Precision Rifle Gear Large Game Changer Bag for Hunting, which fill?

[Cold_Bore_88]

I need some advice on which fill to go with on a large game changer bag. This will be used primarily for hunting so I would like to go as light as I can without giving up stability.

I currently haul around my large GM w/ heavy fill and I just need to spend a little coin to save some weight.

Any advice? Is it so obvious to go as “lite” as possible?

 

[DeadFox]

Spexlite 5125. Don’t over fill.

 

[Cold_Bore_88]

Spexlite 5125. Don’t over fill.

I see now they only offer 2 options on the OG size anyways. lol. Spexlite it Standard.

Thoughts on the shmedium size?

 

[DeadFox]

Yeah, works great

 

[Varminterror]

I carry an MFC in cordura (wish it was waxed canvas) with polypropylene pellet fill (wish it was spexlite). I do have a spexlite filled, waxed canvas OG, but I don't really think I'd want to carry the extra bulk - it carries like it's twice as big as the MFC, and generally just isn't THAT much more versatile or more stable. But I'm relatively an oddball, I carry an MFC for my "90% bag" at PRS matches, and only break out my Schmedium for really specific use cases.

 

[Mcgivro]

I see now they only offer 2 options on the OG size anyways. lol. Spexlite it Standard.

Thoughts on the shmedium size?

By far the most usable and useful size. I have all of them.

 

[Cold_Bore_88]

I carry an MFC in cordura (wish it was waxed canvas) with polypropylene pellet fill (wish it was spexlite). I do have a spexlite filled, waxed canvas OG, but I don't really think I'd want to carry the extra bulk - it carries like it's twice as big as the MFC, and generally just isn't THAT much more versatile or more stable. But I'm relatively an oddball, I carry an MFC for my "90% bag" at PRS matches, and only break out my Schmedium for really specific use cases.

Dumb question here….MFC?

 

[Varminterror]

Dumb question here….MFC?

Mini Fortune Cookie, from Wiebad.

 

[Varminterror]

Thoughts on the shmedium size?

I have 2 OG's, a Schmedium, and a Pint Size, and more Wiebad Fortune Cookies in 4 different sizes. The OG's are bigger than I want for anything, and I personally don't really get along as well with the Schmedium as I do with the Pint Size or the MFC's (similar size to the Pint Size, smaller than Schmedium), but a lot of guys use Schmediums as their 90% solution bag for PRS matches. I shot a year with a Schmedium, 2 years with a Pint Size, and I think now 4 years with Mini Fortune Cookies as my 90% solution for PRS bags. I carry a Schmedium for big, flat obstacles (5 or 10% of match stages) and I do like carrying 2 bags for certain stages (5 or 10% of match stages).

For backcountry hunting, recognizing I will more likely be shooting from a tripod than a positional bag, I wouldn't want to commit to carrying the bulk, even at low weight, of an OG size. Schmedium would be the largest size I'd pack - and I DO pack a Mini Fortune Cookie.

 

[Cold_Bore_88]

I have 2 OG's, a Schmedium, and a Pint Size, and more Wiebad Fortune Cookies in 4 different sizes. The OG's are bigger than I want for anything, and I personally don't really get along as well with the Schmedium as I do with the Pint Size or the MFC's (similar size to the Pint Size, smaller than Schmedium), but a lot of guys use Schmediums as their 90% solution bag for PRS matches. I shot a year with a Schmedium, 2 years with a Pint Size, and I think now 4 years with Mini Fortune Cookies as my 90% solution for PRS bags. I carry a Schmedium for big, flat obstacles (5 or 10% of match stages) and I do like carrying 2 bags for certain stages (5 or 10% of match stages).

For backcountry hunting, recognizing I will more likely be shooting from a tripod than a positional bag, I wouldn't want to commit to carrying the bulk, even at low weight, of an OG size. Schmedium would be the largest size I'd pack - and I DO pack a Mini Fortune Cookie.

Thanks for the detailed feedback. I will take another look at the FCs. Always good to support someone local too.

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

Plus one is the perfect size.

 

[wind gypsy]

Lot of varieties to how one hunts but even my pint sized with Git Lite fill is more than I want to bring on many hunts. Never carried anything bigger/heavier than that. I could justify carrying a heavier model for midwest whitetail hunting if i sought more stability but there's no reason for a sub 200 yd shots.

 

[BurtG]

RRS 24 or 34

I haven’t found much stuff to use a GC on while hunting unless hunting out of a vehicle or equipment

 

[Cold_Bore_88]

Lot of varieties to how one hunts but even my pint sized with Git Lite fill is more than I want to bring on many hunts. Never carried anything bigger/heavier than that. I could justify carrying a heavier model for midwest whitetail hunting if i sought more stability but there's no reason for a sub 200 yd shots.

Good point. I use it interchangeably as a rear bag (when possible), hung over a tree branch, on a hood or bumper, etc. it’s nice to have more 7 y/o too.