I shoot rifles and fill the shot bag, some with old tumbling media and some with sand. They make great rests. Use an old milk crate to transport them.

 

Insert a plastic bag first and it will help keep the innards dry

 

that's what I use them for, rifle shooting bags

 

My next trip out there I took them a bunch and will do so in the future. Now they won't end up in the landfill.

Yes they will. You're just delaying the inevitable, and assuming the next person will pass it on and not toss in the trash.

I pass mine on to someone who makes bags, vests, or just about anything else someone will wear.

 

I have a hand held sewing machine and made a 4 box shell carrier.
I also hand them in to a range that reclaims shot.

 

My suggestion would be to drop them off with a "Free" sign at whatever club(s) you frequent. They can dumpster them as easily as you can, but most likely there will be oodles of folk who have a use for small heavy-duty sacks.

If you are a penny-pinching trapshooter, you may find an enterprising seamstress who will pay you a buck for a reliable source of good bags.

 

I fill my extra the shot bags with my spent primers then sew the open end closed to make shooting bag rest. I usually give them to a lot of the clubs that I shoot at who have rifle ranges and indoor pistol ranges and they appreciate the donation.

 

I save mine in a bag in the garage till I find a use for them. Usually the mice find a use for them first and then I throw them away.

 

find a shoot reclammer and sell them to him

 

I use them as a primer "trash" bag when it's full I toss it.
DG

 

I return them to my local shot provider, who gets to reuse them a time or two and hopefully keeps his shot prices lower. I use a few to fill with sand to hold down target stands in the wind for pistol and rifle shooting. A few of them have been sewn together to make covers for my reloading scales. The plastic ones get thrown out, but I will ask if the shot maker can reuse them, they just started using the plastic bags recently.

 

I return them to my local shot provider, who gets to reuse them a time or two and hopefully keeps his shot prices lower.

I’m hoping for the same thing essentially. My way of helping clubs keep the price of their reclaimed shot down.

 

Give them to fishing tackle store. They can use them when they sell a large amount of sinkers.

 

constuction guys love them....great for storing nails, screws etc in the truck

 

I keep them for a while and then look at the pile of bags I have saved. Then throw them away.

 

If you're in Northern Illinois, Diamond IL to be exact, give them to the Diamond Indoor Trap Range. They reclaim the shot from their shot curtain. Good stuff, looks like new.

 

I store my trailer hitches in them. Keeps the grease from getting on everything.

 

We always kept them for shooting sandbags, granted we had a shop and range. When cleaning out Dad's shop, my daughter found 10 clay bird boxes of shot bags packed tightly. She has since sold all of them through the booth my wife and her have at an antique store. You might be able to sell them. I know the girls made quite a bit selling them.

 

Launder them 3 times they make the best patch material shooting round ball black powder.

 

Give them to one of my clubs. They use them for reclaimed shot.

 

They make pretty good press covers.

 

That "AA" bucket is pretty cool.

 

My Mother in law used her sewing expertise to make me some custom reloader covers for all my PW loaders . I also use them for shooting bags filled with spent primers

 

After I reload 3-4 boxes of shells, I put them in the an empty shot bag and spray a tiny bit of Armor All in it and shake the shells. They come out really nice. I just like the way they look...

 

WTF?

 

After I reload 3-4 boxes of shells, I put them in the an empty shot bag and spray a tiny bit of Armor All in it and shake the shells. They come out really nice. I just like the way they look...

I like nice stuff… no ugly dogs, no ugly horses, no ugly guns, no ugly wife, and I’m not shooting burned up, nasty hull reloads. Your mileage may vary.

Interesting approach. I never thought of it this way. I guess I thought of it from the opposite side. Once the hulls are looking too ratty - it's time for the once more, done and toss bin.

 

When you're shooting more than 10,000 targets each year, the concept of cleaning them or shining them borders on being ridiculous.

If I shot so few that I had time to clean and polish my hulls, I would first have to ask... why bother reloading?

I would simply buy factory ammo and everything would be clean and shiny and I could spend the time I saved shooting more targets at the club! YMMV

 

If I had the time and desire to shoot that much I would. I have a full time job and our side gig is a horse ranch with 24 horses, a few feeder steers, sheep for our freezer and various other animals. It takes a lot of time even with our hired help. I shoot for fun and reload because I like it. If shooting 10,000 targets makes you happy, I’m happy… Shooting is a hobby for me. Not a lifestyle. Our ranch is my lifestyle. YMMV

 

I saw a shooter last year whose wife made him a blanket from shot bags for this PU tailgate so he could lay his guns on it. Very nice - wish I had taken a picture.

 

I toss them, don’t need anything made from cloth with lead in it. Definitely don’t want my washing machine having lead residue in it.

 

Take them to the local laundromat.

 

Mice will feast on corn media in bags and wet sand rots the bags. We fill them with plastic bean bag material, close them with several electrical ties and use them as rifle and pistol rests at the club. Big bore revolvers burn them up so we wrap the outside with duct tape too.