The Propper Range Bag, shown above, is available in olive and black and has room for all your shooting-range supplies, big or small.
Of course, you pack the important stuff in your range bag – such as eye and ear protection, first aid kit, extra mags, speed loaders, you know the drill. What about the little stuff? The stuff that can make all the difference between suffering and success on the range? Have you packed that stuff? Do you know what it is?
We asked The Well Armed Woman chapter leaders from across the nation about the little stuff in their range bags. Here’s what they listed:
- Tape measure to measure target grouping and distances
- Wet wipes (Hoppe's Lead-B-Gone is a great option)
- A piece of weed-whacker line - to check for blockage in a barrel
- Chapstick
- Extra socks
- Tweezers – for splinter removal
- Manicure kit – for broken nails, and has been used in a pinch as tool kit for a gun
- Sharpie
- Bandana – for head, sweat or rag to wipe grease
- Shooting log book with Rite in the Rain pen
- Tongue depressers – to hold across rear sight to teach sight alignment
- Bore snake
- Dummy rounds
- Left and right hand diagnostic targets – to help others learn where they need to improve grouping
- Leatherman
- Tape of all types – plaster, plumbers, painters, duct
- Spray sunscreen
- Leather work gloves
- Tissues
- Maglula Uplula magazine loader
- Pasties to cover up target holes
- Bug spray
- Lead wipes
- Rain poncho
- Flashlight
- Cleaning kit
- Brass rod
- Bore light
- Shower cap – to cover gun if it will be in the rain for a while before you shoot it
- Safety vest
- Hair ties
- Lavender oil – for brass burns
- Angle tweezers and forceps – for getting stuck rounds out of barrels
- Batteries
- Glasses cleaner wipes
- Optics cleaning pen
- DOPE card
- Spent brass bag
- Shooting gloves
- Luggage tag – place on outside of your bag
Have you checked your range bag lately? How could you make your life better with the addition of a few of these tiny items?
