Pouch or shooting box?

[Grandpa Ron]

When you go out to the range for a bit of shooting do you use a pouch or a shooting box?

Over the years I have made a pouch for each of my guns with the appropriate balls, measure, short starter etc. in each. I still use these for hunting and of course for primitive events.

However, I was finding that I had to borrow various tools such every time I changed guns. Also many of the ranges had shooting benches for laying out your stuff for easy reach. This was really handy when both my wife and I are shooting. So I built a shooting box which has all the shooting accessories, all I need to be sure of is that I have the right caliber ball and the rest is in the box.

My wife never did like the clutter of a pouch for primitive matches, so she would take the stuff out of the pouch and place them in a multi-pocketed apron she made for shooting. It works for her. :wink:

 

[RADeO]

A shooting box at the range does it for me. As far as trail walks at rendezvous, I never cared for keeping round balls in a bag around my neck or in the bottom of my pouch. I just keep 'em in the watch pocket of my pants. Works for me.

 

[ncmtmike]

I tote my pouch,got everything in place,I practice like I hunt. :grin:

 

[robinsroost]

AM, I use an old tackle box as my range box. It holds all of the tools and supplies I might need for a day of shooting. Keep yer powder dry.......Robin :wink:

 

[coloradoclyde]

My wife never did like the clutter of a pouch for primitive matches, so she would take the stuff out of the pouch and place them in a multi-pocketed apron she made for shooting. It works for her.

:hmm: Sounds interesting. :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

For bench shooting a range box is more practical. It can hold everything you could ever want....is easily portable and keeps everything well organized. For years I used a giant tackle box. it held everything I needed for every gun I had.

 

[azmntman]

Got a tackle box for each caliber and separate one for cleaning...this for target. Hunting I am assuming, even if lost and spending a few nights in the deep dark woods, I will only need 4-5 shots and I carry film cans with premeasured powder, balls in my pocket and patches in a cap tin, and a capper in a pocket.

 

[larryp]

I tote my pouch,got everything in place,I practice like I hunt. :grin:

Same here!

 

[wattlebuster]

+1 more :thumbsup:

 

[satwel]

ArtBin Twin Top Storage Box that I bought at Dick Blick is what I carry to the range. I used to have a small wooden tool chest that I bought at a garage sale, but 5 years ago I switched to this. With the removable tray and the two smaller compartments in the lid, I find it the perfect combination of functionality, weight and size.
http://www.dickblick.com/products/artbin-twin-top-storage-box/

 

[ohio ramrod]

I have a box for the lodge at rendezvous , so every thing I might need is near by, but on the range I use a pouch. :idunno:

 

[nwtradegun]

on a woos walk I carry in my bag, as they would have 200 years plus ago

 

[AZbpBurner]

I've got a bunch of old nylon insulated 'lunch boxes' that I use. One for flintlock, one for percussion rifle and one for cap & ball revolver. I also have a cardboard box for cap & ball when I'm using the benchtop cylinder loader.

If I put it all into a single box, I'd need wheels on it and a winch to load it into the truck.

I also have a bag and horn used when in the field with the GPR or any of the other rifles.

 

[BrownBear]

My box is my muzzleloader tool box from home. Pretty large and full of parts and tools, but by no means a "shooting" box. It stays in the truck until and if needed.

Otherwise I shoot strictly from my bag and never standing next to the shooting bench where I can lay stuff. I'm principally a field shooter, and I don't want to develop bad habits on the range. :wink:

 

[Stumpkiller]

Pouch. I walk to where I shoot.

And when I shoot target it is to hone my hunting skills. No sense practicing with something I won't have with me when hunting.

 

[thecapgunkid]

What's a shooting box?

One guy said something about a tackle box...he ain't shooting running backs...is he???

 

[Knapper51]

I'm a "got everything I need in my bag" guy. I strive to be able to take my gun down from the wall, slip on my hunting bag and powder horn and go. Of course, there's a limit to how well that works depending on the situation. For instance, a deer hunt lasting a day or two will probably require a single load. A day of squirrel hunting will hopefully require several more. If we are talking wing shooting then I'll need a lot more loads. I'm not that great a shotgunner. Make it a weekend-long competition and I will need a box to contain the necessary powder, ball, shot, etc. Still, my preference is to have everything I need in the bag. Sometimes this just requires a reload of the bag.

Knapper

 

[coloradoclyde]

What's a shooting box?

One guy said something about a tackle box...he ain't shooting running backs...is he???

:rotf:

 

[eaglesnester]

Keep all my possibles in the possibles bag. Only have two calibers a bess 76 and 3 hawken 54ers easy to keep track of. Shoot off the tail gate of the Ford pickemup. Drop all my trash out and there it is within easy reach. The range where I shoot is nothing more than a sand pit with a berm, totally uncontrolled with shooting benches at 100 and 200 meters. The best part is it is only 10 min or so from the house. Nobody ever goes there and it is open most times of the day.

Did the Indians put U here? "Twernt Mormons".

 

[Artificer]

I always preferred to shoot out of my pouch as I used to do a lot of primitive shooting that required it. If something I needed was not in the pouch when one crossed a line or started the competition, you did without it or sucked up the bad score or missing shots.

However, I normally take a Shooting Box and many tools to a shoot or range. I sometimes wind up fixing guns for other folks, besides having them for any of my personal requirements or emergencies.

Now I also would have a large shooting box around when sighting in or shooting two or more different guns. I would inventory and fill that box ahead of time and then "re-load" the pouch/s from that box for shoots/matches that lasted two or three days or up to a week at Friendship. This kept me from one of those crazy "Panic Runs" across the bridge to the Sutlers' Area, prior to a match. Of course the Shooting Box would sometimes get re-loaded from the Sutler's Area as the week wore on.

Gus

 

[Wes/Tex]

I'm like Gus...box-o-stuff in the car but I take minimum around with me. Getting old and lazy!