Range tools ?

[Larry in wyoming]

Do you have a pre-made kit like fix it sticks or do you have a kit you made up specifically or do you just throw a few "things" in your range bag on the way out the door like me. I'm hoping to change that.

 

[Bogart999]

I keep inch and metric Allen wrenches, small multi bit screwdriver, multi tool and a basic cleaning rod set up iny range bag. Also spare batteries for ally gizmo's.

 

[Gus Chiggins]

A Leatherman tool with pliers.

 

[drband]

Brass rods to fit 9mm and .44-.45 for squibs— just in case.

 

[herrwalther]

Yes. I keep a bag semi pre loaded with most things I bring to the range. Usually I keep things I have forgotten at one time or another like targets, stand, earpro, and a small cleaning kit. Tools usually go in later and are conditional. I am not going to bring many wrenches or tools to throw lead out of something that is already sighted fine.

 

[Bazoo]

Since I shoot on my own farmland I don't take much. I am looking to make a very basic cleaning kit though. Maybe an Otis? I'm still figuring it out and I've been shooting 20years.

 

[denton]

Small binos,
Goat skin gloves (thin, but a big help on cold days),
Tiny first aid kit,
Guppy tool: small pliers on one end, small adjustable wrench on the other,
AR15 magazine (surprising how often I run into people who forgot theirs),
Penlight
Multi bit kit, with stubby screwdriver handle,
Little round $1 level,
TP,
About $7-8 in bills and coins,
Ear muffs.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

All of the above (except the TP.......?), plus an AR front sight elevation tool and an AK front sight pusher looped together, and a quarter for adjusting scope turrets.

 

[Atavar]

I make sure to put my brass scavenger in the kit. This pot bellied geriatric hates bending over to pick up brass.

 

[rust collector]

I make sure to put my brass scavenger in the kit. This pot bellied geriatric hates bending over to pick up brass.
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Ah, the fabled brass magnet. What is its day job? Harvesting fallen nuts or golfballs? Sounds like an excellent solution.

 

[Anchorite]

Ah, the fabled brass magnet. What is its day job? Harvesting fallen nuts or golfballs? Sounds like an excellent solution.

Funny you should say that - an old timer that shoots at my FOP range picks up pagans with his when it’s not doing range duty.

 

[Anchorite]

Back in the day when I was shooting BR we took our entire loading kit to the range as we reloaded between sessions. So it was press, powder measure, de primer tool, powder, bullets, primers, case trimmer….basically everything we needed to load and shoot our PPCs.

 

[Walkalong]

All of the above (except the TP.......?),

TP is a vehicle thing, not a range bag thing.

Allen wrenches, torx wrenches, brass rod, small adjustable wrench, extra batteries for chrono and red dots, small screwdrivers, oil, staples...I think that's it, plus a tool box of stuff that stays in the vehicle, along with a socket/wrench set.

 

[danez71]

TP,
About $7-8 in bills

Why the duplicate?


To the OPs question, I take minimal and tend to put the stuff with the gun.

For ex, with the 10/22 in a very small bag in the rifle case is a small screw driver an Allen wrench or 2, maybe a small brush or other very basic cleaning things for the action.

Pistols... maybe a small bottle of lube in an outside pocket and some basic cleaning accessories like above.

 

[Spats McGee]

I keep a few things in the range bag that go with me every time:
Leatherman multi-tool;
Oil;
Oily rag;
Bore light;
Ear pro (plugs and muffs, because I double up).

At one time, I also kept a small first aid kit in the bag, but I don't recall seeing it when I was at the range yesterday. If it's wandered off, I'll need to put a new one in there.

 

[mcb]

This box goes with me anytime I head to the range or hunting property. It's a bit overkill but has bailed my butt out of several sticky and inconvenient situations.



Since taking this picture I have upgraded the box to a tougher and slightly larger tool box, and the first aid kit now is a full trauma kit but the general content are the same.

Top Row: Eye and ear protection, range finder, monocular, GPS & compass, phone mount for monocular.
Middle Row: batteries, snack, SD cards for game cameras, multi-tool and accessories for it, scissor, small adjustable wrench, Fix-it-Sticks (All in one kit, love these), first aid kit
Bottom Row: USB battery, multi-meter, various lights, stapler, fixed bladed knife, small hatchet, files, wire and para cord, gloves.

 

[Theinkman]

I take everything I could possibly need. Because at one time or another, I have needed these things. Everything is packed in plastic totes so that means I can load up 3 plastic totes and have everything I may need. Not that much work. If I need it, I have it. Too many times I needed something and didn't have it. No more.

 

[JFrank]

I have a range bag with stuff needed at the bench plus a Little red wagon to pull all my shooting gear like front rest , bags, stool, towel and clamps, rifle case etc.
, a truck box of tools in case I need minor repairs, a craftsman 3 box stackable a extended handle thingy I take on the road in and out of motels.

