I am a very senior citizen and enjoy shooting pistols at an outdoor range. I would like some information about gloves that could be used for this activity when the weather gets cold. I have tried Hatch Neoprene Duty gloves. These provide enough mobility to allow for loading magazines and firing the pistols. However, they do not furnish much in the way of warmth. I was wondering if gloves used for winter golf might be a possibility. All help will be appreciated. TIA
Gloves for winter shooting
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I wear mittens when it gets cold, for work and play. They are the only things that really keep your hands warm. I take them off if I need the dexterity of doing more precise things, then pop them back on when my hands get cold. Sounds like a PITA, but it really isnt, and your hands are actually warm for a change.
Gloves suck for the most part, because they isolate each finger, allowing them to get, and stay cold. Mittens on the other hand, allow you to get "meat on meat", and let your hands and fingers share heat, even allowing you to make a fist.
If you go the mitten route, get them a little big, so you have rooom to move your hand around in and make a fist, and dont get them with a knit cuff, so they go on and off easy. Skip the flip open mittens with the fingerless gloves inside, they dont work like the real thing, and your hands will still be cold. The ones with the slit in the palm do however, just not as good as a set without the slit.
Another alternative would be something like this.....
http://www.duluthtrading.com/search...re=product_3&kw=hand warmer&processor=content
Gloves suck for the most part, because they isolate each finger, allowing them to get, and stay cold. Mittens on the other hand, allow you to get "meat on meat", and let your hands and fingers share heat, even allowing you to make a fist.
If you go the mitten route, get them a little big, so you have rooom to move your hand around in and make a fist, and dont get them with a knit cuff, so they go on and off easy. Skip the flip open mittens with the fingerless gloves inside, they dont work like the real thing, and your hands will still be cold. The ones with the slit in the palm do however, just not as good as a set without the slit.
Another alternative would be something like this.....
http://www.duluthtrading.com/search...re=product_3&kw=hand warmer&processor=content
OldShooter
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Cold weather
I've spent a lot of time outdoors in winter(Northern New England) doing things like ice climbing and winter mountaineering. We always wore multiple layers of handware which included an outer windproof layer, and inner insulating layer and a thin layer polypro glove that we never took off. The outer two layers were usually mittens for the reasons previously mentioned. We kept the liner gloves on, never touching skin to bare metal. Of course it could be very cold; I've been out in -30F. Depending on what your conditions are, this may be overkill.
In winter I much prefer shooting indoors at a heated range.
I've spent a lot of time outdoors in winter(Northern New England) doing things like ice climbing and winter mountaineering. We always wore multiple layers of handware which included an outer windproof layer, and inner insulating layer and a thin layer polypro glove that we never took off. The outer two layers were usually mittens for the reasons previously mentioned. We kept the liner gloves on, never touching skin to bare metal. Of course it could be very cold; I've been out in -30F. Depending on what your conditions are, this may be overkill.
In winter I much prefer shooting indoors at a heated range.
Try latex gloves. A crusty old guy turned me on to them last winter. They are warmer than the puffiest standard gloves, but so thin you can do whatever fiddly little task your shooting requires.
But don't break them out until it is really cold, otherwise your hands will sweat. Latex gloves are really nasty when you sweat in them, they turn into sweat balloons.
But when you need thin gloves for really cold outdoor shooting, they are top-notch.
But don't break them out until it is really cold, otherwise your hands will sweat. Latex gloves are really nasty when you sweat in them, they turn into sweat balloons.
But when you need thin gloves for really cold outdoor shooting, they are top-notch.
Yep, my all time favorite. Hopefully your pro shop stocks a decent supply of lefts and rights. Sometimes the rights (for a lefty golfer) are pretty scarce. That thin insulating layer is just right until the serious cold weather gets here, and then I'm not likely to be shooting outside anyway.
oneounceload
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do you play golf? Your cabretta leather golf gloves will do a good job - I use them to shoot shotgun year round
Yes, golf gloves work great / I shoot in Winter golf gloves / Footjoy Rain Grip almost year round. They sell them in pairs / and most golf pro shops have them in stock now.
