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Suggestions for carrying my gear to the range

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October 28, 2025, 07:39 AM
egregore
Suggestions for carrying my gear to the range
It was easy when I just shot handguns, maybe a rifle, in open desert where I just drove right up to the site, or in an indoor pistol range where I carry everything in one bag. Now I need to use a more formal range where I can't do this, plus now I have rifles, a spotting scope, rests and other stuff. I would really rather not take multiple trips while leaving gear on the bench in between trips. (The range is remotely TV-monitored, but relies largely on an honor system.) What I think I need is some sort of dolly, cart or even a wagon, preferably able to fold up so everything goes in a Toyota Corolla trunk.





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October 28, 2025, 07:55 AM
sigfreund
You might search for “range carts.” I don’t know if anything here would work, but they are the sort of thing that’s available.
https://www.creedmoorsports.com/stools-range-carts

“Collapsible wagon” on Google also brings up many possibilities.

Or:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hig...f=pd_sl_6s4jjay726_b




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October 28, 2025, 08:55 AM
P220 Smudge
A collapsible wagon was a huge improvement for me. I load it up in the house, take it out to the truck, load up, drive off. No dozens of trips back and forth for this or that. It has saved a lot of wear and tear on my back, too.

A friend of mine went a step further and bought a Husky tool worksite packout. Think a heavy duty plastic stacking tool chest that clicks into a rolling cart frame. When we carpool to the range, I stop by his place, and it’s targets, rifle bags, and the packout in the bed of my truck and we’re on the road. Maybe a minute of loading up. At the range, the packout rolls to the benches with us or stays in the bed of the truck if we’re in the desert. He has everything from loaded mags to loose ammo to spare parts and springs, tools and lube, batteries, bore lights, cleaning kit, you name it. I’ve been meaning to do the same. It would make heading to the range a simpler affair.

For rifles, I have a four rifle wheeled SKB case, and a Saviour four rifle bag. They show up at Costco sometimes for about $45 and worth every penny. I have a Seahorse four pistol twelve magazine case I bought about a decade ago for $60, but it looks like they’re double that now. The guys in my shooting group have had great luck with the Harbor Freight Apache and Vevor clones of the various Pelican cases as well.


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October 28, 2025, 10:57 AM
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October 28, 2025, 11:10 AM
pace40
I use this. I tried the folding garden type wagon but sometimes I bring hardshell rifle cases and it was awkward with them.

folding trolley


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October 28, 2025, 04:16 PM
egregore
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:

Love to, if I could find parking.





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October 28, 2025, 06:23 PM
pedropcola
I bought a Zuca EZ cart. As a vet they gave me a 25% discount. They have multiple models that might work for you. The simple EZ Cart works for me. Big wheels, light, carries all my stuff plus target stands.
October 28, 2025, 07:03 PM
egregore
I found a folding wagon that has sufficient length to lay my carbines and possibly the shotgun flat in. The 24" bbl. rifle can stick out. The top rails are metal so as not to put pressure on fabric. Also ordered an inexpensive hard case.





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October 29, 2025, 12:12 AM
9mmepiphany
Foe Action Pistol matches, I'm using a Zuca Transit Cart with fitted range bags...the nice thing is that it has a seat you can sit on. These are adapted from carts used for Disc Golf

I'm only shooting handguns or an occasional PCC and it's easy to strap that on the side of the cart. There is even room on the other side for a shotgun if I'm shooting 3-gun

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If I had larger stuff to carry I'd look at the Ridgid stackable rolling tool chest from Home Depot. A larger one on the bottom for all your large things...spotting scope, tripod, ...and the small one on top for ammo and mags




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