Right before SHOT Show 2014 I wrote about my ideal range bag. Now that I’m getting back to having significant range time each week, I got to thinking about it again and did some looking around to see if anything like that was available.
Lo and behold, HAZARD 4 released a bag a year earlier at SHOT 2013 that has many (though not all) of of the features I was asking for. Their bag is called the spotter™ dividable range bag and looks like a very well thought out and well produced bag.
HAZARD 4 also sells a number of MOLLE-compatible accessories that can help you outfit the bag, like the inexpensive stick-up™ modular universal holster and pouches such as the broadside™ and flip™ and even a smart eyepro holder called the sub-pod™. And obviously you could use any other MOLLE gear from other companies that you already have or that fit your needs better (like the TACMED OPERATOR IFAK that they started making in what they call “Range Safety Red” at pistol-training.com‘s request years ago).
The spotter™ isn’t available in orange, though, so I haven’t bought one (yet). 🙂 While it’s hard to justify building up another range bag kit given the couple dozen already lying around unused in my closet — there’s literally a huge Pelican case full of discarded range bags in there — I’ve got to admit I’m tempted.
If you’ve got a HAZARD 4 spotter™ bag, I’d definitely like to hear your opinions.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
For me its the perfect range bag. I got one almost a year ago and I totally love it. It has full Molle funtionality witbout looking like a tacticool nerd. If you put the flat side outside, nobody will ever recordnize, that you wear a range bag over your shoulder. A friend of mine uses his Spotter bag for short flights and it works perfectly for that too.
Design: +++
Modularity: ++
Functionalety: ++
Greets from Germany
kontra
kontra — Thanks!
I don’t have the Hazard 4 so can’t comment but I just got the G.P.S. Tactical Range backpack. I love it so far and when I get a few select pieces of mollee gear to customize with some pouches I think it will be perfect!
(except it doesn’t lock that I know of)
There’s a video review of it here FWIW:
I do not have one but a friend does. He was a former Maxpedition fanboi who is not a Hazard4 fanboi. He’s used it extensively and still loves it, over the other high dollar “custom” nylon stuff out there. Can’t say he is 100% objective but I will be buying one.
Todd I apologize for posting this here but I don’t know another way of contacting you about this.
For whatever reason I get this message when I try to enter the forum:”Sorry. The administrator has banned your IP address. To contact the administrator click here”
It doesn’t seem to matter what I press on the forum page it gives me this message,I don’t know why this was done or why this happened But I would appreciate if you could look into that.
Good call on the red IFAK. Thanks. 🙂
I have had one of these range bags for about a year also. It’s a good bag and ruggedly built but there are 3 things I would like to see different. More loop material on the inside so the dividers stick in place better. The flaps for the pockets should be switched, the Molle webbing on the fold down pocket should be on the opposite pocket that does not fold down all the way. I would also like a plastic insert in the flap of both big pockets. With that being said though I think it’s a good bag and I like it better than the Dillon and 5.11 range bags I used to have.