Re: Cowboy Action Gun Cart Plans Pdf
Cre Wallace
Some history. In the past, I made my plans available to be downloaded on any Cowboy Website. This was a mistake. Others took the plans and "stole" them, claiming them as their own and selling them. To combat that I have copyrighted the plans.
Howdy Cap, the ammo box/seat comes out and the unit folds flat. I have both a 5 gun Rough Rider and a 3 gun Fort White folder, both great carts and easy to transport in a little Rav 4. Both of mine have a small tray up top bout wide enough for soda in a coozie, and I use soft Igloo coolers as ammo boxes. If you go that route just remember the wood ammo box is a seat and a counter weight if you have an umbrella. I set a 12 pack flip top Igloo with drinks and nabs behind my ammo to counter weight mine......using a good vented umbrella mine has never flipped. Thanks Rolan for all you do for the sport.....the man is always thinking ......Good Luck
You can really make them any size you want. I can tell you that if you make the back box (Bustle box, key box, whatever you want to call it) too big it will get back heavy and you'll have to make sure you weigh down the front (ask me how I know).
Yes, the principal defect in the MK I is that the cart is too short. I limited that dimension by the way that I built the rack for the barrels. I plan on re-engineering to be like the one in your cart, leaving space by the frame rails for the horizontal part to fold up and be flush with the vertical rails.
Didn't think that a gun cart was going to be on the cards, but after a few shoots thinking now its not a 'nice thing to maybe have' but more under the necessity of a 'must have' there's lot of gear to move around for two people (myself and my wife Jenorado).
The two clubs that we will be mainly shooting at have a lot of concrete pathways and concrete slabs before we get to the grass, gravel, sand and sometimes mud so I'm thinking of going for four wheels? Good idea or poor idea?
Like all blokes I'm guilty of over engineering things and want to make this as physically light yet sturdy as possible. and try to stay away from 1/2 plywood and incorporate 1/4 ply and even 3/16th plywood with some strengthening stringers.
I know a lot of you cowboys have made carts and more than one on your journey to the best one for your needs so if there's any hints that you could pass along it would, as always be really appreciated. I won't be going down the converted baby stroller method, I do want to make one from scratch out of wood.
The best cart advice I got when starting to figure out carts was to be prepared to modify and/or replace at least 3-4 times. Also, to keep as light as possible due to lifting in and out of trucks. I started with a jogging stroller I found used and have reconfigured it 3 times so far. I still get evil thoughts about the next steps on it.
I built 3 gun carts over the years. One was a wagon that I needed a winch to get into the bed of a truck. One was built rostered joints and peg construction. Only screws in it was in the hinges.
Then I bought a Rugged gear cart and life was good.
Bear I have used several 2 wheeled carts and one 4 wheel in nearly 20 years of CAS. My current cart has 2 wheels. I have made a couple of wood carts, one was 3/4 inch marine plywood, no worries about rain but god awful heavy. I would suggest that if you are going with a 4 wheel design, you combine both of your sketches. A rack to hold long guns with the bores vertical and the handle further back to keep your feet from constantly hitting the cart. Also wagons are a lot easier to pull than push, so maybe a T handle. This then brings up casters instead of solid mounted front wheels. Since you are going to construct this from wood make the handle/LG support removable, both for weight and ease of loading/storage. Good luck and dont be afraid to re-do/rebuild more than once.
Unless you will transport it in a pickup, consider taking the added design time to make it foldable/collapsible, without having to carry around a disassembly/reassembly toolbox. (Hint; the rear axle can make a good pivot joint). Also, consider including a strong seat of some kind and a place to carry a squib rod.
much like you he overbuilt even after warned that everything is rough terrain and uphill everywhere you go , weight is the wearisome part but small diameter wheels are also tiering , when asked i always suggest less is more ,
No Sir, found the picture on the internet can't remember here or in a search on google. Sure wish I had the plans or at least the dimensions for it. Figure I'll just make it to whatever size I think will work.
That's a'what I'm a aiming for as well. Some of the ones that I've been saving the pics of in a folder on my PC are just magnificent but I'd need a mini crane on the back of a pickup to be able to put 'em on and take 'em off.
LOL, BB you sound just like me. I've been looking and saving pics trying to figure out what I want to build. But the more I look the less I want in one. That one would work nice if you made it with a removable handle.
Mustang makes a really nice 4 gun cart. Choice of wheels and other options and a removable ammo box with seat cushion. A little more expensive these days but a very well built, light cart. And great customer service IMO. You might give it a look on their add on the SASS main page.
All of those are good to great. But to my way of thinking, less wood is less weight. Here's my modular cart which started life (a very long time ago) as a double-wide baby stroller. I got it for free and stripped it of its baby parts to salvage the lightweight collapsible folding frame. The chest is light sheet metal and holds everything for me and Bullion Rose, and just sits on the shelf. Then, the shelf itself, with the gun butt slots, also just lifts off the frame. Easy to assemble and disassemble, easy to lift the three parts out of and back into my truck. And it balances fully loaded with the center of weight far enough in front of the rear axle so that there is no chance of it falling over, even when I hang empty shell bags or ammo pouches on the handle.
Not in my living room. But yes, of course, the rack holds the long guns with actions open when in actual use. The shotgun just breaks open and is held that way, and there's enough room (intentionally, by design) for the levers to be in their open position without hitting the back of the storage chest.
Why spend $300 to $500 for a gun cart when you can build and personalize your own gun cart for less than $100? Our complete gun cart plans include a list of all parts you can cut yourself, plus a list of items you need to purchase, and where to get them. YOU don't have to be a professional woodworker to build a gun cart using our plans. A few basic tools is all you need.
This is a complete set of plans to build a gun cart for four rifles/shotguns, that can easily be taken apart to place in the trunk of your car, yet is substantial enough to take any abuse you might give it. No doors, so you can move from stage to stage with the actions open on your rifles. Use the box foryour ammo, cleaning supplies, snacks and water. Use the box lid as a seat.
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There are way too many guns and too much gear at a CAS stage to be able to haul everything around in a backpack. Before I found CAS, I used a folding sports wagon to hold everything. If you have the money for it, I recommend getting a Rugged Gear cart since they are lightweight and collapsible.
A cowboy action shotgun needs to be smooth enough that when you unlock the barrel, it opens quickly with only one hand on the gun. You want the chamber to have a bit of work done to it to allow for shotgun loads to fly out with a bump on the shoulder. You may want a newly upgraded trigger or lighter trigger pull added to your firearm, among other performance-related things.
One of the recommendations I was given when I bought my rifle is to learn to shoot it as-is before making any modifications. This helped and prepared me to learn how to lever it, pull the trigger properly, and really learn the mechanics of working a lever-action rifle. I eventually got a short stroke kit put in so my lever only opens half the distance it used to. This cuts down a lot on the time it takes for another round to be put in.
I hope to be an ambassador for the sport and continue to educate people on how to get involved. Your biggest resource other than the SASS Wire Forum is the SASS Guns and Ammo Facebook page. If you are a female, there is a specific group called Ladies of Cowboy Action Shooting (LOCAS). My member number for LOCAS is 501 so it is a smaller population of women shooters. The purpose of these groups is to ask as many questions as possible. You can also connect to some of the best folks in the world. Remember to have fun and enjoy the cowboy way!
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