Shooting bag fill?

[Shortschaf]

Spex lite 5125 is the "Git lite" fill that Armageddon used, and its cheaper to order direct.
I have like 10 Liters of the stuff I could ship you if you want.
My Schmedium sized homemade bag full of it weighs 1lb 3oz, and half of that is probably the fabric

 

[260284]

Are you planning to use the bags at the range/shooting matches or carrying on a hunt? I prefer a heavy fill unless I'm carrying the bag a long ways. The heavy fill I've removed from Armageddon Gear bags looks like a very fine white beach sand.

For a lightweight bag, Git-Lite is probably the most premium fill, but it isn't cheap. https://git-lite.com/products/tester-gl

I have some of this in a schemidium mixed about 50/50 with the sand and it works really well.

 

[Shortschaf]

Are you planning to use the bags at the range/shooting matches or carrying on a hunt? I prefer a heavy fill unless I'm carrying the bag a long ways. The heavy fill I've removed from Armageddon Gear bags looks like a very fine white beach sand.

For a lightweight bag, Git-Lite is probably the most premium fill, but it isn't cheap. https://git-lite.com/products/tester-gl

Reposting here. Git Lite is just rebranded spex 5125

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Post in thread 'Gitlite alternatives'

Nov 17, 2023

VISUAL COMPARISON:


Spex 5125 on the left. Gitlite on the right






STRENGTH OF SPEX 5125:

1. I put four (4) random beads of Spex 5125 on the table
2. Put a small plate on top to be supported by the four (4) beads
3. I put increasingly heavy vessels full of water on top of them until they appeared to squish.

Four beads on the table



Cup of water and plate fully supported by four beads. plate, cup, and water = ~2lbs




Break out the homemade apply juice jar I just finished. jar, water, and plate = 3lbs




Roughly...

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[Laelkhunter]

I filled my bags with Kitty Litter (unused of course).

 

[wind gypsy]

Spex lite 5125 for light weight and spex heavy sand for the range.

 

[Brackish]

I've used aquarium gravel but I'm also a retard.

 

[Craigo]

My better half is a seamstress on the side and has a room full of machines, plus bolts of waxed canvas and leather from her bag making business (shameless plug for RaenWorks Bags).
I’m going to have her make me up a couple schmedium knockoffs for personal use.

What have you guys found or used for bag fill? I know there’s a lot out there, I don’t need ideas, I want to know what you’ve used.
I see that Box to Bench Precision sells the Spex-Lite branded stuff, and they’re pretty proud of it.

What else have you guys come up with?

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Waxed canvas filled with polymer pellets and aquarium sand to your liking. I can adjust the weight or packing fill

 

[RWT]

I’ve used lentils or split peas with a zip up tool bag from Lowe’s.

 

[Chase4566]

I sent my dad a bag set off Amazon. Didn’t come filled. They threw sand in it, and of course it leaks and ends up on the table. Elbows don’t like that, rifles don’t like that.

He emptied them out and refilled with this.

Amazon.com

Works pretty nice.

I took a few old socks and filled them with pinto beans. Stays in the deer stand and works pretty darn good for the cost of beans.

 

[AKSandman]

Made one with kinetic sand filler.

 

[Wolfshead]

Elite Force Tactical Force Premium 6mm Airsoft BBS Ammo​

$14.95 off Amazon for 15,000 bbs

 

[gumbl3]

Walnut media from the tumbler

 

[BrockJ]

This is some good information. I’ve been tossing around the idea of making shooting bags.

 

[Fire_9]

Made one with kinetic sand filler.

I’ve had this thought too. How did it work?

 

[MichiganMan25]

I really like to use plastic for injection molding. It's a bunch of little pellets. It doesn't weigh as much as sand, but still heavy enough for my purposes and it doesn't leak. If you go to a plastic injection mold shop, you could probably walk out with a 5 gallon bucket of it for free.

 

[doc holiday13]

if you have a table saw or chain saw you could also fill it with saw dust or chain chips

 

[AKSandman]

I’ve had this thought too. How did it work?

Not as well as you would think. No real benefit except the sand don’t leak out like regular sand.