Wearing Gloves?

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steve4102

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I'm new to handguns and have been doing a little shootin and plinken with my new toys. It's cold here, damn cold, so I have been wearing a pair of thin leather gloves. This got me to thinkin, what about when the weather warms? Should I continue with a pair of "Shootin Gloves" or is this a bad idea?

So, I'll ask , do any of you guys wear shooting gloves when handgun shooting?

Thanks
Steve
 
Ya, but I live and shoot in Minnesota, too.
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Owatonna Ah. I have a very dear friend that lives in Owatonna. We don't get a chance to hunt and fish together much anymore. Not like the Old days. He's to busy selling hats and I'm to busy hunting and fishing up here.
 
They are a good idea, but my view is to train how you need to be when the SHF. If you train with gloves, and then need to defend yourself, you may find yourself in a bad situation.

My 2 cents.
 
For weather that is cool and not frostbite cold, I shoot with the traditional aviator gloves with the strong hand thumb tip and trigger finger tip cut out.
 
For competition revolver shooting I wear a calf-roping glove made of thin and supple goat hide on my left hand only. My drill is to push the thumb latch with my right hand and then pushing the cylinder out with my left hand; my left hand fingers go through the frame. Then, using my left thumb, I rotate the cylinder to reload (or cradle the sixgun while I drop in a moon clip). Then close the cylinder with my left hand and the gun is still in my right hand, ready to fire. By wearing a glove I avoid sharp edges, hot metal, and soot from the ammo.
 
I purchased a pair of the Uncle Mike's shooting gloves before I had my Hi-Power worked on. The hammer on the HP would chew up the back of my hand to a fare-thee-well. Since I had a commander-style hammer installed, no problems with hammer bite.
 
When shooting a lot I use a pair of baseball gloves, usually with the trigger finger cut out. Tends to cut down on little booboos that can distract from the shooting, particulalry if yo are at a training seminar or something like that.
 
I shoot with gloves in the winter. I have some circulation issues in my trigger and index finger of my shooting hand :( , so in the winter I usually wear some lightweight insulated gloves, although less than ideal for dexterity, they keep the blood flowin so I can keep shootin :)
 
Gloves and S&W revolvers.

FYI, when shooting one of my S&W revolvers while wearing gloves, there was a malfunction where the cylinder and lock-work would not return to firing position. The cylinder would not lock into shooting position, the trigger would not return to pre-firing condition. The small ledge on the front of the trigger (ledge becomes visible on the left side as you pull the trigger back), pinched the fabric of the glove as it was returning after the shot, and would not let go. All Smiths have this ledge. It is capable of pinching fabric and thin, soft leather. It seems prudent then to remove(or shorten), the leather/fabric of the trigger finger to keep this from happening.
Notice on a Luger the shape of the trigger would seem to be designed to prevent this from happening.
 
Only while deer hunting with handgun, other wise they get in the way. Trigger guards for handguns are not designed with gloves in mind. Your giving up trigger control by wearing gloves. That just my opinion.


Jim
 
I agree BUT...

Steve 4102--You should always practice yr shooting the way that you will be shooting. Always. So if you will be shooting barehanded then that's how you should practice.

That said, when I practice bullseye shooting outdoors in the winter, in well-below-freezing weather, I wear gloves to do it. There is noting, absolutely nothing, like a pound or so of steel in yr hand for sucking all the heat out of yr bare flesh and leaving you with a shooting hand that is cold, stiff, unresponsive, etc.

I shoot bullseye league indoors. There, my hands are NOT cold, stiff, unresponsive, etc. If I want trigger time I have to go to an outdoor range to practice. My practice with gloves outdoors is far better than no practice.

You have to be careful what glove to use--the moving parts of a revolver or an autoloader can grab any loose bits and cause problems.

So. In a less-than-ideal situation, you do what works.
 
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