Unboxing: Magnet Gun Caddy
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There are gadgets and then there is gear. It is not often a gadget makes it into the gear category. Once a gadget, always a gadget. There are a very few gadgets that graduate into gear. A GPS is a good example. GPS when first introduced were at the mercy of wet weather, very expensive, and harder to program than a VCR. I still don’t know nor do I care how to program a VCR or should I say DVD or TiVo. A button compass sufficed for me until I dropped my Luddite dogma and embraced technology. I don’t know what I did before a GPS. When I first came along the Magnet Gun Caddy I quickly lumped it into the gadget category along with battery-operated socks, 5-in-1 baklavas and hunting knives with gut hooks. Gadget. Gadget. And gadget. Then I used the Magnet Gun Caddy.
How many times does this happen. You are all set to walk into the field when you realize you have forget
something—shot shells, the dog whistle, maybe leashes. So you lean your gun against the truck and before you retrieve the forgotten item your gun has slide along the side of your F-150 creating a permanent and lasting scratch and your prized shotgun is in the dirt. The Magnet Gun Caddy avoids all of that.
I also use it to clean my shotguns in the garage. It is literally like having an extra hand. It attaches to any metal surface. I attached it against my gun safe to retrieve and return shotguns. I attached the magnet to the SUV and since the the truck is new, I winced hoping the magnet would not scratch the paint when I removed it. No such thing. The Magnet Gun Caddy was especially helpful in avoiding the Ruger Red Label bouncing off the garage concrete floor. It works well with single barrels shotguns and over-and-unders. If you have a side-by-side you will need to place the gun in the caddy sideways. The circular cut in the foam grips the barrel tight and does not mar the firearm’s surface. I even used it opening day trout season to hold my fly rod. Yes, in the spring I have fins on the brain. It held the rod while I wiggled into my waders.
I also use it to clean my shotguns in the garage. It is literally like having an extra hand. It attaches to any metal surface. I attached it against my gun safe to retrieve and return shotguns. I attached the magnet to the SUV and since the the truck is new, I winced hoping the magnet would not scratch the paint when I removed it. No such thing. The Magnet Gun Caddy was especially helpful in avoiding the Ruger Red Label bouncing off the garage concrete floor. It works well with single barrels shotguns and over-and-unders. If you have a side-by-side you will need to place the gun in the caddy sideways. The circular cut in the foam grips the barrel tight and does not mar the firearm’s surface. I even used it opening day trout season to hold my fly rod. Yes, in the spring I have fins on the brain. It held the rod while I wiggled into my waders.
