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Apr 15th, 2024 at 3:55pm
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Does your range have a box of tools to remedy small problems? My range has a few screwdrivers, some drifts and a few rods, what does yours' have?
  

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Reply #1 - Apr 15th, 2024 at 4:59pm
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A small Wheeler screwdriver set, small copper hammer, a couple small files, drift punches, tweezers, basic cleaning supplies, solvent, oil, a penny (for tightening Unertl mounts), several shop rags/paper towels, and most importantly a small box full of alibis.
  
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Reply #2 - Apr 15th, 2024 at 6:39pm
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Our range has a desk in the line shack with a drawer full of tools so common or mangled that no one has felt like stealing them.
  
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Reply #3 - Apr 15th, 2024 at 8:19pm
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Smoke wrote on Apr 15th, 2024 at 6:39pm:
Our range has a desk in the line shack with a drawer full of tools so common or mangled that no one has felt like stealing them.


We have "theft-proof" tools at our range, also.

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Reply #4 - Apr 15th, 2024 at 10:05pm
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  I have what I need and then some. Smiley
  

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Reply #5 - Apr 16th, 2024 at 9:45pm
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My range box started evolving when I was shooting primarily my high wall offhand rifle, so it had bullets and a breech seater as well as a Simmons re- and decapper.  My Dell lube pump is too long to fit any range box I ever had so it got its own case.  Meanwhile back in the range box I also had a couple of screw drivers and Allen wrenches as well as a 1" micrometer and a target record pad or two.
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Reply #6 - Apr 16th, 2024 at 10:43pm
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My shooting kit is contained in a multi-drawer old wooden machinist's chest - bullets, powder measure, breech seaters, de-recappers, primers, books, ad nauseum. What goes into my range box is incidental stuff I mentioned above - the junk, er, miscellaneous stuff that might be necessary to keep a rifle cleaned/repaired/up and running all weekend. Sort of like the concept of a muzzle loader shooter/hunter with a shooting bag on one shoulder (containing only that with which to actually shoot the rifle) and a "possibles bag" on the other. (A bag to hold that which might "possibly" come in handy when out and about.)

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And to think that once upon a time I could scamper off to the range for a day with a rifle and some ammo in a haversack.......
 
  
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Reply #7 - Apr 19th, 2024 at 8:02pm
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I have Craftsman box for my two CF Millers with (I  think) everything pertinent to them. I have 8 of the plano boxes, some specific to an action (i.e. #3 Remingtons)  and some for screws, parts, tools  and reloading bits.  That's why I have a truck.
  

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Re: Range Box
Reply #8 - Apr 20th, 2024 at 12:33pm
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I have a Craftsman box like the one pictured, right now it’s full of unused tools, never thought of using it as a range box. Time to clean it up and try it. I often get ideas from this site.
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Reply #9 - Apr 20th, 2024 at 3:45pm
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I  also have one of those boxes like the Craftsman shown, but no name on it? It was my father's work box when he was chief electrician at the railroad, and it's been sitting in one of my storage buildings since 1989.
Guess I need to see what tools and parts are in it, and maybe put it to use.
  

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Reply #10 - Apr 24th, 2024 at 5:11pm
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I built my shooting box bigger than I needed, ant tools get added. Right now, a screwdriver set, small hammer, drift pin, crescent wrench, and a couple other things are in my box. If I am ever at the range and need a tool in my box, as soon as I get home, I either put it in my box, or buy a duplicate so I can have one in my toolbox at home, and another in my range box
  
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Reply #11 - Apr 25th, 2024 at 3:50am
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I have a small tin that contains a bunch of various magnetic tip screwdriver bits, still never seem to have the right one...
  

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Reply #12 - May 2nd, 2024 at 2:48pm
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A couple years ago I added a magnifying glass to my range box and  with aging eyes I am finding it more & more useful for reading the vernier.
  
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Man… I feel awkward because I brought a whole 3 tier Milwaukee pack out home from
Work..I can put anything from a sweatshirt to a sporting scope in it and I mounted a Caldwell gun cradle on top
  
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Reply #14 - yesterday at 7:57pm
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Some great photos and descriptions, guys! But, did anyone really read the question in the original post? I took it to mean that he was asking if any gun club/range had tools to loan to shooters to correct a malfunction.  My range has nothing more sophisticated than a rock, so I tend to over-do my own range kit with too much stuff.  Wink
  

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