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How much does it weigh filled up like that? Looks like it weighs a ton. Lol. How do you transport it? Hand carry or some sort of wheeled setup?
I honestly haven’t weighed it but it sat on the back seat of the truck on the way too and from the property with out moving. I carried it just like normal I would guess 20lbs? I am still new to the sport but that seems to have everything in it I need, besides shot which I carried separately in a large glass jar. I had everything that I could have wanted shooting yesterday and I shot my 1860 army, Remington NMA, flintlock 20ga Fowler and my 50 half stock hawken. This is my first attempt at building a range kit and will be adjusting as I go but this is a good cheap starting point! One day I want to build a wooden shooting box but that day will have to wait.
 

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I honestly haven’t weighed it but it sat on the back seat of the truck on the way too and from the property with out moving. I carried it just like normal I would guess 20lbs? I am still new to the sport but that seems to have everything in it I need, besides shot which I carried separately in a large glass jar. I had everything that I could have wanted shooting yesterday and I shot my 1860 army, Remington NMA, flintlock 20ga Fowler and my 50 half stock hawken. This is my first attempt at building a range kit and will be adjusting as I go but this is a good cheap starting point! One day I want to build a wooden shooting box but that day will have to wait.
Well cool! 20lb isn’t so much. Looks like you do have it dialed in well. Good luck and happy shooting.
Scott
 
Interesting read, I'm going to have to come up with something for a range box when my rifle is finished and I start shooting matches. How do you guys carry/store your range rods? Mine is a one piece 48" steel.

Thanks, Justin
 
Interesting read, I'm going to have to come up with something for a range box when my rifle is finished and I start shooting matches. How do you guys carry/store your range rods? Mine is a one piece 48" steel
Thanks, Justin
I have two take down rods but I have one carbon fiber rod that's one piece. I carry it in an outside pocket on my gun case, that was made especially for it. I get the gun cases from a vendor on this forum. He makes them long for the longest rifles and a bit tall to accommodate tall hammers or flint cock. They're very well made of codura and very reasonably priced.
These are the guys I bought my long gun cases from with the ramrod pocket

http://www.uniquecases.com/
Neil
 
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I have two take down rods but I have one carbon fiber rod that's one piece. I carry it in an outside pocket on my gun case, that was made especially for it. I get the gun cases from a vendor on this forum. He makes them long for the longest rifles and a bit tall to accommodate tall hammers or flint cock. They're very well made of codura and very reasonably priced.
These are the guys I bought my long gun cases from with the ramrod pocket

http://www.uniquecases.com/
Neil

Thank you sir. I'll give them a shout when I'm ready for a case. :thumb:
 
I was watching a YouTube video of a gentlemen shooting a Whitworth, and he had a standing, narrow range box, almost like an artist’s tripod kind of thing. It contained drawers for musket caps, bullets, patches, test tube holder-like places for his pre-measured powder and some other stuff. Also holders for his powder funnel and range rod. I will have to find it and get a screenshot to show you.
 

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I was watching a YouTube video of a gentlemen shooting a Whitworth, and he had a standing, narrow range box, almost like an artist’s tripod kind of thing and it had a “v” on top as a rifle rest. It contained drawers for musket caps, bullets, patches, test tube holder-like places for his pre-measured powder and some other stuff. Also holders for his powder funnel and range rod. I will have to find it and get a screenshot to show you.

Tag for your pics.
 
I was watching a YouTube video of a gentlemen shooting a Whitworth, and he had a standing, narrow range box, almost like an artist’s tripod kind of thing. It contained drawers for musket caps, bullets, patches, test tube holder-like places for his pre-measured powder and some other stuff. Also holders for his powder funnel and range rod. I will have to find it and get a screenshot to show you.
That's some serious cabinet work there.
 
My range box is just a large plastic tool box I bought someplace when I first got into muzzleloading. It's as old as my first muzzleloader.
 
Finally got access to my old box. Was built by a talented member of the Fort Sutter Muzzle Loaders in Sacramento CA circa 1985 for the princely sum of $20. Been in service these many decades but got put in storage some years ago due to our escape from California,
 

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