Gun rack for sporting clays

Anyone made something creative for hauling shotguns around on the sporting clays course with their sxs? The walking doesn’t bother me but the guys I am shooting with think I should bring the sxs along next time so they don’t have to walk as much or carry all their gear.

I’ve looked at most the commercial made units but don’t want something permanent. I already have an overhead rack in the cab but utilizing it from station to station would not be very convenient. I have the pioneer 1000-5 and it spends as much time with that back seats up for the kids as it does with them folded down into the bed so most of the mounted options wouldn’t really work with it either I don’t believe.

I like thinking out side the box.

This is just a weird and off the wall answer , so if it is not close to what you are thinking about , it is ok to flatly reject it.

What about a modified golf club bag , they are cheap at second hand stores. I have a youth model I use to carry chimney rods up to a chimney when I have to get a raccoon out with my chim trap II. It works great carrying it up a ladder with the shoulder strap. I can lash it into place to use when I need my hands free. It was cheap , got it for $6 at a second hand store.
Using a full sized adult bag and maybe opening up some of the sections in the bag , will accommodate a shotgun or two. Pouches for balls can hold shells etc. Removable from the SxS to clear up for other uses. Cheap as well , maybe not pretty , but very little investment.

Just a off the wall thought.

Scabbard mounted on outside of utv.

Keep in mind NSCA (National Sporting Clays Association) rules dictate guns onboard a 4-wheeler, SxS, or golf cart are to be carried vertically, preferably muzzle up. Small club shoots or practice sessions most likely don't pay much attention to this rule but if shooting in big registered tournaments it could/should become an issue. I walk the course and use a 3 wheeled cart made by Rugged Gear. It easily carries a flat of shells, 2 guns, some water, couple extra boxes of "special" loads (one box heavies and one box spreaders), gloves, extra glasses, and extra stuff that I generally don't need and wish I didn't take.

My club uses golf carts. Guns stand up vertically on passenger side. Held in with rubber strap.

It's been a while since I last shot Sporting Clays but we never used more than one gun and walked the course. Is it now customary to haul two or more guns around the course?

I set the course for our club and what ever to decide to make just make sure it is vertical.

Lugnut, I only use one gun, a 30 inch solid rib Winchester Model 12. My son takes up the other slot on the cart with his Beretta. We don't need a second gun, heck I don't even want or need screw in chokes. I had my Model 12 choke opened up to a light modified. My son and I do more by using different loads as opposed to changing chokes.

Interesting. Last time I shot Sporting Clays (a number of years ago) I also used a pump, an old Ithica M37 with a Polychoke installed. It was lots of fun and I remember thinking the folks laying out some of those stations were a bit on the diabolical side. LOL

I heard that I am a little more then diabolical

I don't like to refer to "those stations" as diabolical but more "technical". Makes me feel better and less P O'ed knowing that I might learn something.

That's probably a better way to look at it Paul. I remember one station in particular. The thrower was positioned towards a woodlot, the edge of which was no more than thirty yards from the shooters position and it threw doubles. If clay birds average 50mph that gave the shooter between one and two seconds before the birds broke on the tree branches.

A difficult station especially for shooters starting from a low gun position. Technical? Maybe, but I'm sticking to my opinion of diabolical on that one.

Some carry a goose gun for picking up spares.

Any time you get a station where targets have a short flight path and end up breaking on tree branches you have a station set by someone that doesn't know what they are doing. As an NSCA certified referee I am not there to steal targets from a shooter, I am there to call them as I see them, not try to decide whether the shooter broke the target or the tree did. Too many local clubs go to extremes, too easy or too difficult. It needs to be a reasonable balance. Too difficult and you drive people away. Too much fluff and people get bored. Keep in mind though that the high end shooter, AAA and Master class, should by all means spend time on the fluff targets, boring as they might be, because those are the targets that he or she absolutely has to get to pad their score. Keep in mind the shooter that takes a tournament with a 99 on fluff targets is probably the same shooter that wins with a 75 on crazy tough targets. The fluff course translates into more happy shooters as opposed to everybody being PO'ed with over the top difficulty.

I'm sure whoever set up the course was probably inexperienced. This was at a local club that was most likely not an NSCA member club and done mostly for fun. Me and some friends would go there once a week through July and August with the intent of brushing the rust off and re-acquiring our wing-shooting skills for the September dove season opener.