Range bags, tactical holdalls and day packs for carrying everything that is not the rifle — from Beretta, Smith & Wesson, Napier and Bog.
What a range bag needs to do
The job is to keep ammunition, ear defenders, glasses, a bipod, cleaning kit and a shot timer in one place and stop them wrecking each other in the boot. The things worth checking:
- A rigid or padded base. A soft-bottomed holdall full of ammunition sags, and the contents end up in a heap you have to dig through.
- Separate ear and eye pockets. Electronic defenders live and die by the cups and the microphones. Loose in a main compartment under a box of ammunition, they will not last a season.
- Honest capacity. Ammunition is dense. A 38L holdall filled with centrefire is heavier than it looks, and cheap webbing handles pull out.
Packs
The Bog day packs and pack frames in here are a different tool — for carrying kit in on foot and, in the frame's case, carrying a beast out. If you want something for the back of the vehicle at a range day, take the holdall; if you are walking in, take the pack.
Storing ammunition
A range bag is for transport, not storage. Ammunition kept at home must be held in line with the conditions on your certificate, in a locked, secure container — not left in a bag in the vehicle or the porch.
Related: Rifle & shotgun cases · Bags & rucksacks · Ammunition carriers · Hearing protection
