Question New Beginner gear with different Budgets?

[couragewolf]

Yellow Fever tactical has a bunch of guides on their instagram that are solid for beginners for both pistol and rifle shooters

 

[couragewolf]

Must have: North American Rescue Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) or Snakestaff Systems Everyday Carry Tourniquet - directly from the manufacturer and not the replicas on Amazon.

If you are shooting you should have 1 if not 2 tourniquets on hand at any given time, and you best know how to use them.

 

[couragewolf]

Agree... Except for eye and ear protection of all things. When I first got heavy into teaching and competing, I always had Oakleys or Hunters HD Gold glasses, and Otto or Sordin ear pro. After a few years of doing this day in, day out, I've reverted back to cheapy Walker eyes and Walker electric ear pro. It got old replacing the lenses on expensive Oakleys every time I set them down wrong, and the hearing protection offered by Sordin's isn't great without inner ears.

I'm getting more and more defensive of my hearing as time goes on I usually rock a pair of surefire ear plugs inside my active ear pro regardless.

 

[mastershifu408]

If you are shooting you should have 1 if not 2 tourniquets on hand at any given time, and you best know how to use them.

And if SHTF, when the balloon pops… you really need 4 for each limb. rather have them and not need them, than need them and not have them

 

[couragewolf]

And if SHTF, when the balloon pops… you really need 4 for each limb. rather have them and not need them, than need them and not have them

I feel like this is simultaneously an extreme position and a completely rational one.

Ultimately you need tourniquets not just for yourself, but for someone else and then potentially also for yourself.

 

[Dvrjon]

I'd make sure to include D-Lead Hand Soap in the range bag. Go shooting enough (especially indoors) and the lead buildup in the body is no joke. Add a hat too to keep that stuff out of your hair.

As a minimum, wet wipes/handi wipes. Straight out of the pack even on a “dry” range, you can mitigate the lead/powder fowling on your hands/face/hair.

 

[couragewolf]

As a minimum, wet wipes/handi wipes. Straight out of the pack even on a “dry” range, you can mitigate the lead/powder fowling on your hands/face/hair.

Now that people are getting actual lead tests done after shooting it's pretty clear that not atleast wearing some kind of mask at indoor ranges and lead wiping your hands after shooting is pretty pointlessly reckless.

Unless your goal is deteriorating your brain functions I guess

 

[hambam105]

What compartment of this idealized shooting bag holds a healthily respect for always having a safety attitude?

 

[BaronMaupertuis]

Every shooter's bag should have a shot timer; competition, tactical and EDC.

 

[hambam10555]

Do you want to go down Rabbit Hole #1, #2, or #3?

 

[HarleyLowRiderST]

Lots of good ideas above. Having gone through 3 range bags here are my thoughts.
Separated your guns from gear. Trying to store together it just gets cluttered and disorganized.

• Hard sided range case designed for pistols. Holds my guns, mags, mag loader, ears, eyes, tools, loctite batteries, wipes etc.
  • Also correct torx for you optics when they get loose.
  • Extra optics screws in small zip lock
  • Extra batteries for you optics.
  • Clean wipes for you optics.

• I carry a separate small backpack for everything else.
  • Basic First-Aid kit. I recently added a torniquet and clotting spray
  • Targets
  • Hat
  • Extra glasses and ears
  • Nitrile gloves
  • Cleaning Sprays and Gun Oil
  • Other general tools or Leatherman
  • Water & Snacks
  • Etc

 

[Vino68]

I’d definitely add a leatherman to the list

And a Leatherman with all the drive bits, a kit you can purchase separately. Use it many times at the range.

 

[jayson_b24]

For the guys and gals on a budget, start with something like this:

Is it all- inclusive? No. But there's tons of videos that are related that will pop up once you watch one. Cherry- pick the best ideas for your own kit. Make a list. Start small. If the budget is really, really tight (been there before!) snag an item or two a week. Watch for sales to buy better items. Keep building over time and you'll have a decent enough setup before you know it.



Here is my own kit, for reference. Like 70% Harbor Freight.

 

[MunnyShot]

What I'd recommend is that they set their budget and buy accordingly. IMHO learning and understanding the 4 safety rules how to safely manipulate/shoot a gun is the most important. Eye/ear pro etc is next. Having a IFAK is going to be useless if they don't know how to use it and generally new shooters go to ranges that are staffed with people who do.