Anyone use shooting gloves regularly?

[Snap]

A quck search didn't reveal the answer to this one, but if the topic has already been discussed please point me that way. I've seen photos on this forum as well as other places of people wearing various types of gloves while shooting. Anyone do this on a regular basis? Any benefits, such as better grip or felt recoil reduction? Any thoughts appreciated and thanks in advance.

[mikeb3185]

i shoot to hopefully train myself for real world situations. i would be willing to bet no one goes out with shooting gloves on or will call time out before engaging a bg.
now competitive shooting is different

[Snap]

Well, there is that argument, but for plinking or clay bird shooting? I'm sure most of the hunters wear gloves on colder days as well. For competitive shooting, etc, what are the benefits?

[Twycross]

I like wearing a pair of fingerless weight gloves when shooting a pistol, and find I shoot better with them. They reduce felt recoil slightly, and give me a better grip. But I don't train exclusively with them.

That's about the only time I regularly wear gloves when shooting. For long guns, I haven't really found any benefits, except for when it gets cold.

[pedaldude]

many shotgunners I knew would wear shooting gloves ('specialy in wintertime), some on both hands some on just one, mostly on the left hand. I regularly wear think motorcycle gloves, think fitted welding gloves, that's about the weight of them and they don't interfere with firing a weapon but might make it harder to clear a malfunction although I've never tried it. I imagine alot of police would be used to shooting with gloved hands. If I could find a nice pair of inexpensive gloves that fit my hand well I'd probably use them, although I might be too tempted to use them on the bike and wear them out.

[Limeyfellow]

When shooting in the cold I tend to put on a pair of those thin nomex US airforce gloves to take the chill of my hands and still keep most of my dexterity. Those rifles can get bloody cold below freezing, especially when you have to touch metal. I have a pair of cold weathers shooting gloves, but I rarely use them.

[Valkman]

I wear a fingerless leather glove when shooting my .454, otherwise no. :)

[grimjaw]

I wear a pair of thing gloves in the winter, but normally no.

jmm

[1 old 0311]

I use a PAST shooting glove for extended shooting, 50-150 rounds, with my .380 Guardian. It also helps with a .357 snubby.

Kevin

[Preacherman]

I don't normally use a shooting glove, but I always use them when I do a training course involving hundreds or thousands of rounds over a short period. The "worst" I've ever had was Thunder Ranch, shooting about 1,600 rounds in five days. Even with the gloves, that hurt by Friday! :scrutiny:

I use the Uncle Mike's (http://www.michaels-oregon.com/adtemplate.asp?invky=8699781&catky=9251156&subcatky1=4548793&subcatky2=2000085) shooting glove, pictured below. Good product.


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[bakert]

Regular shooting gloves seem too thick and and I can't grip the gun right. I use a thin fingerless leather driving glove sometimes when shooting my Ruger single actions in .44 mag and .45 Colt.

[bakert]

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[Lupinus]

I don't but I could see where they would come in handy, such as a cold day, a stock you just can't get a good grip on, or a gun that you are going to be putting a lot of rounds through and has a checkered stock

[Missashot]

I don't use gloves all of the time, but I do have a pair of fingerless shooting gloves that I like to use when in the indoor range while shooting my hand guns. They help some with gripping the gun, but mostly they help me keep my wrists a little straighter. I have tried them with the rifles, but they don't seem to help anything there.(Except they look really cool!:D)

[Cliff47]

One reason that I used to wear the Uncle Mike's fingerless gloves was that I had a pistol that just chewed the bejabbers out of the base of the thumb. I figured that it was better the glove got chewed up than my hand.

[hso]

I've used them, but like Preacherman only for training when lots of rounds will be fired in a short time. I found that they were usefull for magazine loading.

[JoeHatley]

I've never found any regular handgun "shooting" gloves that didn't feel too thick. For years I used the light weight gloves designed for shotguners, and was quite happy.

Then... I tried a pair of golfing gloves. Love them!! High quality, very thin leather, and they come in half sizes so you can get them to fit perfectly.

Joe

[orionengnr]

bought a set of bicycling gloves (fingerless) because most of my handgun shooting is with carry guns (S&W 340/Kahr PM9/Para C-6) The glove allows me to fire 50-100 rounds at a session without beating up my hand too badly.

If I ever have to use one "for real" I hope not to need more than five-six rounds (although I carry one reload) :uhoh:

[Henry Bowman]

Ditto, Joe. Golfing gloves are the answer for me as well. These are made from goat skin. May as well be some benefit from all those shooting ranges wasted as golf courses. :neener:

There is now a new company (www.gripswell.com) that make most of the popular golf gloves (like FootJoy) making a similar glove for shooting that has a partially padded palm. I have not used these, but tried them on at SHOT Show.

