Something to pack in a range bag, but nothing too expensive
There are a lot of really nice gun bags out there made by Tuff Products, Blackhawk gear, Elite Survival and even Uncle Mike’s. At first it might seem expensive to drop $100 or more on a range bag but considering how organized your shooting or range gear will become you’ll eventually get your money bag when you realize that you almost never forget to bring something to range with you. In the age of the M4 Carbine and close up gun fighting optics, sometimes we might forget that you really can’t see the targets at 100yds-300yds with an Eotech or red dot gun sight. Sometimes I would bring a hunting rifle with me that had a 3-9×40 scope on it and basically use it as a spotting scope.
Now that I have a 3x Eotech magnifier on my M4 Carbine, I haven’t had some of the issues I previously had, but if I am taking a new shooting to the range and starting them off with iron sights, sometimes its nice to be able to call the shots as they are fired. You need a good pair of Bushnell Binoculars to be able to see that. I have optics that cost less than $50 that fit nicely in my range bag and get the job done. The less expensive binoculars tend to not work very well on cloudy days or low light, but they’ll be a good asset to have in your range bag at all times.
Rifle scopes and spotting scopes each have their intended purposes. A good rifle scope and act as a spotting scope in some situations, but not everyone wants to have a 50mm objective lense on their rifles. Sometimes when I’m going to be shooting an AR15 that is setup with iron sights, I use to bring one of my rifles that had a 3-9×40 scope and just use that for spotting. The more I’ve progressed as a shooter, the more I realized that it would be nice to be able to just setup a spotting scope on my target and after pulling the trigger on my AR, I could just roll over and see the holes on paper since the spotting optic was already sighted on it.