 

[Slamfire]

This box goes with me anytime I head to the range or hunting property. It's a bit overkill but has bailed my butt out of several sticking and inconvenient situations.

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Since taking this picture I have upgraded the box to a tougher and slightly larger tool box, and the first aid kit now is a full trauma kit but the general content are the same.

Top Row: Eye and ear protection, range finder, monocular, GPS & compass, phone mount for monocular.
Middle Row: batteries, snack, SD cards for game cameras, multi-tool and accessories for it, scissor, small adjustable wrench, Fix-it-Sticks (All in one kit, love these), first aid kit
Bottom Row: USB battery, multi-meter, various lights, stapler, fixed bladed knife, small hatchet, files, wire and para cord, gloves.

We be of similar mind! After decades of shooting, if I needed it once, I carry it with me forever!

My specific range tool box contains the large wheeler screwdriver set



https://www.wheelertools.com/gunsmi...ional-gunsmithing-screwdriver-set/562194.html

every type of allen wrench ever made, LOL. I have torx, metric, english. I carry a brass punch set and a small brass hammer. And I have needed them! Pliers of all sorts, including the larger channel locks. Needed them also. Magnifying lens. At some point in the future, you will need magnifying lenses to read those microscopic graduations on sights, and, the tick mark on the barrel when moving an iron sight to center.



I keep dial micrometer in the box, to measure how much I knock Garand, M1a front sights to get the rear sights exactly to center,



Small jeweler's screwdrivers. When the screw holding the eye glass temple works its way out, if can find the screw, you need a jeweler's screwdriver to get it back in. I was at the Nationals at Camp Perry and wiping the lenses clean and did not notice the eye glass screw had backed out. The lens popped out of the frame and hit a collection of gravel I was standing over. That broke the glass lens! Things like that happen at the worst possible times. Since then, I have always attached a nut at the end of that screw, and mushroomed the end of the screw. However, nose pads fall off too, and I need jeweler screw drivers to get them back on. Glue will not hold these screws in, I have tried super glue, red locktite, eventually they fail. Of course needed them to change batteries on a timer. I have count down watches for when I get drafted to run the line, and have had to change a battery, and could not do it without those tiny screwdrivers.

Cleaning rods. I have pistol cleaning rods in the tool box, and rifle rods in the truck. I got the idea of using PVC tubes with screw on caps from a Bud



I got to tell you, when you are hours away from home, and during load development, a case sticks in the chamber, there is nothing that will substitute for a cleaning rod. You can't blow the thing out from the muzzle, I guarantee that! I often have a 22lr cleaning rod on the line during big small bore matches. Don't think I have needed one, yet, but if I need one during a match, I don't want to run several hundred yards to the vehicle. I have a cleaning rod inside my across the course scope stand, and it has made many competitor's happy by knocking out a stuck case out of their rifle.

 

[jak67429]

I Have a small set of wheeler screwdrivers a brass squib for 9mm pistol and rifle. Batteries for all my gadgets. rifle range cleaning rod in pvc pipe this usually stays in the car. also keep an extra pair of glasses even if they are an old prescription. I broke mine once while PD hunting, had to go a whole week with only sunglasses.

 

[doubleh]

I carry a small toolbox to the range.

 

[Bazoo]

Interesting ideas and some I'd never have thought of. In my range bag I keep a rag for wiping soot, and a clp or wd40 for wiping it. That's bout it. But I also keep a leatherman on me and that has saved te day many times.

 

[PWC]

Besides all the usual stuff from above, I haven't seen a magnifier yet, mine's a inexpensive 2" that folds into its own case.
I'm old, so I need a small notebook and 2 pencils that can be sharpened with a knife, rather than 1/2" fingers typing 1/4" icons on my phone.
GOOD 3" crescent wrench.
Dial caliper to measure bullet set back.

I did make a checklist of all the stuff to take to the range. Got tired of leaving a critical piece behind (did I mention I'm old?). May not take everything, but I at least see the reminder. Keep it in a plastic document protector.

 

[Slamfire]

But I also keep a leatherman on me and that has saved te day many times.

Ain't that the truth!



If a loaded round jams under the gas tube in an AR15, and that round stays there after the magazine is pulled, you are not removing it with your fingers. Loading port is too small. Every experienced AR shooter I saw, learned to carry a needle nosed multitool on the line.

Purchased this one new, in 1996. I prefer the Wave for matches.

 

[CapnMac]

I have a vehicle bag with tools, which covers several needs. Which includes an e-tool, too.
Then, each of my range bags has a pocket dedicated to various kinds of pocket tools (including a Gerber Dime per each). Each of the range bags has a full IFAK attached; and I do not leave the house without the trauma IFAK.