[ball3006]

shooting my TC in 45/70. Cuts down on the brusing of the hand........otherwise, I don't wear them......chris3

[mcosman]

I wear them all the time. I bought a set of Hatch Kevlar operator gloves. The kind worn by some swat teams. I live in a place where it gets cold and I wanted to know that I could operate my firearm in a proficient manner while wearing gloves. So I got a set from TacticalTailor.com (could've gotten them cheaper locally) and wore them anytime I went shooting for a couple of years. Shooting my 1911 with Hogue grips was quite comfortable and I have had absolutly no trouble. Now that is the set of gloves I keep in my truck in case of a breakdown or some such I don't have to deglove to defend myself. FWIW.

Matt

[lucky_fool]

I'd never thought about it, but I'll definitely be picking up a pair of gloves now. Last range trip I put a couple hundred rounds through my KelTec P11 and it wore a pretty good spot of skin off my thumb knuckle where it contacts the rear of the grip. For some reason gloves never occurred to me :o

[Bob R]

I have 3 pairs of gloves, depending on the weather and how I feel.

I have a pair of fingerless weight gloves that work great in the summer. Spring and fall I use my nomex/leather flight gloves, about the most useful thing I took with me when I retired. In the winter I have a pair of finger gloves with a mitten type finger cover that can be folded back. When it is close to 0 degrees, I try really hard to stay warm.

bob

[dhoomonyou]

When I shoot a lot of rounds I generally wear gloves, saves wear and tear on the fingers.

I run about 50 rounds without gloves just to get use to it.

[ocabj]

I wear Hatch Elite Marksman Shooter's Gloves (EM007) mainly whenever I'm shooting a large bore handgun, strictly my TC Contender. Sometimes I'll wear gloves while shooting regular handgun too, but this is mainly because I tend to pick up my brass and this keeps my hands clean.

The only glove I use when shooting highpower style shooting is the left hand glove for supporting the rifle while in position.

[DevLcL]

Yes, I wear kevlar shooting gloves everyday at work.

Usually I put them on when I'm about to search someone or I think I might have to tussle. I wear them mostly for the cut-resistant qualities. I rarely actually shoot with them.

-Dev

[RNB65]

I wear batting gloves to shoot clays with shotguns. But I don't normally wear gloves with rifles or handguns (except on cold days when I wear fingerless granny gloves).

[thewheelsonthebus]

I use Bob Allen 316 shot gunner gloves when shooting. They are thin cool and eliminate moisture from getting on the pistol or rifle. That’s a plus for the southern outdoor shooters. They keep everything clean including hands. That’s the reality when letting 300 down range. And for the purists and hard cores that don't want to ask for time out to put gloves on - no finger prints - ah ha. Plus computer hands don't really like the HK USP 45 checker after a couple hundred. So in the end go bare or use mittens as long as you get the job done. plus sometimes you really need them as second skin.

[Joey2]

I wear gloves when I go to the bathroom, that way I don't have to wash my hands.

[LAK]

I've used various combinations in winter when it was just too cold to shoot barehanded. Other than that, just a neutral color-toned cotton or goatskin leather for hunting - and the latter for shooting the heaviest loads with .44 mag revolvers etc.

For winter I recently scored some nice Austrian pure wool gloves with suede panels and a trigger-finger slit. Will not get the chance to try them out until later this year though.

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[Bix]

I wear gloves when:

a) I'm shooting outdoors and it's really, really cold out :) ; or

b) at a shotgun or carbine class after the weapon gets hot enough to burn my fingers.

[carpettbaggerr]

computer hands don't really like the HK USP 45 checker after a couple hundred.That's some sharp checkering, 'Bus. Or was it a couple hundred thousand that did your hand that way? :eek:

[mljdeckard]

I have a few pairs of GI D3-a glove shells I cut the fingers off of. Out in the dirt I always wear them, and when it's cold, I slip in the green wool liners. I have made sure I am comfortable using all my guns with them. But this more to save my hands if I fall than shooting. I guess I use them when I shoot a lot of clays, I keep a pair in my shooting bag.

My daddy told me, when we were roofing in December, "The only thing you can do with a pair of gloves on is wet your pants." I guess he never tried cutting the tips off.

[allstarz]

Batting gloves. I got the kind with no padding, thin material, air holes, black, and the name is Under Armour, 25 bucks, still in good condition after a year. No affect by using gloves and then switching to a bare hand either.
The thing that sucks is you have to buy a set and I only use it on my right hand...guess I could use both when shooting a revolver, and keep my hands clean.