Once thing I learned when I was doing a bit of shooting was that having only one range bag for all your shooting needs was a pain in the ass. You basically needed to reconfigure you bag every time you went out. During a rifle training event, I saw a friend with a Husky tool box/tote for his AR needs and thought it was the smartest stuff I have seen, so I got myself one.
That bag has served me well for 7-8 years now and it is big enough inside to carry 10 more mags, spare ammo, ear and eye protection pouches and pretty much anything you need for a rifle day at the range.
Now, staying with the dedicated theme, I wanted to do the same for the AR. I went this morning to Home Depot and found this model.
Husky 15″ Tool Tote (SKU 398 821). It appears listed online for $18. 97 but at my local HD I got it on sale for $14.97. As you can see it can carry four mags per side…
..and the inside is an ample 13.5 ” long, 6.5″ wide and 7″ deep. Again, you can pretty much fill that space with your range need for a day of shooting.
I was about to leave when my eye caught another bag:
12″ Tool Bag (SKU 217 759) for the sum of $7.97. You probably can’t tell, but it is a zippered bag. It was just an impulse buy and because it looks and feels tough so it can be used for any crap around the house or car.
When I got to the register, I paid and tried to get all my shopping in the smallest volume possible. I happily found out that the zippered bag fit perfectly inside the tool tote. MOAR CONFIGURATION!
Basically you can have a very sturdy range bag for under $30.00. You can splurge the savings on ammo and training.
So you can go to a Home Depot and not only buy the parts and tools to make a gun, you also can get its range bag.
I’ve been using the Husky and/or Kobalt (Lowes) tool bags as range bags for years. Inexpensive, lots of pockets, etc…
One drawback is that some of the pockets are too big, some too small, some not useful at all, but I am willing to put up with some wasted space in my range bag for a 75-90% savings.
I use the 50 buck husky bag for my work tool bag. It has wheels and a collapsable handle to drag it around. Great bags, great idea guy. Im in a home depot every day, Im goin shoppin..
What? The plethora of range bags from the NRA doesn’t quite fill your needs?
Just kidding. The heavy duty construction, semi-solid bottom and not screaming “GUN” when carrying helps in concealing yourself from prying eyes away from the range.
Coincidentally, I use one of those NRA range bags to carry all my… Cordless Tools.
Tool bag for range bag, range bag for tool bag… What’s next, the end of the world?
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I’ve done a similar thing but with the cheaper horrible freight 12″ tool bag.
About the same quality, but at $4 each it was a bit of a no brainier.
Also my normal range bag is one of those, I think, softball bags that expand to hold a bat. Nice big squared up corner bag with two big zipped pockets on the ends.
Put some cardboard in it to stiffen it up. Holds more ammo and guns then I really want to lug around.