Precision Rifle Gear Match Day Load Out - 10 lbs. in a 5 lb. bag?

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  • Sep 13, 2024
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    Sorry fellow members if I have posted this in the wrong place. It is my first post outside of the PX.

    I have what I believe is the completed gear load out for a 1 or 2 day match. Please critic it if I have missed or overdone anything. No thin skin here. Trying to get as much as I can right(gear wise) on day 1.

    Not shown, but believed to essential and will have ready* -
    *Hydration
    *Snacks
    *1-2 days worth of ammunition
    *rain jacket
    Missing?

    Gear Breakdown as shown -
    1. Wind Wand - by a good SH member - ballisticdaddy
    2. Spike feet for the tripod
    3. Tripod
    4. Tac plate with arca mount for LRF
    5. Bino clamp - (it take up some real room. I may sell this and switch to a post version.
    6. Plate bag - non-waxed
    7. pump pillow
    8. knee pads
    9. wax bar
    10. belt with dump pouch
    11. rifle rain cover
    12. milk toast bag
    13. schmedium - heavy fill (One lb removed)
    14. ammo novel
    15. rain pencil, wet erase markers & turret tape
    16. shooting mat( eeded at a match?) bought it for training
    17. cleaning stuff
    18. bore guide & jags, swab, brushes
    19. sling
    20. lens cleaning kit
    21. rain notepad and plain notebook
    22. HD 4000 LRF
    23. 10x42 vipers
    24. kestrel 4dof
    25. dope cards(3)
    26. multi-tool( free one from USCCA)
    27. metal mag tool
    28. tool pouch w/bit, wrenches, keys (would like the Fix-it-Stick LR kit but can't swing the $$$ right now)
    29. daka eyewear box
    30. trigger weight scale
    31. MDT metal mags
    32. mag pouches
    33. molded ear pro and cleaning kit
    34. ear muffs (replacing with impact electronic muffs)
    35. assorted batteries holder
    36. atlas leg extension
    37. chamber flags
    38. med kit
    39. vertx overlander
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    I'd say you have the basics covered. I also feel after your first match you won't bring all that.

    Canvas wax can stay at home. Tripod just put what legs you want to rock on it. I wouldn't bring spares. Round bottoms work pretty much everywhere. Trigger weight scale can stay at home.

    Bring more dope cards. Like paper ones or use marker on painters tape and peel new ones every stage.

    Shooting mat doesn't hurt to have with in the vehicle. Most stages should be set up how you shoot it. Can come in handy though. I now bring my own 10x10 ez up to use when convenient.

    Is this your first match? A 2 day match is a whole different thread I feel. The load out and ancillary equipment is much more extensive.
     
    A lot of this you're going to have to figure out yourself but this is what I'd do/have done.

    Ditch:
    2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, and 16.

    Throw the schmedium on the tripod plate and it works pretty well to steady the binos and the LRF. Most of us have found out that we can get by pretty well with just a couple bags mainly a general purpose bag like the schmedium and a pillow bag for stuffing in open space doing positional work.

    Reduce 17, 18, and 20 into one small maintenance kit somewhere about the size of a one quart bag. Same for 38, that can be reduced down to a simple boo boo kit with some band aids and ibuprofen.

    In my experience these matches are basically shot on golf courses, a lot of this stuff can live in your vehicle so the need to pack it around all day is usually unnecessary but it depends on the venue. A big component to these matches to be successful and to have fun is time and gear management. It's something you develop from experience but the more stuff you have, the more you have to manage, it takes more time, suddenly omg they called my name, now you're stressing out, and you have less fun. Less gear, less to manage, more efficient = more fun.