How big is your kit bag??

[Blackstuff]

When i go to the rifle range its just whatever i can stuff in my rifle bag and pockets. Anything extra clothing is worn and taken off at the firing point if not needed, (wit-woo! )

PSG is a different matter due to the sheer weight of the ammo you have to carry, often between stages needing a study bag. I use a 65l rucksack as it is well padded and has an internal frame to help with the weight. Its usually 70% empty though!

[Andy632]

For 15 quid can you wrong with one of these??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rhyas-Extra-L ... %26ps%3D54

[MartinS]

For 15 quid can you wrong with one of these??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rhyas-Extra-L ... %26ps%3D54

That's a good buy.

Only problem is when it's wet at Bisley it turns into a bog. I'll end up carrying another 10kg of mud.

A large cheap rucky me thinks.

[bobbob]

Don't have a bag, got a long wheel base, high roof Transit Connect :goodjob:

[MartinS]

Don't have a bag, got a long wheel base, high roof Transit Connect :goodjob:

That's just cheating!

I do much prefer shooting 1000yds at stickledown then I can back the car up close to the firing point!

We've got quite a few 500/600yds shoots planed this year tho so have to use the legs.

[TJC]

Asda shopping trolley !

[MartinS]

Asda shopping trolley !

Hahaha!

Funny I can see it happening!! :goodjob:

[Dougan]

I stick it all (including plenty of stuff I don't need) on my carp fishing barrow (which folds up in the boot) - It keeps it all off the ground, and if it looks like it's going to rain while I'm down the butts, then I peg a small tarp over it...which takes 1 minute flat

[GazMorris]

I've found my kit bag get increasingly bigger.

I do like to take everything with me to the firing point because the times I haven't, I've forgot something then find myself running back to the car parked at 600yds at Bisley!

I take the lot in a huge bag with rifle over my shoulder. I take waterproofs, shooting jacket, scope, warmer jacket, mat, rear rest bag, ammo, bipod, oh God the list goes on and on!

I know what yer going to say but I hate leaving gear behind so I think a large rucksack is much needed instead of doing a wonky walk to the firing point.

What do you take and how large is it getting? I did find a surplus 65l for £27!!! I wonder if that what do!

I used to have this problem, so I embarked on a bit of a simplification/standardisation programme and now have a sensible setup. I also have a bit of a clearout every season. I carry the following to the point...

- Rifle with bolt and sights in a padded rifle bag, carried in one hand with my shooting mat looped underneath it (also an umbrella if the weather's bad)
- Jacket and sling carried draped over my shoulders
- One smallish kitbag with an el-cheapo three-legged foldup fishing stool

As well as the simpification I don't change the kit I shoot in with the weather, so if it's raining I get a bit wet and try to run a system of one set of wet kit for outdoors and another set of dry kit for in the caravan. I went down this route after going through half a dozen changes of clothes in a single day during the Imperial a couple of years ago.

Contents of bags listed below. These don't really change and tend to be set out in a standard way so I know where to find everything.

Rifle Bag:
- Rifle, sights, bolt, bolt flag, folding bipod
- Cleaning rod, jag and rod guide
- A set of allen keys

Kit Bag:
- Scope & stand
- Glove
- Shooting jersey
- Head band
- Hat
- Electronic ear defenders (used for coaching, plotting etc...)
- Custom moulded ear plugs (used for shooting)
- Couple of pairs of spare foam earplugs
- 4 x beer towels
- A5 weather writer plus a few propelling pencils and a couple of pens
- Hand extractor (a bent piece of 5mm mild steel rod with a brass handle at one end and a filed extractor slot at the other)
- 2 x small screwdrivers
- Plastic wallet with scorecards
- Plastic 20 round ammo box
- Snapcap
- Glasses
- Ammunition (if not issued at the point)
- Register cards

Cheers,

Gaz

PS - I fully recognise that having committed this to an online forum I will most likely forget something terribly important from this list publicly, humiliatingly and at the worst possible time.

[MartinS]

I've found my kit bag get increasingly bigger.

I do like to take everything with me to the firing point because the times I haven't, I've forgot something then find myself running back to the car parked at 600yds at Bisley!

I take the lot in a huge bag with rifle over my shoulder. I take waterproofs, shooting jacket, scope, warmer jacket, mat, rear rest bag, ammo, bipod, oh God the list goes on and on!

I know what yer going to say but I hate leaving gear behind so I think a large rucksack is much needed instead of doing a wonky walk to the firing point.

What do you take and how large is it getting? I did find a surplus 65l for £27!!! I wonder if that what do!

I used to have this problem, so I embarked on a bit of a simplification/standardisation programme and now have a sensible setup. I also have a bit of a clearout every season. I carry the following to the point...

- Rifle with bolt and sights in a padded rifle bag, carried in one hand with my shooting mat looped underneath it (also an umbrella if the weather's bad)
- Jacket and sling carried draped over my shoulders
- One smallish kitbag with an el-cheapo three-legged foldup fishing stool

As well as the simpification I don't change the kit I shoot in with the weather, so if it's raining I get a bit wet and try to run a system of one set of wet kit for outdoors and another set of dry kit for in the caravan. I went down this route after going through half a dozen changes of clothes in a single day during the Imperial a couple of years ago.

Contents of bags listed below. These don't really change and tend to be set out in a standard way so I know where to find everything.

Rifle Bag:
- Rifle, sights, bolt, bolt flag, folding bipod
- Cleaning rod, jag and rod guide
- A set of allen keys

Kit Bag:
- Scope & stand
- Glove
- Shooting jersey
- Head band
- Hat
- Electronic ear defenders (used for coaching, plotting etc...)
- Custom moulded ear plugs (used for shooting)
- Couple of pairs of spare foam earplugs
- 4 x beer towels
- A5 weather writer plus a few propelling pencils and a couple of pens
- Hand extractor (a bent piece of 5mm mild steel rod with a brass handle at one end and a filed extractor slot at the other)
- 2 x small screwdrivers
- Plastic wallet with scorecards
- Plastic 20 round ammo box
- Snapcap
- Glasses
- Ammunition (if not issued at the point)
- Register cards

Cheers,

Gaz

PS - I fully recognise that having committed this to an online forum I will most likely forget something terribly important from this list publicly, humiliatingly and at the worst possible time.

Good list Gaz. :goodjob:

Beers towels is a good one.

My bag is going to get bigger now!!! :cheers: