Shootin' with gloves....

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Bob Wright

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There is a discussion concerning bullet point of impact (POI) in handguns. Another experience I noticed was shooting with gloves.

I had a Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum, and a load of Winchester 296 using a 240 gr. Hornady jacketed hollow point bullet. This load was right at 1400 f.p.s. and had right smart recoil. I developed this load in June and July, when the weather was really warm in Tennessee. I was sighted in at 100 yards, using a six o'clock hold.

In November there came an unusual early cold spell, and I tried my gun/load again. To my surprise, my bullets were impacting in the berm well below my target paper.

Well, as I said, it was cold, and I was wearing a pair of thin buckskin gloves. The buckskin altered the way my gun recoiled, not allowing it to climb as much as when I was shooting barehanded in the summer.

Lesson: If you're going to shoot with gloves on, sight in with gloves on.

Bob Wright
 
If you think that, try it on the same day.

If that be the case, I'd have to re-sight every time the weather changed.

Bob Wright
 
I shoot with gloves all the time. Well I shouldn't say ALL the time, but most of the time and I can't say I've noticed any change in POI.



Padded palm, wrist wraps. They are available at your local gym or sporting goods store.

RJ
 
It is also a well known fact that ball powders (at least the early ones) gave much different velocities in summer and winter. The cold made them slower.

I do not know how much, if any the powders have been improved, but this could also be part of the reason. Loads developed in high summer are simply giving less velocity in the cold of winter.

Never heard of it being a handgun issue before, only in rifles, but I suppose it is possible.

Also, ANY change in your shooting style can have an effect on your point of impact. Again, something mostly with rifles, but it can have a noticeable effect on handguns, especially at longer ranges.

The old rule of "wear your huntin' clothes when you sight it" also applies to pistols, although at the short range of usual pistol use, its tough to notice.
 
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