

Originally Posted by chuck

You were still in bed when I was there. Zero wind at that time as well. :-)

You're right I was in bed...I worked all night until 05:00 AM,had a 4 hour nap,then made it there at noon.Not my first choice of shooting time,but it's all I could slot in for time.

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by whitetail Junkie

You're right I was in bed...I worked all night until 05:00 AM,had a 4 hour nap,then made it there at noon.Not my first choice of shooting time,but it's all I could slot in for time.

Laughing. That's a good reason. Sorry I missed you, and it was a bit breezy yesterday!