How do you pack you ammo to the range.

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I use an old Eddie Bauer diaper bag for my range bag. Lots of pockets inside and out and it's big enough to accommodate one or two pistols, a spotting scope, and lots of ammunition. The ammunition goes in the magazines, and reused ammunition boxes. I also have a good supply of ammo stored and carried in ziplock bags.
 
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I usually empty factory boxes of bullets into ziplock bags, and carry them to the range in a .50 cal ammo can. Ammo gets heavy, and it will break zippers, straps in clips in stuff that was not designed for ammo.

I have a separate bag for muffs, markers, stapler, tape, paper targets, zip ties, leatherman etc.
 
Handguns--An WW2 vintage canvas bag holds staple gun, tape, muffs (I come with my own eye protection) pasters, notebook & pencil, coffee can for policing brass, Necco wafers, targets, magazines/speed loaders, Bore snake and ammo (factory boxes if factory loads, MTM plastic boxes if hand loads.) A padlocked MTM pistol box also fits in the bag, fulfilling the CA State law regarding transporting in a locked container.

Shotguns--in 25 shell boxes, to be dumped in the pockets of a shooting vest or shell bag, depending on the weather.

CF Rifle--most everything fits into a Fat 50 ammo can which I also use as a rest, with a surplus Bergen pack for protective padding.

RF Rifle--a box of 50 fits in the pockets of my blue jeans and, with a roll of Necco wafers, call it good.
 
I have done a number of things.

Early on it was just boxes of factory ammo and leave the brass since I wasn't reloading.

Later it was MTM or similar plastic ammo boxes for reloads and some means of returning home with the empty brass. Paper bags worked fine.

When I started shooting IPSC I used old plastic one gallon milk jugs with a big hole cut into them opposite the handle. I used one for ammo and one for empty brass.

Later I had a range bag that had an ammo bag with two compartments. One for ammo and one for empties.

I've also used the blue or red plastic open top tool boxes.
 
Wife bought me a gym-type bag from the NRA that I've used ever since. It's pretty heavy duty, and seems to hold all the crap I throw in there. Caldwell rest, ammo, glasses and muffs/earplugs, tools, even has a built-in mesh bag that I use for brass. I empty that whenever I think of it, or when I need the brass. Even got room for a couple pistols, but I don't use it for such, as I have all the carrying cases I need.
 
Bought a good Range bag and folding hand truck. Easy to transport works and looks good. Carries ammo ,guns and anything else I need.
 
I load everything I shoot (rimfire excepted, of course).

Whenever I order brass, I also order some plastic cartridge boxes from Midway or Midsouth Shooter Supply and once the brass is processed, it is stored in the boxes until it is loaded, carried to the range and fired. Any empties I can find go back in the box that brought them to the range because I will keep track of those cases until they are either "lost in the weeds", fail or I just no longer trust them.
 
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I load 1000 rounds +/- a few and a BUNCH of mags for matches. I try to keep my "toting to the range crap" down to the bare essentials.

Mags, Ears, Eyes, Ammo, spare parts...

I don't use the public range for anything. I use the PD range for training and practice, or the short range behind my house...so toting is not a huge issue. If I am shooting an out of town match, I tend to take 2x as much of anything I think I will need. Parts, tools, extra gun, etc. I have rebuilt more Glocks for guys who blew their trigger bars because of bad reloads, and needed parts at matches and pulled 1911 parts out of my bag for broken down 1911s I ought to get paid for that...LOL
 
Blue box the ammo and canvas bank bag the brass.
Outdoor rifle I use ammo can.
Indoor pistol the ammo goes in the range bag.
 
All my gear except long guns goes in a back pack. Most of my ammo is bulk, I started using Tupperware type containers and find it very convenient. Targets get rolled and slid into a piece of PVC pipe.
 
I use folding hand truck(s) for luggage, found/bought at Goodwill type stores.
Get one with the biggest wheels.
Some have flip out wings that make it wider:
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I use them to transport steel targets too
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Edit: I buy/use cheap/small "tool bags"($6-$8), one for each caliber, to carry ammo to the range and empty brass home.

This cart is nice:
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…quoted myself :uhoh:
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Lately, a plastic Plano ammo car (say that five times fast) I bought for $3 on clearance at Walmart.
What the heck, it works.
 
I use the MTM translucent plastic cases also (although I forgot the name of them until a couple posts before me). I always put my reloads in the MTM boxes bullet down and I it makes it really easy to check for length inconsistencies and any primer issues. The MTM boxes fit really well into a 50 cal ammo can and the 50 cal ammo can really handles the weight well (obviously) without adding a ton of extra weight... the military really did a pretty good job on ammo cans.

I usually keep my supplies and handguns in my range bag. A decent amount of ammo in the range bag just gets too heavy.
 
Baggie are about the most compact way to carry ammo in my range bag. Which means more room for more stuff! Not always the best thing to do to my already VERY HEAVY range bag, much like yours bugsbunny45.
 
I carry reloads in cardboard reload boxes from Midway.
Everything goes into a NRA range bag
Then I use the cart supplied by the range to hall all the stuff to the shooting bench. The MI state range I go to is free.
 
MTM Case Guard boxes for both bulk factory ammo and handloads. I keep a series of labeled bags where I keep fired brass separate by the number of times it has been used (e.g. once fired, twice fired, etc.).

I use a little freebie range bag I got when I joined the NRA. I'm desperately in need of replacing it with something bigger/stronger as it's at the bursting point.
 
I carry reloads in plastic baggies in the range bag, or MTM/Berry's/Frankford Arsenal plastic boxes - the range is two miles away and I don't shoot rapid fire much. :)
Holy resurrected thread, Batman...
 
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