Gloves While Shooting

[Oddbod]

I wonder if this has anything to do with wearing gloves:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7770904.stm

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

If you live in a cold climate and have to go outside and wear gloves in the winter, it is not inconceivable that you may have to use your gun while still wearing them. Therefore I think it would be a good idea to do at least some shooting practice while wearing them, as they change the feel of the gun as well as restrict finger movement considerably. This was not a problem when I lived in Phoenix, but it is a little colder here in the winter.

 

[30 cal slob]

i wasn't really a glove guy until i started taking some rifle and pistol classes.

if you're shooting all day, sharp metal edges combined with moving parts and recoil will chew your hands up. also, rifles get HOT, and in hot weather, sometimes you can't hold the railed forend of a black rifle without some insulation.

so, i have a pair handy, although my natural inclination is to shoot au naturel.

FWIW, Hatch makes some excellent gloves.

 

[Superlite27]

Would you be wearing gloves in a self-defense situation?

Would you be wearing hearing protection?

Your logic for not training with gloves because you probably wouldn't be wearing them in a real life encounter also goes for ear plugs.

Trust me the difference between firing a weapon with or without gloves is far less noticeable than doing so with or without ear protection.

A self defense situation might happen within our own home. Maybe we should start practicing in an enclosed room, without hearing protection or safety glasses, while in our underwear.

After all, would you be wearing clothes in the middle of the night in a real situation?

 

[AKGuy]

I hate wearing gloves while shooting. A lot of grips feel "too fat" for my hands to begin with. Most gloves only make it worse.

Plus, I've yet to find any gloves however thick or thin that really help with recoil. The heaviest handgun I shoot is a 44 mag with loads between 180 and 240 grn bullets. Really, I have trouble comfortably handling anything above 200 grns with my 44 mag...but the pain is never in my hand/fingers, it's always in my wrist/forearm afterwards. Even 357 mag loads with 200grn CorBon HCL hurt in my 686+.

But I still practice with gloves sometimes because some of the occasions on which I might reasonably anticipate having gloves on when "the moment of truth" appears involve already having gloves on to begin with...for example, drawing-down-on and shooting at charging bears here in AK while hiking or hunting.

Part of the "train like you'll fight" concept...no point in practicing comfortably/unrealistically and then fumbling and dropping if/when the real world intrudes...

 

[AKGuy]

...if you want real pain, try blasting those 357 HCL CorBon 200'ers out of a SW 640...OUCH! And while I've never fired a titanium 44mag, I'll bet it hurts like heck!

 

[floods]

Your logic for not training with gloves because you probably wouldn't be wearing them in a real life encounter also goes for ear plugs.

Are your hands at risk by not wearing gloves? As much as your sight or hearing?

My point was that if you're most likely to enter into a SD situation without gloves on, then I would practice without gloves. If you're more likely to enter into a SD situation with gloves, then I'd practice both ways. But if you want to practice in your underwear that's up to you.

Sometimes I forget that most of the country doesn't have sun and warmth 10 months out of the year like we do in Tejas.

 

[Fenris]

Even when its cold out, I use pockets to keep my hands warm.

I tried this once. I found it difficult to shoot accurately with my hands in my pockets.

 

[bakert]

If I'm going to shoot more than a dozen or so .44Mag loads in my Super Blackhawk, I use this inexpensive(read cheap) fingerless driving glove. Little padding but just enough to take the sting out. Also used after shooting a few rds in my New Vaquero .45 with the sharp checkered plastic grips(which are gonna be exchanged for some wood types shortly.)

 

[LibShooter]

Cycling Gloves

The nylon kind with gel pads and suede in the palms really help when
I shoot an Airwieght .38 snub. The fingers end at the first knuckle, so they don't get in the way too much when reloading.

As to not wearing gloves in a self defense situation... I don't wet myself and cry like a girl at the range, either. But there is a good chance I would be in a real SD situation.

 

[danweasel]

I had an NCO tell me once, "Gloves are a false sense of security. They keep you hands feeling nice and safe until you rip your #$@%ing hand off."

For what it's worth...