Gives you good feel of the gun outdoors / hunting, shooting Skeet / handguns outdoors ..... no problem loading mags, operating a 1911, a revolver, etc ...
http://www.footjoy.com/catalog/productview.asp?c=45
Below 40 degrees / I put some chemical handwarmers in my pockets too --- but the microfibre gloves are pretty warm.
Gives you good feel of the gun outdoors / hunting, shooting Skeet / handguns outdoors ..... no problem loading mags, operating a 1911, a revolver, etc ...
http://www.footjoy.com/catalog/productview.asp?c=45
Below 40 degrees / I put some chemical handwarmers in my pockets too --- but the microfibre gloves are pretty warm.
cavediver27
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Baseball batting gloves
I've used baseball batting gloves and they work great at keeping your hands warm and protected yet allow complete dexterity. Just get a righty and lefty and you're good to go.
I've used baseball batting gloves and they work great at keeping your hands warm and protected yet allow complete dexterity. Just get a righty and lefty and you're good to go.
I've used deerskin gloves for years. The roping gloves found at whatever version of cowboy supplier you have in your neighborhood are good, and slightly lesser quality versions can be found in most hardware stores for less money. I buy them skin tight at first, and they loosen up slightly with a little use. With tight fitting deerskin gloves (no wrinkles) I can get things out of my pocket, like my knife, I can work, which means getting nails and tools out of my nail bags, and manipulate fairly small stuff. They arent terrifically warm, but enough to do things that need some feel. I can usually get by with them down into the 30's pretty well. One of the chemical warmers in the pocket (or mitten) to warm up some may help, as someone said.
In deeper cold, and not always needing to manipulate small things, good mittens are best. Mine are deerskin outside with heavy wool insides. If you get them large enough, you can wear your deerskin gloves under them. I've long used eskimo type strings on mine, like the cord you had when you were a kid. The cord I use is a stout leather cord (good quality boot lace), with a sliding cord that slides up the front to keep the long cord from slipping over your back. When you need to take a mitten off, you grab it in your teeth, pull your hand out, drop the mitten, and it's there again when you need it. Very handy for hunting, or doing about anything else where you may need your hand in and out. Also, when it gets too warm to wear the mittens, you can just slide the front cord down to keep them from swinging around too much, and forget them til you need them again. No way to lose one mitten either. I tie a loop in the neck cord and hang them on a peg by the door when not needed.
In deeper cold, and not always needing to manipulate small things, good mittens are best. Mine are deerskin outside with heavy wool insides. If you get them large enough, you can wear your deerskin gloves under them. I've long used eskimo type strings on mine, like the cord you had when you were a kid. The cord I use is a stout leather cord (good quality boot lace), with a sliding cord that slides up the front to keep the long cord from slipping over your back. When you need to take a mitten off, you grab it in your teeth, pull your hand out, drop the mitten, and it's there again when you need it. Very handy for hunting, or doing about anything else where you may need your hand in and out. Also, when it gets too warm to wear the mittens, you can just slide the front cord down to keep them from swinging around too much, and forget them til you need them again. No way to lose one mitten either. I tie a loop in the neck cord and hang them on a peg by the door when not needed.
golfnutrlv
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Do you have a Costco in your area? A friend of mine picked up a pair of Head gloves, black, form fitting gloves. They are warm, not ski glove warm, but allow for great dexterity. Best thing, $10 a pair here in Eastern Washington.
Check them out of you can find them in your area.
Check them out of you can find them in your area.
You stole my post 
"I take them off if I need the dexterity of doing more precise things, then pop them back on when my hands get cold. "
This was my first thought. I have good gloves but if I am shooting I am pulling them off. Back on when the shootin' is done.
I just buy cheap thinsulate KMart gloves. They seem to work well for keeping warm between shots.
"I take them off if I need the dexterity of doing more precise things, then pop them back on when my hands get cold. "
This was my first thought. I have good gloves but if I am shooting I am pulling them off. Back on when the shootin' is done.
I just buy cheap thinsulate KMart gloves. They seem to work well for keeping warm between shots.