Here are some items that you may wish to include in your gun range bag/kit:
- Safety glasses with shatter-resistant lenses
- Ear defenders or muffs for over-ear protection
- Ear buds or plugs for in-ear protection
- Gloves for hand protection (Mechanix brand in the summer)
- First aid/trauma kit with a tourniquet, Quik-Clot, and “Israeli bandage”
- LED flashlight
- Bore & chamber inspection device such as a Bore-Lite
- Gun oil and lubricants
- Gun cleaning materials such as paper towl, shop rags, rod, bore brush, and patches
- Dummy rounds to test actions (such as A-Zoom Snap Caps)
- Sunscreen
- Mosquito repellent (!!)
- Gorilla tape and/or duct tape
- Live ammunition
- Paper targets
- Stapler to put targets up
- Binoculars, rangefinder, or spotting scope
- Attachable accessories such as scopes, grips, and bipods
- Lead-wipes or wet-wipes to make sure you remove poisonous bullet lead from your hands
- Multitool with Allen keys and screwdriver bits, or a leatherman
- Container for spent brass casings
- Magazine loaders (makes guns like 10/22 easier)
- Shooting bag/rifle rest table or shooting mat
- In-case-of-emergency card with your range location printed on it (may be hard to remember under stress)
- Sharpie markers for identifying old bullet holes in paper targets
- Garbage bag for clean-up
- Hand sanitizer
- Zip-Loc bag including all necessary paperwork (PAL, Authorization-To-Transport, Registration Certificates)
- Black circular stickers to cover old bullet holes in paper targets
- Spare parts for your firearms
- Magazines and clips for your firearms
- Anti-fog wipes for eyeglasses
- Paper and pen (good for writing down long-range groups, documentation of your sighting-in)
- Chronograph to get the velocity of your bullets
- Scope sighting tool or laser sighting cartridges