How do you transport your handguns and ammo to the range ?

Do you put guns and ammo in the same bag, or separate them out between some combination separation for guns, ammo, and gear ?

If you make one trip in and out of the range, do you carry all of it in one trip, or use some type of dolly ?

Range bag and ammo cans usually. But I’m thinking my DeWalt rolling tool box might work well. Gives me a nice stool to sit on also.

When I went to a private range, it was all in the back of the pickup truck. I'd carry a couple of guns and their ammo to my station. Shoot those, pack up, walk them back, and get the next batch of two or three. This was an outdoor range where the firing line was 15 yards from the parking. I've never really had to deal with an indoor range.

At my home, it all goes in the back of the mule, and off we go. Gun bags, ammo cans, chairs, tables, cleaning stuff, spotting scope, water, tartets, the whole shebang.

Guns and ammo together.

Handguns and preloaded mags, with maybe a few extra boxes of ammo, in my large range bag (along with eye/ear protection, targets, etc.)

Long guns in single or dual gun soft cases, with preloaded mags in the outside pockets and pouches.

For especially high round count training, I may bring an ammo can or two as well.


I rarely shoot more than 1-2 handguns and 1-3 long guns during any given range trip, so I can almost always carry it all in one trip: Range bag over the shoulder with the shoulder strap, then a long gun case or two and perhaps an ammo can carried in my hands.

Even when I have to bring a lot of stuff, or a bunch of ammo, the agency ranges where I typically shoot all have parking within about 25 yards of the range. So even if I have to make multiple trips, it's not a burden.

Holstered and tossed into a bag. Ammo boxes and all.

One bag with everything I need for the session. I see lots of guys who look like homeless bag ladies, with a bag of accessories,a bag of ammo, a bag of guns, a bag of lunch etc.
I put everything in a back pack easy peasy. In an emergency ( accident car fire etc just grab one bag and all your valuables are in it.

Single bag for me too. Plus target and stand. MidwayUSA often has good deals on well laid out out range bags at decent prices.

Going to an indoor range, guns are carried in a range bag along with the ammo.

Outdoor range, guns are carried in a hard side case with ammo in another case.

Range bag with the guns and all mags pre loaded. Then just extra ammo in the range bags in their original containers and an Uplula mag loader.

I used to shoot handguns at an indoor range, but the ones within driving distance have closed. For those I simply put everything in a range bag and hand-carried it. At the range I use now, there are parts of it (the handgun) that i can just drive my car up to, but another (the 100-yard rifle) that I can't. For that one I got a folding, metal-framed, fabric-sided wagon from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W..._fed_asin_title&th=1 Other big box outdoor retailers carry similar. Bag, rests, targets and ammo in the bottom, 24-inch-barreled rifle in a soft case on top. The wagon is not long enough for the rifle, and once, when crossing the gravel drive, it bounced out and fell on the ground, so I have to be careful. A small bungee cord to hold it in place would have prevented this. I also load magazines before going.

If it’s just handguns, then guns and ammo in my backpack. If it’s rifles, it’s guns and ammo in my duffle bag (AR uppers and lower separated to fit in the duffle bag). If it’s handguns and rifles, then it’s handguns and handgun ammo in the backpack and rifles and rifle ammo on the duffle bag.

Ammo can full of ammo, gun on my belt or in a range bag if I'm taking several. All the bags and ammo go in the back of the Tahoe, along with my giant range bag of extra gear. Then I just back up on the firing line and work out of the back of the 'hoe. The lift gate doubles as a roof if it's raining.

I’m usually shooting long range when I go to the range so it looks like I am moving. Bags of ammo, guns, tools, paper targets, AR500 targets, chrono, win meter, tripod and everything else I need packed into my 4Runner.

I shoot pistols at an indoor range, so 2-3 pistols (in gun rugs), mags, ammo, ears and a maglula loader in a range bag. Also a knife & a multitool in the event they're needed. There's also a single chopstick somewhere at the bottom in the event I need to check for barrel obstruction.

Range bag. I'm a lightweight.
If I can't carry it, I don't need it.

Midway range bag, everything in one go. Stuff that doesn't fit (spotting scope, e.g.) carried separately.

Primarily shoot my EDC pistol at the range, so it gets trasnported in a holster on my person. Have a Savior Specialist range bag now, always have another handgun in there with its corresponding holster. Ammo goes in the range bag too.

If we use our shotgun, my wife has her old Tactical Tailor shotgun/rifle case that we use to transport it in. Shotgun ammo goes in our two-wheel pull behind range crate along with targets, stands, sandbags, first aid kit, etc..

I went to a Milwaukee modular box system maybe 10 years ago. Guns and ammo go in the big base box, Add or subtract other boxes depending on what I'm shooting and what tools I want to take along.

If pistol(s), i will use a Craftsman tool bag.

I feel it’s less conspicuous than a full on, dedicated, range bag.