Pack it like the people who train for a living do. Med first, then the kit that keeps the gun running, then the stuff that tells you the truth about your shooting.
The bag: Vertx Course of Fire.
Hard dividers, padded panels, wipe-clean sides and bottom, and a lock-down cable that runs the length of the bag so it’s harder to grab out of your truck. The Light carries a pistol day. The Heavy carries pistol, carbine and a full med load. It looks like gear, not a gun case.
Shop the COF Light, $178.99 · COF Heavy, $238.99
One on you, one spare in the bag for the guy next to you who forgot his.
Also carried: ARB Trauma Tourniquet $25.99 · Add: Blue Force Gear Tourniquet NOW! Pouch Belt Mount w/ CAT $57.95
Gunshot wounds to the chest don’t take a tourniquet. Seal it, pack it, and know how before you need to.
Add: QuikClot Gauze 3″ × 2′ $18.99
Slide bite, hot brass, a sliced finger on a mag lip. Band-aids end more range days early than anything else.
Hex, Torx and a torque driver for optics and holster screws. Something always comes loose.
AR: Wheeler Delta Compact AR Multi-Tool $38.99 · Multi-tool: SOG PowerAccess Deluxe $84.99
For a dark bay, a squib check and the drive home.
Train with the rig you’d use on your worst day.
Load them the night before. Range time is for shooting.
Also carried: Rifle pouch TacShield RZR Double Rifle $39.99 · Empties Grey Ghost Roll Up Dump Pouch $29.99
Have a buddy load them into your mags and you’ll find out how fast you clear a malfunction you didn’t plan for.
Also carried: 5.56 Magpul Dummy Rounds $6.60
Also carried: 5.56 Federal American Eagle 100 $68.99 · Carry it in MTM .30 Cal Ammo Can $12.99
The timer doesn’t lie. If you aren’t measuring, you don’t know.
Add: Pocket Pro Carrying Case $13.99
Plugs under muffs for anything loud. A spare set for whoever showed up without.
Plugs: Howard Leight TrustFit 3-pack $5.99
Keep the gun wet on the line and clean it at home. A rod clears a stuck case. A bore snake won’t.
Also carried: Otis 9mm Cleaning Kit (pistol + carbine) $47.99 · Rifle rod: BCT 4-Piece 40″ $22.99
Paper shows you every miss. Pasters let one target last all day.
Add: Pasters Brown 1000 $4.99 and Black 1000 $4.99 · Stapler B/C Target Stapler $14.99 · Free printable targets
Know what you’re there to fix before you leave the driveway: zero, draws, reloads, splits. Write the drill down, shoot it, and log the result.
Link: Pick a drill · Log it
One bag, packed and ready, so you can go on short notice.
Also carried: Vertx COF Heavy $238.99 · Grey Ghost Gear Range Bag $183.99
Bag’s packed. Pick a drill and log it.
Buy the kit, then go train with it.