Pachmayr pistol case

[mousegunner]

A freind gave me this box which was given to him but he had no use for it. I've shot .22 bullseye matches a few times but nothing serious. I've been invited to shoot again and may do it and now I have a case.

Anyway the case shows some wear and the end panel covering is gone. I was thinking of recovering this box with new material. I got nothing else to do and this may be a nice little project for me. Of course, I could use as is or pass on to someone else, and eventually, it'll find a good home. Anyhoo, any ideas or suggestions? Thanks for looking.

 

[K22]

Oh boy does that bring back memories of better days! I had one that I totted around for about 30 years, albeit with a carrying strap. When I gave up competitive precision pistol shooting, I sold mine and replaced it with a range bag. It was just too heavy to tote back and forth to the range. But for a competitor, it's the ideal system especially when you mount spotting scope on the inside of the lid.

Unfortunately, I do not have any good suggestions to recover the box. Mine was well worn and what I did was just strip off loose pieces of covering to keep from it peeling off further.

 

[mousegunner]

Loading it with a couple of pistols and assortment accessories and I can see this getting heavy. I use 2 range bags now and comfortably carry what I need. I may just hand it off to a nephew that'll be happy to get it, we'll see.

I could strip it, sand it, stain it and give it a good coat of urethane just thought of this.

 

[Krogen]

Those old boxes are classic! It may not matter, but I will say recovering it degrades its "classic-ness." I'm a regular Bullseye shooter, now called Precision Pistol. The old boxes were good for iron sighted pistols, but those "new fangled scoped pistols" won't generally fit. I use an aluminum Strong Case pistol box. Indeed, with 3 pistols, ammo and a spotting scope the dang this is almost too heavy to lug around.

Those classic boxes have a following. You'd just need to find the right shooter. I applaud you for putting the box to use and for getting your nephew into the sport. Precision Pistol is a challenge and in direct contrast to the current interest in run n' gun with plastic pistols.

 

[MikeT124]

Between the wife and I we have two of them, again from back in our NRA Bullseye days. Still have some of the .22 spare magazines attached to the mag magnet in them, a cheap 20 power spotting scope attached to them too. Brings back good memories looking at them again.

Mike

 

[GotRDid]

The Memories, Indeed!