Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

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Re: Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

Post by Octane » 06 Oct 2014, 10:09 am

Bennybigbores wrote:Never been to a range


Say whaaat?
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Re: Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

Post by cavok » 06 Oct 2014, 1:13 pm

What one takes also depends on the range, it isolation or not, if it has a café attached like Springvale or Eagle Park. Water, especially in the warmer months of a thermos with coffee and something to eat. My pistol or rifle bag containing some items that have never seen the light of day since 2000. FIRST aid kit with a works in it. Then ammunition and that's it, my pistols have never broken down, other than 1 slide stop and my rifle (JGA) which my father gave me in the late 60ies still shoots first time very time.
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Re: Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

Post by scrolllock » 08 Oct 2014, 2:54 pm

I went to Eagle Park about 5 times before I noticed the cafe there on the way out :evil:
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Re: Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

Post by cavok » 08 Oct 2014, 3:04 pm

scrolllock wrote:I went to Eagle Park about 5 times before I noticed the cafe there on the way out :evil:


Guy named Bruno runs it, fantastic guy, great food and coffee, a must on any day, seeing the range is now open on Friday as well.
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Re: Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

Post by bigfellascott » 08 Oct 2014, 3:04 pm

Bennybigbores wrote:Never been to a range,so I'd say rifle, ammo, paper, cleaning kit and more ammo


Not missing anything I can tell ya :lol: well other than the fact 99% can't shoot for s**t from what I've seen on the rare occasion I roll up to one :D
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Re: Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

Post by Bennybigbores » 08 Oct 2014, 7:31 pm

I got access to a 2000+ acre range. Aka the brothers laws farm. Plus 400 of my own. I lie I have been to the local pistol club twice using a friends .22 but other than that never, a coworker frequents a range on the coast and raves about it, he's only new to shooting and gets lots of advice might go for a sqizz one day and see how the howa performs against the paper hunters
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Re: Shooting range essentials - What's in your kit?

Post by Gregg » 10 Oct 2014, 12:53 pm

Water and Panadol for a long day :lol:
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