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Brett1961

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I haven't made up my mind about this; so I am interested in all reactions.

Who wears gloves when using a pistol? Do gloves help, hinder or make no difference?

And who makes quality gloves, and what makes them better?
 
If you're using gloves due to climate reasons and will use your handgun, for self defense and concealed carry, by all means practice with the gloves you normally would wear depending on local weather.

In the South, I rarely use gloves and so never practice with them on the range. I have let my daughter use the simple palm padded workout gloves with open fingers at the range since she got hammer bite once and doesn't want it again.
 
I try to avoid using gloves at all costs. However, living in the Nrth East, winter shooting can get brutal.

What I found works best are golf gloves. Very thin leather and dexterity is as good as you can get with gloves.

I went to a golf store and picked up ladies large (my usual fit is mens large). The reason for this is because they fir pretty tight. With these gloves, I can easily load mags and extract spend cases from my blackhawk.

BTW, if you use them for cold wether, make sure the gloves are black. On a cold sunny day, the black color really absorbs the heat well!!

-George
 
I think gloves hinder. Even the tight leather gloves don't do it for me. I like the feel of the gun, and grip when I shoot. I don't were them when shooting pistols.

Now I did use them with a rifle. I used a lot of firm grip on my M1A/M14 rifles and on my shooting hand I had a "Michael Jackson" glove with the trigger finger cut out. That was for a positive grip on the pistol stock. Of course I also used a heavy padded shooting glove under to protect my support hand from the sling on my rifle.

But on a pistol??? No sir, I don't want them. I tried them in bullseye but decided to stick to rosin powder.
 
I wear them and like them !!

I routinely use gloves with no fingers for cold weather, hot weather and larger calibers. Most of the time, I don't use them but take them in my kits. I also wear the full fingered ones in cold weather and sometimes the flip-up mitts. ... ;)



Be Safe !!!
 
Like Pahoo, I'll often shoot in the style of gloves I use when practicing with my hunting pistols.
Those type gloves are either fingerless or the flip-up mittens.
 
I use modified (thin padding added, secured with duct tape), golf gloves. The reason I use them is that if don't, I develop a blister from double-action revolver shooting, on the inside of my thumb. When I practice a lot, the blister will eventually become a callus. Secondly, I have had a .38 Super blow-out the unsupported area of the head and the gloves protected my hand somewhat. I consider wearing gloves much like wearing shooting glasses and hearing protection. They will not stop all hand damage in a shooting misadventure, but they help.
 
When I go to shoot my bigbore guns I like to wear a glove on my shooting hand. The padded fingerless weight lifting glove. It save a lot of wear and tear on my hand after 200 to 300 rounds. :)
 
When shooting, I always consider it training for the real thing so I don't use goves. My local indoor range permits rapid fire and several of us do alot of shooting drills.

But, everytime I shoot my Taurus 740 Slim I wish I was wearing gloves...ouch.
 
I started wearing gloves (fingerless) when I started taking 4 day handgun courses. Until you do, you probably won't know all of the spots on your favorite handgun that may have a bit of an edge or will cause a blister when subjected to the same repetitive motions over and over again. Even then, I'll end up with a bit of medical tape on a digit or two. Since then, I've warn them for all shooting occasions. Works for me.....
 
If it is cold or you will be working a lot, wear gloves. Personally, they tend to slow me down and reduce my trigger control a bit, but if it means not slicing my hands up or not having them numb, it's worth it.

I like Seirus medium weight gloves for warmth. Wells Lamont makes decent (and cheap) work gloves. I know some people who also like the tactical Oakley or AF flight gloves.
 
I don't wear gloves often ...but if you do, buy winter golf gloves - rain gloves / they sell them in pairs --footjoy makes some rain gloves / high tech fibre - you can pick up a dime with them ...and they'll absorb sweat and keep your hands dry and warm in winter or rain.

Leather gloves don't work in my view - and gloves you can't pick up a dime with ( or load a mag with, operate controls, etc ) don't work.
 
Ask Nutnfancy - he always wears "tactical gloves". They are usually desert tan if I remember correctly.

Nut usually has a tactically sound reason for everything he does, so I'm sure wearing desert camo tactical gloves helps him in some way - like if he has to fend off poisonous desert toads or something...
 
While working with some Narcotics guys who were doing warrants every day, I noticed they were wearing Nike batting gloves. I picked up a pair myself-great for warrants, arrests, and easy to shoot in. Cheap, too.
 
Gloves; firing-tactical...

There are many types & styles of gloves you could buy depending on your use(s).

If it's just general target shooting or maybe recoil reduction, Michaels of OR/Unkle Mikes & Cabelas sell those models.
If you want kelvar/nomex/hand protection, you may want a tactical or duty glove.
Hatch, Blackhawk, 5.11 Tactical, Demascus all have different styles-features.
ClydeFrog
www.Galls.com www.QMuniforms.com www.UScav.com www.PoliceHQ.com www.Cabelas.com
 
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