ASSEMBLE A RANGE BAG TOOL KIT - YOU CAN SAVE THE DAY!

[chief38]

I frequent the Range at least once a week - sometimes two. I also shoot Sporting Clays, Trap, Skeet and go to shoot at other Ranges other than my own Club's. Since I have a bunch of friends that shoot I can not remember going there myself in at least 40 years! I am a type of person that lives by my own golden rule..... Previous Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. By that I mean I am always prepared for pretty much anything that can happen at the Range or in the Field. I've had these items in my Range bag for at least 42 years and use many of them on multiple trips to the Range, on Hunting Trips, Competitions etc. Sometimes I need to tweak a gun and need a tool, other times I will need to remove a part. Many many times my kit is used to help out friends and Club members that have not had the foresight to put a kit together.

Yesterday I was at our Skeet and Trap Range and had to use 5 items, two for myself and three for a friend. This prompted me to post this and it also prompted me to send the contents of my kit to some of the guys who frequently ask to borrow something from me while shooting. I'm sure everyone here can tweak the list to their own needs, but in general this list should fit most peoples Field needs. Here goes.......

RANGE BAG SUGGESTIONS

1 oz Break Free CLP
1 oz Hoppes Solvent
1 oz small tube Rig +P Grease for shotgun pivot points
Nylon toothbrush
Bronze toothbrush
Take down 3 piece Shotgun rod
Take down 3 piece .22 rod
One piece pistol rod
Brass jags, loops and bronze bore brushes for each caliber you shoot
100% cotton patches for each caliber you shoot
2 tweezers, 1 straight, 1 curved
Wooden dowel for 9mm pistols – squib pusher
Oil rag for wiping guns down after shooting or rain
Pipe cleaners
Band-aides
Alcohol wipes (freshen ups or wet wipes)
Lead wipes (D-Lead)
Extra ear plugs
Spare eye glasses and sun glasses
6 pair Nitrile gloves
2 contractor garbage bags (emergency gun cover and rain coat)
Masking tape (small role)
Wooden chop stick sharpened to a point on one end in a pencil sharpener
1911 nylon barrel bushing wrench
Set of Allen wrenches to fit your pistols
Set of hollow ground bits and screwdriver handle for the guns you shoot
3 or 4 single edge razor blades
6 ft. of para-cord
Plastic dental picks or similar
Small pocket flashlight
A few packs of matches
Pencil and paper
Black Sharpie
Several open bolt indicators
A few sizes of zip lock bags - great for Range Brass pick up

I keep 95% of this gear in an old Marbles brand metal gun cleaning kit box. The newer plastic ones work fine as well. Larger items are in my Range Bag. This small but effective Range Kit has gotten myself and many friends out of many situations that would have normally ruined the days shooting or made it unpleasant. Think about putting something similar together and you will never be sorry!! ESPECIALLY something as simple as Bandaids!

Hope this helps but I am sure many here have already done this. If not it might be the time. BTW this "kit" was not meant for normal cleaning and maintenance. It's purpose is to be used when you are not at home and don't have your normal tools, chemicals and supplies at hand. Don't forget to replenish when items are used up - being this kit is small and contains small quantities.

Regards,
Chief38

 

[ColbyBruce]

I have most of that too

I don’t have a sharpened chopstick, but I do have wooden skewers. I have painters tape, duct tape, a magnetic pick-up tool, AR parts and tools, popsicle sticks/tongue depressors, long stem cotton swabs, brass and plastic head hammer, and a Tupperware bread container full of various loose cartridges. I also have some clothespins and a white sheet for a baby mattress.

 

[ColbyBruce]

If you take a box cutter and slice through the cardboard core of the tape rolls then remove the core the tape can be squashed flat to conserve space in your toolbox.

 

[chief38]

My Grandfather taught me this trick......

He always taught me to carry a few pencils and on those pencils wind some masking tape on one and electrical tape on another. I took the next step also and wind some Duct Tape around a third. All you usually need is a few feet for an emergency and it is a lot more convenient to carry that way. PS: the REASON for pencils is they never get dried out ink and can always be sharpened with a knife. Pens that sit a while are garbage.

 

[Rolex28]

a small plastic knife for scraping, (2-3) small sandwich bags , stapler and staples,,masking tape, candy bars.

 

[chief38]

BTW Chop Sticks made of Bamboo are extremely strong, bend without breaking (to a point) free, and you get he pleasure of eating Chinese take out! LOL!!

Seriously, any pointed piece of wood that won't splinter works.

 

[VaTom]

I also have the sharpened chop stick in my gun cleaning kit!!

 

[AJ]

I have a range tool kit that lives in my truck. It has a bit of everything in it and so far has handled every job we ran into outside of the ones that required a complete machine shop. I also have a tool kit that lives in my Pachmyr Pistol Case, and it too has fulfilled it's mission. No chopsticks for me.......

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Jeez...........I'm an amateur......I only take ammo and snacks.

 

[MygunisaS&Wrevolver]

That's a great assortment. I would also add a choke wrench for the shotgun shooters. I changed all of the floor plate screws on my bolt action hunting rifles to the Allen head style. That way I need to carry just two Allen wrenches in my field kit to break down my hunting rifles. My little field/range kit is small enough that everything I carry fits in a green M16 military cleaning kit bag that I hang on my hunting pack. It only weighs a pound or two and when I am not hunting it goes into my range bag.

 

[djohns6]

The tool bag that lives on the back seat floorboard has everything I need . Gun oil , multitool and wood dowels live in my range bag as well .