"shooter" hat?

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A "friend" who is gettting to point where there's more skin than hair on top of his head is looking for a a hat to wear to the outdoor range and in local pistol competitions. I, I mean he isn't the baseball cap kind of guy, but has had a hard time finding a hat that will stay on without interferring with electronic ear muffs.

It's for the summer/fall season, so it shouldn't be too warm or heavy. More for the sunshine, but it would be great if it shed the rain as well.


Any suggestions?



(yeah, It's for a friend, and stop staring at my head)
 
Not that I am bald, but I frequently use a bandanna to cover my head. It also makes a great sweatband. I wear it when even a baseball cap would be uncomfortable (in the plane) and while shooting.

Plus it makes me look like an air pirate.:cool:
 
I've seen muffs where the band goes behind the head rather than over it. Would that keep the muffs and hat from interfering with each other?
 
Preface : I have my hair and it is not gray, even at my age.

I do not like baseball caps either.
I prefer a hat with less brim and one that will protect ears and neck from sun, rain.
Baseball caps do nothing for ears and neck.

Honest, being a shotgunner, I most often just wear a bandanna to keep sweat out of my eyes. I wear foam plugs too...
Hats run to Cowboy, to "Outback" ( less brim /size overall than cowboy)with bandanna ...

Best kept secret: Pork-Pie.
Them goofy hats like golfers and tennis folks wear.
These are inexpensive, have enough brim, roll up in your pocket, easy to wash and - they are supposed to look Crumpled.
Ear Muffs fit over these easy.

Ladies - these work for you as well...
 
I have this crazy urge to get myself one of those classic fedorras (short brimmed felt hat like was popular in the 1920-30s). Something to keep the rain off my face and neck, but without the wide brim to catch the wind. Cowboy hats are okay, but I'm just not a cowboy, even if I do have a horse and go drive cows with neighbors now and then.

Several years ago, I got a $2.95 canvas "bucket hat" from Walmart for summer wear. When it gets dirty, you just wash it in the sink. You can roll it up, squash it, or whatever and it still looks just as good (or bad).
 
Someone should make a halo for shooters :)

Imagine a flat, thin oval of plastic, perhaps 14X9". It would be silvery on the top face, non-reflective on the bottom, with a cut-out in the middle (so it would look like a donut, or an egg over easy) for one's head to slip partway through. Attachment points where it slips over and attaches to protective hearing devices.

Voila! The no-hat, lightweight, stupid-looking, glare-blocking, solar powered shooting accessory :) Sadly, the dominant feature would probably be the "stupid looking."

(Anyone who's been to an Asian city recently though may have seen the full-face visors that many women and a few men wear there. At least, this was true in Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai last summer and the one before. So it's not *entirely* without precedent ... )

timothy
 
Tallpine-
The Fedora style is what I am referring to...a number of hats fit into not catching the wind, just too many names...

Cowboy-ish hats are great here in the South, especially in the summer. Straw works real well.

Barbour makes a waxed cotton hat that is great for wet, and I do mean WET!
So does/ did Filson.

I currently do not have any hats. Mine get shot - often. I am not wearing them at the time...:p

Being a shotgunner, I wear foam plugs, bandanna for keeping sweat out of eyes.
Hats for extreme sun, wet, snow, sleet...

Stetsons and other Quality hats over the years...just one learns to have an inexpensive hat in the event your hat is going to be shot. :)

I don't shoot like I used to, still my inexpensive hats get sat on, taken off by the dogs and if new shooters do well on shotguns, or the kids do well on shooting - my hat is shot.

"Okay, now that the dog finally brought my hat back, you ladies/ kids shoot so-and-so - you can shoot my hat".

This works almost as good as having Chocolate or promise of going to where they want to eat. Almost.

Amazing how these folks focus and shoot well with certain incentives...:p
 
I wear a regular cowboy-type hat. I just position the band on my earmuffs behind my head rather than over it and the muffs and hat don't interfere with each other at all.
 
Get a "boonie" hat, like the military uses. It is soft cotton, crushable, foldable, absorbent (for cooling when water soaked), washable, and has a small brim. It won't interfere with hearing protection.
 
