I have a toolbox full of my firearms tools. It weighs about 15 lbs. I don't want to take it to the range with me.
But, sometimes you need to poke at your guns on the range.
What's in your essential range toolkit?
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2A multitool and a cleaning rod. If that doesn't fix my problems, then I probably shouldn't tinkering with it at the range.
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3Thought I had enough stuff crammed into my range bag, but maybe I should think about adding a small pair of vice grips. I've usually got the multitool (which failed at getting the damned bolt un-stuck), screwdriver, cleaning rod (pistol and rifle) and a set of allen wrenches. Can't account for everything I suppose, but will be interested to see what everybody else brings.
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4Multitool, field cleaning kit, a little oil and some solvent. And duct tape!
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5Pen
Paper
Screwdriver set (The ones with a handle and magnetically attached bits)
Paper
Screwdriver set (The ones with a handle and magnetically attached bits)
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6If I need a tool, looking to my left or right, I can find one pretty quick.
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7One flathead screwdriver that fits S&W sights and grips, a few allen keys, an 8" piece of 1/4" brass rod and a small hammer. Sometimes a very small adjustable wrench.
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8A decent multi-tool with pliers, a set of Allen wrenches English and metric, knife, pen, sharpie marker, oil and one set of extra batteries for anything that takes batteries. I am thinking of adding a live chicken to sacrifice to the God of accuracy.
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9You'll need the blood of 2 virgins and your first born. Nothing else will do.ThirstyHersh wrote:A decent multi-tool with pliers, a set of Allen wrenches English and metric, knife, pen, sharpie marker, oil and one set of extra batteries for anything that takes batteries. I am thinking of adding a live chicken to sacrifice to the God of accuracy.
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10I have a zip lock with a few allen wrenches and a flat blade. If I need more than that I should go home.
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11I don't have kids and I live in a college town so I'm out of luck on both counts.M4Builder wrote:You'll need the blood of 2 virgins and your first born. Nothing else will do.
Shower together to save water.
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12When I'm going commando, it's minimalist at foam ear plugs, water, guns and ammo.
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13Little screwdriver set (bits fit in handle), little Allen key set, oil, flashlight. Swiss Army knife on occasion.
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15What do you bring if you are wearing underwear?CDFingers wrote:When I'm going commando, it's minimalist at foam ear plugs, water, guns and ammo.
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16Don't need the ear plugs. So clean underwear prevents ear fungus.ATXOrangeandBlue wrote:What do you bring if you are wearing underwear?CDFingers wrote:When I'm going commando, it's minimalist at foam ear plugs, water, guns and ammo.
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17I use a too-big range bag with all sorts of crap in it, including a multitool, couple of screwdrivers, allen wrench set, brushes lubricants, etc. Then some specialized tools depending on what I"m shooting, like the GI tool if I've got the M1 Garand.
So it's a big bag, but that leaves room for all my cool patches, with the LGC patch being the coolest of them all, of course!
So it's a big bag, but that leaves room for all my cool patches, with the LGC patch being the coolest of them all, of course!
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18A multi tool and a pouch of Allen wrenches and small screwdrivers, a couple patchworms (.22 and .17), spare ear and eye protection, a small first aid kit including quik-clot, a couple sand bags, a couple sunshades for scopes, a bipod, notebook, pen, and a knife. Still have room for plenty of ammo and magazines.
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19I've got this snappy gun multi-tool my wife got me, so that goes in, plus a couple of bore snakes, small versions of solvent, foaming bore cleaner and acetate.
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20Guns+Ammo+Water+Hearing Protection+Glasses(Cannot forget those)=Fun
Old days was just Guns+Ammo+Glasses+Behind my House=Fun
I clean my gun when I get around to it. Never at the range.
Oh, and a place with a restroom.......
Old days was just Guns+Ammo+Glasses+Behind my House=Fun
I clean my gun when I get around to it. Never at the range.
Oh, and a place with a restroom.......
But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you ... it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
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A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.
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21I am lucky in that my range is usually deserted and it's in the woods so, if it's good enough for a wild bear... (No, not number 2.)LadyEBR wrote:Guns+Ammo+Water+Hearing Protection+Glasses(Cannot forget those)=Fun
Old days was just Guns+Ammo+Glasses+Behind my House=Fun
Oh, and a place with a restroom.......
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22Bucolic wrote:I am lucky in that my range is usually deserted and it's in the woods so, if it's good enough for a wild bear... (No, not number 2.)LadyEBR wrote:Guns+Ammo+Water+Hearing Protection+Glasses(Cannot forget those)=Fun
Old days was just Guns+Ammo+Glasses+Behind my House=Fun
Oh, and a place with a restroom.......
I miss my childhood home......
But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you ... it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
Dalai Lama
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Dalai Lama
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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23Recently I've just been putting a baggie of ammo in one jacket pocket and earplugs and safety glasses in the other. I always have my giant Swiss army knife.
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24In all the time I have been shooting I have never needed a tool or a cleaner. Seems to me that if it does need that I would be better off doing it at home.Mason wrote:Recently I've just been putting a baggie of ammo in one jacket pocket and earplugs and safety glasses in the other. I always have my giant Swiss army knife.
Lately, the last 30 years or so, since I got married and the spouse always cleans after I started doing that usually within a day or two.
Before it was ......meh and a patch down the barrel when I remembered.
Seems to me six of one half dozen of the other as far as surgical cleaning goes.
EXCEPT the cap and ball that is. Now you are talking a whole 'nother ballgame!
Bore batter/patches/percussion caps/extry nipples/nipple tool/extry powder/rods/cleaning rods/etc ad nauseam.....
But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you ... it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
Dalai Lama
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Dalai Lama
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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25Leatherman multitool, eyes and ear pro, bottle of water (because TEXAS), band-aids for the inevitable metal vs. cuticle shredding.
My regular range has a tool shed for anything that a multitool can't fix...like a rubber mallet for a stuck SBR charging handle.
My regular range has a tool shed for anything that a multitool can't fix...like a rubber mallet for a stuck SBR charging handle.
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