So ... What exactly do you carry in yours?
An EDC discussion.... Maybe?
An EDC discussion.... Maybe?
Possibilities bag?
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I call it a shooting pouch. I carry the items I need to keep my gun shooting.
Possibles bag, or Master the Possibilities! A bag to carry your "possibles" in...ie. whatever you think you might need...
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Nitro/overshot cards, percussion caps, blackpowder in a small brass dispenser, a cut shot shell for measuring powder and shot, shot, a piece of leather to throw down to protect my stock when loading, a small jar of lube.
Staredge
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Shooting bag has caps, capper, balls, patches, powder measure, cleaning jags and patches, patch worm, ball puller, and a ball starter. Plaid haversack has jerky, water, a carabiner with paracord game slings, hunting license, small first aid kit, and anything else I think I’ll need.
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I usually shoot a smoothie so this is what I generally carry.
Jag, ball puller, worm and knapping tool in a pocket in my bag.
Tow, balls, rag and flint wallet w/ turn screw loose in the bag.
My measure, pan brush and pick hang on lanyards for easy access from my strap.
Most generally I prime from my main horn, which eliminates the priming horn.
Jag, ball puller, worm and knapping tool in a pocket in my bag.
Tow, balls, rag and flint wallet w/ turn screw loose in the bag.
My measure, pan brush and pick hang on lanyards for easy access from my strap.
Most generally I prime from my main horn, which eliminates the priming horn.
N.Y. Yankee
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My leather bag, what many call a "possibles bag", carries just the things I need to keep the gun shooting, whatever I need to load it and maybe run a damp patch down the bore, nipple pick etc and it is hung on my strong side. Other gear, knife, gun tools, extra ball, caps, powder, sandwich, bottle of water etc, things I may need at hand but not immediately, is carried in a waxed canvas haversack on my off side, along with the powder horn. Powder measure is tied on a thong to the strap of the leather bag.
Like every one else. I carry the fixin's to shoot the firearm of choice that day. I have a bag for each caliber and add/subtract contents for flint or percussion. I call mine a shooting/hunting or possibles bag about equally. Learned the "possibles" name in the late 70's and have not broken that bad habit.
"Possible bag" is as farby and incorrect as those brass and iron rings being used to attach bag straps nowadays. Both first show up in the 1970-1980 time frame, but not earlier. At least I have never seen valid reference to either before that.
"Possible bag" is as farby and incorrect as those brass and iron rings being used to attach bag straps nowadays. Both first show up in the 1970-1980 time frame, but not earlier. At least I have never seen valid reference to either before that.
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Old shooting bags were often small. Or not.
My advice on picking a bag is get a cheap canvas haversack and load it with everything you might need, then go shooting
Go several times. Do a little day trek or two
Then take out everything you didn’t need in the field
Get a bag to hold what’s left, won’t be too much
My advice on picking a bag is get a cheap canvas haversack and load it with everything you might need, then go shooting
Go several times. Do a little day trek or two
Then take out everything you didn’t need in the field
Get a bag to hold what’s left, won’t be too much
Cruzatte
50 Cal.
What other folks call a possibles bag, I call a haversack. And in it I carry my lunch, pipe & tobacco, & a fire starting kit. My shooting bag contains everything I need to shoot & service my fusil; ball, wads, a small tool kit, an extra flint or two, & a priming horn. I keep my powder measure tied to the shoulder strap of my powder horn.
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AnotherHawkenGuy
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That’s a super neat bag!
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"Possibles bag" - sometimes called a "man purse" (I prefer "haversack"), holds wallet, car keys, lunch/snack, maybe cleaning gear/tools (I wait & clean at home) maybe a small first aid kit (likely more than a few bandaids not needed) & whatever else one might "possibly" want to have handy. The "shooting bag" is (at least in my case) specific to the each gun (a great excuse to buy/make more bags) and has nothing not immediately needed to shoot the gun. Balls, patches, a small flint wallet with a turnscrew & 2 flints, a bit of tow.
In my Rifle Bag,
I carry a Rapine Mold,
a patch knife,
a knife stone,
a ring of tools,
compass with sundial,
a small bag of roundball,
a pick,
a brush,
my powder measure,
a cleaning cord and some tow,
a brass punch,
hree flints,
extra flint leather wrap,
my flint & steel,
and some patching material and some lube.
LD
Thank you all for taking the time to reply. The variety of answers have been educational as well as informative.
It has given me a lot to think about and a definite direction to look towards for a build out.
Brokennock
Cannon
Depends.
Are you really asking about a shot pouch (which a lot of people add a lot of non-shooting stuff to because of the "possibles bag" misnomer) or are you asking about a bag you keep all the other stuff you might possibly want or need while out and about?
Are you really asking about a shot pouch (which a lot of people add a lot of non-shooting stuff to because of the "possibles bag" misnomer) or are you asking about a bag you keep all the other stuff you might possibly want or need while out and about?
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Cruzatte
50 Cal.
Thanks!
