Range Box Target Storage Hack

[friezer]

Last weekend I made the trip out to the shooting range to make some smoke, but forgot my targets because they didn't fit in my range box anymore after filling it with everything else under the sun.

As I drove home muttering to myself about such a rookie move I came up with a way of storing and organizing my targets so that I wouldn't forget them next time.

I've attached a plastic expanding folder/divider to the back of my range box with rivets at the four corners. It has six pockets to store different targets or anything else paperlike.

Now, short of my forgetting the entire box (which will make for a really short day at the range), I don't expect to leave home without something to shoot at.

Bruce

 

[hornbuilder]

bruce :
holy heck bruce what kind of stuff do you put in that big box, to spend a day at the range .. sheech thats a good idea though with the folder attached to the back of the box for you paper targets :front:

 

[friezer]

Come on, it's not THAT big. I'm my father's son--better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

The top portion holds all the odd shaped stuff... Powder, balls, a rag or two, binocs, ear muffs, a tube of Bore Butter, cleaning patches, etc...

The bottom drawers are the pull out fishing tackle type deals--only one has anything in it (extra nipples, picks, a wrench, spare ear plugs, clothespins for holding targets, etc).

You're going to give me a complex about my range box.

Have fun,

Bruce

 

[Bob J]

Love that range box, Friezer! :front: I have a good-size one myself; that way I'm prepared, whether at the range or a 300+ mile away hunting trip. That way I can carry just the "essentials" in hunting bag. The box is back at the cabin, or in the truck, in case something comes up.

 

[friezer]

Thanks, Bob. :RO:

I'm brand new to this stuff, so trial and error is the key.

I'm still shopping for a possibles bag, and expect I'll go with something small and tasteful to hold just the essentials, but for a day of sighting in or when I feel like putting a whole mess of lead down range in an afternoon, I want to have everything at hand.

Besides, for the time being I'm an apartment dweller and one point of storage is pretty necessary for the space impaired such as myself.

 

Neat!. I don't have a big range box but do have problems with loose targets blowing/falling/scattered all over the truck and the range ..Like the idea of the folder .Funny that the simple things are hardest to come to mind. Thanks ...
Stews :redthumb:

 

[fatboy]

Nice range box dude! I use a heavy plastic tool box I got at Lowes . I like your folder idea for the targets :thumbsup:

 

[oomcurt]

Good idea! That said, I keep my targets in the trunk of my car. If I had a truck they would be in one those tool boxes for pickups. Where I shoot, no one uses a range box. After you park your vehicle you have a half mile climb up into the foothills of the Rockies. Nobody is gonna haul a range box up that. All I use is a possible bag and another over the shoulder bag that at one time was on of my wife's purses. Doesn't really look like a purse though, thank god. The targets? I just roll them up and stuff them under one arm or through one of the straps of the shoulder bags. 'Nough weight in those bags to keep them in place.

 

[friezer]

I'm lucky enough to be able to back my truck within about twenty yards of our covered range. Yeah, covered... and it's a public range, no less. It's a forty minute drive, but the route is scenic enough that you don't mind it.

 

Where's the range you're using? I have family up there north of Richmond near Montpelier/Ashland... would love to know where a good public range is up there. We can shoot in her yard, and do, but sometimes it's nice to have a bench and some yardage. :redthumb:

 

[Gleason.Chapman]

Sweet. Having left my targets, my stape gun and my cleaning ram rod, during my little bullet penetretation quest I reported to the forum. I now leave it all in my truck, in the back seat. All except the guns. I like your idea. Did you drill bolts thru or just screws? Welcome to the campfire. I know as a father with a son 21 and 32 there is no sweeter joy to see them take up your hobbies and excel or pass you in them. I am sure your dad, will see that in the gifts God has given you, that you bring to the shooting bench--photography (nicle cropped, excellent color) and organization and the gift of encouragement. Use them well. Chap Gleason

 

[friezer]

I usually head down to the Range at Chickahominy. I'm on the east side of Richmond, so it's just a 30 or so mile skip down 64 for me. There's also another public range out in Amelia that may be a little closer to you. I haven't been to this one yet.

 

[friezer]

I drilled holes through and used pop rivets. One in each corner. It took me all of about two minutes with a 3/16" drill bit in a pin vise. The rivets make a tidy connection and depending on which side you put the flange, it can be as unobtrusive as you like. Nuts and bolts would have been more bulky. Also, I think the rivets are a little more secure than a tec screw or similar might be and less prone to stripping out if you snag it on something.

 

[friezer]

Thanks, Chapman. I appreciate the perspective.

I know it's been a regret of Dad's that none of his sons have taken to hunting and guns as he has. As I've grown older, and being the oldest among my brothers, I've sort of taken it on myself to find a way to give that thing to Dad as best I can. I have nothing against hunting, but it's just not for me. Blackpowder & buckskinning is a good compromise for Dad and I.

 

[jimbo15563]

Static,

Tell your family to check out the Cavalier Gun Club. It's about halfway between Goochland and Montpelier. It has covered ranges with bench rests, silhouette targets, a private fishing lake, sporting clays, and just about any type of shooting. This sounds like a rich man's club, but the dues are very reasonable. It's only drawback is the 2-year waiting list to get in-well worth the wait.

Jimbo

 

That has to be the club my brother-in-law keeps talking about. He wants to join that club very badly, but keeps whining about having to wait until someone dies to get in. :crackup:

I'm sure he will eventually join that club, but I was kinda hoping maybe in the interim there was a public place he was unaware of that wasn't too far. Oh well. Thanks a lot for the info regardless!