This past Saturday, I had gone into Four Seasons to check out some accessories. Of course, not having a 'real' range bag I checked to see what they had. They did have some nice things, but to me paying $60+ for a nylon bag just seems wrong. So I left without one.
Later in the day, I had to go into K-Mart to pick up a few things. While there, I walked through the luggage section to see if they had anything suitable for range duty, but they did not. So I made my way to the sporting goods section, and checked to see what they had for shooting accessories (the K-Mart in my town has been pretty good at having shooting accessories in stock).
There they were, a pile of range bags. Not very big range bags, but I think it was Chris who cautioned that a very large range bag would just keep filling up, so I was in the market for a smaller bag anyway. I took it to the price check scanner and thought I misread the scanner when it came back saying the bag only costs a mere $20
In the first picture, you see the side of the bag.
The bag is made out of heavy weight canvass construction with rigid bottom, and fully padded bottom, sides, and top. You can also see the hard plastic feet to prevent wear on the bottom of the bag.
The second picture shows a top view of the bag while closed.
You can see the quick open zippered top, with dual zippers that create a nice wide opening. The web handles with Velcro fastener to hold the handles together.
The next picture shows a very cool feature of the bag.
The included gun rugs. This bag comes with 2 padded pistol rugs, made out of the same heavy weight canvass material on the outside, and soft faux sheep skin material on the inside to prevent damage to the guns finish.
This picture shows the pistol rug stowed in the pistol rug compartment.
The pistol rugs store inside compartments along each side of the bag, secured by a Velcro closure to prevent the pistol rugs from coming out.
Additional pistol rug features.
One nice additional feature of the included pistol rugs, is that they open all the way, and are also intended to be used as gun mats while on the range. Here is a picture of the pistol rugs, one open as a gun mat, the other closed.
Detail of the pistol rugs.
As you can see in the next picture, while opened and used as a gun mat, the pistol rugs are plenty big enough to accommodate 2 full sized firearms, with accessories while on the range.
Lets put this baby through a simulated trip to the range, and see how it performs.
All loaded up for a nice long range session. With plenty of room to spare.
That doesn't look like much stuff, how much is really in there?
Lets see.
What was in the bag:
300 rounds of 40S&W
300 rounds of 45ACP
85 8.5X11 paper targets
4 1911 magazines
4 Walther P99 magazines
Electronic hearing protection
Standard hearing protection (I like to have a backup)
2 pairs of shooting glasses (again I like to have a backup)
zip-loc bag with 300 or so cleaning patches
Cleaning rod
40S&W brass cleaning jag
45ACP brass cleaning jag
Double sided cleaning brush
8 OZ bottle of M-PRO7 cleaner
2 OZ bottle of MILTEC-1
Package of foam ear plugs (nice to have if the range is busy)
Full size PowerShot staple gun
Cable lock (gotta be legal in transit)
Trigger lock (again don't wanna lose my 'privilege')
Full size Walther P99
Commander size Para Ordnance 1911
And still had room to spare...
Final thoughts:
For price, size, options, capacity, and quality I give the Allen Shooters Carry All Range Bag...
TWO GUNS UP!
Later in the day, I had to go into K-Mart to pick up a few things. While there, I walked through the luggage section to see if they had anything suitable for range duty, but they did not. So I made my way to the sporting goods section, and checked to see what they had for shooting accessories (the K-Mart in my town has been pretty good at having shooting accessories in stock).
There they were, a pile of range bags. Not very big range bags, but I think it was Chris who cautioned that a very large range bag would just keep filling up, so I was in the market for a smaller bag anyway. I took it to the price check scanner and thought I misread the scanner when it came back saying the bag only costs a mere $20
In the first picture, you see the side of the bag.
The bag is made out of heavy weight canvass construction with rigid bottom, and fully padded bottom, sides, and top. You can also see the hard plastic feet to prevent wear on the bottom of the bag.
The second picture shows a top view of the bag while closed.
You can see the quick open zippered top, with dual zippers that create a nice wide opening. The web handles with Velcro fastener to hold the handles together.
The next picture shows a very cool feature of the bag.
The included gun rugs. This bag comes with 2 padded pistol rugs, made out of the same heavy weight canvass material on the outside, and soft faux sheep skin material on the inside to prevent damage to the guns finish.
This picture shows the pistol rug stowed in the pistol rug compartment.
The pistol rugs store inside compartments along each side of the bag, secured by a Velcro closure to prevent the pistol rugs from coming out.
Additional pistol rug features.
One nice additional feature of the included pistol rugs, is that they open all the way, and are also intended to be used as gun mats while on the range. Here is a picture of the pistol rugs, one open as a gun mat, the other closed.
Detail of the pistol rugs.
As you can see in the next picture, while opened and used as a gun mat, the pistol rugs are plenty big enough to accommodate 2 full sized firearms, with accessories while on the range.
Lets put this baby through a simulated trip to the range, and see how it performs.
All loaded up for a nice long range session. With plenty of room to spare.
That doesn't look like much stuff, how much is really in there?
Lets see.
What was in the bag:
300 rounds of 40S&W
300 rounds of 45ACP
85 8.5X11 paper targets
4 1911 magazines
4 Walther P99 magazines
Electronic hearing protection
Standard hearing protection (I like to have a backup)
2 pairs of shooting glasses (again I like to have a backup)
zip-loc bag with 300 or so cleaning patches
Cleaning rod
40S&W brass cleaning jag
45ACP brass cleaning jag
Double sided cleaning brush
8 OZ bottle of M-PRO7 cleaner
2 OZ bottle of MILTEC-1
Package of foam ear plugs (nice to have if the range is busy)
Full size PowerShot staple gun
Cable lock (gotta be legal in transit)
Trigger lock (again don't wanna lose my 'privilege')
Full size Walther P99
Commander size Para Ordnance 1911
And still had room to spare...
Final thoughts:
For price, size, options, capacity, and quality I give the Allen Shooters Carry All Range Bag...
TWO GUNS UP!
![[wink]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/002.gif "Wink [wink]")
), and an ALP, I could just as easily forget about the bag lock and carry the gun concealed to the range -- problem solved.