I always found a boonie hat to be most comfortable in most situations. They roll up to fit in your pocket. They come in a wide variety of colors and materials. They don't get in the way of shooting muffs if you simply roll up the sides. Also if you search around you can find some with smaller brims or wider ones depending on what you prefer. Here's a few I found without much hunting:

https://www.jesseshunting.com/osCom.../2141?osCsid=d741525dd04b8a0ee816c6cfcf6b6e18

http://www.bdu.com/Merchant2/mercha..._Code=SUNHAT&gclid=CLi57oqm2YsCFRzmgAodk2KRUw
 
Cowboy-ish hats are great here in the South, especially in the summer. Straw works real well.
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I do have a cowboy straw hat. Believe it or not, it gets hot in this part of Montana during the summer.

After losing it and retrieving it several times, I reshaped the brim - rolling it up tightly along the sides so it is more long and narrow rather than roundish, and I bent down the front brim so it tends to blow down rather than up. It has a wire in the brim, btw. Before this it actually got blown off my head by the "slipstream" when my horse took off suddenly.

Oh yeah, to keep this gun related ... what gun for riding horseback? ;)
Mine is a .357 Security Six, but I should take the Vaquero .45 out for a ride sometime :)
 
I wear a light-weight all-weather nylon hat with a circular brim. It is made by Outdoor Research. I bought it at one of the chain outdoor stores... maybe Dick's. It's light in weight and color; it's also easily folded and packed.

It works well for keeping the sun and rain off of my head, face, neck, and ears. Normally, I wear it over my ear muffs. The hat is size adjustable via pull string and has a retaining/chin strap to hold it on.

As a bonus, the hat is rated at SPF 50+.
 
As a bonus, the hat is rated at SPF 50+.
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Yes I have heard of this. Great for being on/ near water too.
Do you have a link for this?
IIRC they make these to fit kids as well.


Oh yeah, to keep this gun related ... what gun for riding horseback?
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Well...it has been sometime since I was actually on a horse, actually I last rode a mule, some comment about the mule and I having matching personalties ...:D
We did get along real well...

On da mule, I sported a 1911 with Model 94 in 30-30 in a scabbard, wearing tennis shoes and straw cowboy hat.
[I guess you folks want to think about this site for a second or two....times up]

Now I do real good riding Shotgun on a Horse Trailer.

I do mean 1911 on hip, Shotgun slung, Cowboy hat, tennis shoes and standing on the ledge of a horse trailer going down the dirt rode...

Hey the dog got in the truck first, he liked to have never scooted over from behind the driver's seat...he was not about to give up passenger seat for sure.
I got to hang on and ride shotgun.

"Why didn't you ride in the bed of the truck?"

Bed was full of Ladies with Beer, BBQ, and Side Dishes.

"Get on the side of the Trailer and hang on!"

I swear the horses were laughing at me...
 
Tilley Endurables doesn't just have the coolest company name ever, but they also claim to make the "World's Finest Hat" - and they're not kidding.

At this point, I'm convinced that my Tilley T3 (in olive, naturally) is virtually bombproof. It's comfortable, low-maintenance, durable, innovative, it floats, and looks pretty damned good too. It's kind of a cross between a fedora and a boonie hat, and it's even good for shooting because the brim snaps up on the sides Australian-style, allowing me to wear earmuffs over it at the range.

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Me and my hat on a hike in the New River Gorge.
 
`It`s a unique phenomenon! Ownership of the Hat has made me a member of one of the most remarkable clubs I have ever come across. My wife and I were walking along Darling Harbour in Sydney when we were greeted by a lady tourist who smiled broadly and said `Tilley`.
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Oh no, here we go again ... another club :D

So far at least, no one has stopped me and asked, "say there, is that a Chinese slave labor made Walmart hat that you are wearing?" ;)
 
Fisherman-type hat...like the 'boonies' but with a smaller brim. Cheap, lightweight, and makes a good rag in a pinch.
 
Tilley is THE hat.
'card forgot to mention that they also have a lifetime warranty.
If you can wear it out, they replace it free.
I have a T3 that gets worn for everything, grimed, washed, beat up, etc.
and a white T4 that I try to keep looking nicer for trips back to civilization.
The only other hat I ever wear is the John B. Stetson my Dad bought in Dallas in 1964.
 
Not that they are girly hats, but my mom owns a Tilly and she won't be quiet about it. They certainly are very well made hats, and evidently the Canadians issue them to their soldiers. Personally, I have never been disappointed in my boonie hat, and it only cost me 10 bucks.
 
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