on the road has been an ongoing battle since my climbing days. These days, when traveling west to shoot varmints, or just cruising around the mountains here in West Virginia, it seems like the gear migrates to every nook and cranny of the truck and camper. A couple of years ago I had a piece of gear I was looking forward to using in Montana vanish in the truck. It did not appear again until I had returned home. After more than a month and a half on the road you would have thought it would have emerged from the chaos, but it did not. Things like ear protection, shoot- ing glasses, and even guns (usually handguns) seem to be hard to locate sometimes when I’ve been traveling for a while. It seems like the only thing I haven’t had to hunt for is Maggie, my Heeler dog. For 2012 I came up with two new items to help me out in the organization department.
For the last couple of years I’ve taken along a couple of extra top units for a 1911 pistol when going west. This expands the versatility of the 1911 and cuts down on the number of complete pistols I need to carry while traveling. Keeping track of the extra top units and their magazines has proven to be challenging at times. The 1911 Rimfire Conversion Case from Brownells has solved my lost top unit/magazine prob- lem. This premium quality pistol case is built tough from 1000 denier waterproof nylon duck with heavy duty YKK nylon zippers with metal pull tabs. The large main compartment is thickly padded and has more than enough room for a full sized 1911 pistol, its holster, and a magazine pouch. The separate front compartment has a padded sleeve that closes with Velcro for the storage of a complete 1911 conversion unit. There are four additional sleeves that will accommodate single-stack magazines – either 45 ACP or 22 LR. These sleeves are big enough for another conversion unit if one needs the room, like I do. For quite a few years now, my
main 1911 for use in the western var- mint fields has been a Kimber Rimfire Target 1911 in 17 Mach 2. I do, however, like to have a 22 LR along for gen- eral plinking while camping out on the prairie and have recently been using a Commander length 22 LR conversion unit from Iver Johnson to fill this need. Twenty-two ammo is a lot cheaper
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to plink with than 17 M2. Also, I’ve recently been experimenting with a JP Enterprises JPoint red dot sight on my second 17 M2 1911 top unit. Fortunately, all of these 1911 uppers will function on the same frame and with the same magazines, but keeping track of it all presented a challenge until I obtained the Brownells 1911 Conversion Case. Now all my rimfire 1911 stuff (a com- plete pistol and leather gear, two extra conversion units, and magazines) rides safely in this handy coyote-brown case. The 1911 Conversion Case retails for about $40.00 and is available only from Brownells, in either black or coyote. If you need a way to keep track of your 1911 pistol, a conversion unit or two, and magazines, this case definitely is worth a look as it’s extremely handy for either a road trip or just a trip to the range.
And then there is all that other gear: shooting glasses, hearing protec- tion, lens cleaner, a knife or two, bin- ocular (if it is not on the dashboard), sun screen – you know the drill. I solved the “where is the @#$%^&* whatever” dilemma with another new Brownells offering, the Signature Series Shooting Bag. Now I probably have as many gear bags as the next guy but this 1000 denier Cordura bag from Brownells is just about the perfect size for riding in the front of the truck with all the small stuff I seem to use daily safely stored inside and organized.
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For hauling the Shooting Bag around, there is a quick detachable, adjustable 1½-inch wide shoulder strap with a wider, suede lined pad, as well as nylon web carrying handles that wrap around the bottom of the bag. To help support the weight of an ammunition load and to help the bag retain its shape, the bottom of the bag is reinforced with a double-layered, 3/16" thick, corrugated bottom panel. The main compartment is accessed
through a double-zippered top panel and it has a Velcro adjustable divider. There are two large bellows side pockets (one with a slip pocket on the outside) and one end pocket with nylon zippers and leather pulls as on the main com- partment. There also is a water bottle/ fired brass end pocket. Other features include magazine pouches and six elas- tic shot shell loops.
I used this bag to relieve some of the clutter on the truck dash, seat, and floor. The case for my Randolph Engi- neering shooting glasses with extra lens- es and my electronic hearing protection were the two bulkiest items I stashed in the Shooting Bag’s main compartment. The Vanguard ED 10.5x45 binocular also shared this space, sometimes, along with my small Gransfors Bruks hand axe and some other stuff. The side and end pockets held reading glasses and sunglasses, a notebook and pens, small camera tripod, batteries, a headlamp and SureFire flashlight, and a whole
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