5.11 range bags compared: which one fits your kit

5.11 names its range bags after what they are for rather than what size they are, so Range Ready, Range Master and Range Ready Trainer all sound like the same bag. They are not. The line splits on capacity, on what arrives in the box, and on one spec that matters more than either: whether the maker publishes lockable zippers.

Everything below is quoted from 5.11's own product pages, linked in Sources. If you want the cross-brand ranking rather than one brand's line, our best range bags page compares 5.11 against Savior, Vertx and Allen on the same rubric.

The three side by side

These are the three range bags 5.11 currently lists with full published specs. The figures are the maker's own.

The one spec that separates them

A range bag holds a firearm in a car and, often, in a building that is not your home. That makes lockable zippers the spec worth checking first, and it is the one place the 5.11 line genuinely divides. 5.11 publishes YKK lockable zippers for the Range Ready Trainer Bag 50L. It does not publish lockable zippers for the Range Ready Bag 43L or for the Range Master Duffel Set.

Capacity: 43, 47 or 50 liters

All three publish both a volume and a set of dimensions, which is more than most range-bag makers do and makes them easy to measure against the kit on your table. The Range Ready Bag is 43 L (2,639 cu in) with a main compartment of 9.5 in H x 17.5 in L x 10.5 in D. The Range Ready Trainer Bag is 50 L (3,051 cu in) at 10 in H x 21 in L x 14.5 in D. The Range Master Duffel Set is 47 L (2,868 cu in) at 11.5 in H x 21.5 in L x 11.5 in D.

For a first kit, the gap between them matters less than it sounds. Ear and eye protection, a cleaning kit, a box or two of ammunition and one pistol rug fit comfortably in any of the three. Our range bag checklist is the list to measure against before you pick a size, and a bag carried half empty is heavier than a smaller one carried full.

What comes in the box

This is where the Range Master Duffel earns its name. 5.11 sells it as a set: the duffel plus a 5.11 Single Pistol Case and small and medium Range Master pouches. If you own one pistol and no case yet, that is a case you do not have to buy separately.

The Range Ready Bag instead includes a removable tote bag and a removable brass bag, which is the detail nobody expects to use and then uses every trip at an outdoor range. The Range Ready Trainer Bag comes with removable internal dividers and elastic bands rather than any named extra, so the inside is set to your kit instead of to a fixed layout.

What is actually in stock

5.11 lists five bags under the Range banner, and on 2026-11-06 only two of them could be bought from 5.11 directly. The Range Ready Bag 43L and the Range Ready Trainer Bag 50L were in stock. The Range Master Duffel Set 47L, the Range Master Qualifier Set 27L and the Range Master Backpack Set 33L all showed out of stock on 5.11's own store. Stock moves, so the buy buttons here go straight to the maker's page where you can see the current state rather than ours.

Which one to buy

If you want zippers you can padlock, the answer is the Range Ready Trainer Bag, and it is the only answer in this line. If you shoot several magazines and want the brass bag and tote in the box, the Range Ready Bag is the one most people mean when they say "the 5.11 range bag", and our full review of it goes through what 5.11 publishes spec by spec. If you have no pistol case yet and the Range Master Duffel Set comes back into stock, the included case changes the maths.

And if you are not committed to the brand, read best range bags first. Savior and Vertx both publish lockable zippers across their range bags rather than on one model, and the Savior Specialist publishes three pistol sleeves, which no 5.11 range bag does.