Does anyone use shooting gloves at the range?
If so what kind ?
If so what kind ?
Shooting Gloves
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If outdoors in winter I wear wool gloves with the fingers cut off before the first knuckle. When I was a kid on the rifle team we all had the padded suede fingerless glove for the left hand, supposedly minimized your pulse bumping the barrel up and down.
oneounceload
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Since I shoot more shotgun than anything else, I prefer to wear $5 golf gloves - cheap, they work for hot or cold conditions and they help with grip and keeping my oils off the wood
MyDads38
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I train using gloves, indoors and outdoors. None are actual "shooting" gloves. One pair is fingerless weight lifting gloves, one pair is leather and one pair are similar to "mechanix" gloves. My requirement is they have to fit like I want them to. Living in Indiana, I make sure I train wearing them, as winters can be cold & snowy and gloves are a must. Every pair gives a different feel to the trigger, so regular use/practice is a must. I'm no professional shooter, just how I do it. Just find something that works for YOU. 
vonn
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I hunt deer with the trigger finger cut so I am able to pull my finger out to shoot when it is cold.
ameridaddy
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Back in another century when I was shooting full power magnum stuff, I adapted a couple of batting gloves, with the strong hand index tip cut off. It helped a lot on a day of 80 rds of .44 mag.
They seemed to distribute the recoil, help my hands work as a unit, rather than jangling about from the recoil, eased the burn of the grip moving in my strong hand, but left enough dexterity to easily empty and load the cylinder.
They seemed to distribute the recoil, help my hands work as a unit, rather than jangling about from the recoil, eased the burn of the grip moving in my strong hand, but left enough dexterity to easily empty and load the cylinder.
Grayfox
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I have a touch of arthritis on my hands. As such the middle finger on my strong hand won't close all the way. The result is that the back of the trigger guard on revolvers beats the snot out of that knuckle. So I wear gloves when shooting heavy recoiling revolvers.
I use Mechanic's gloves. They're padded in just the right places, allow for good finger dexterity, fairly cheap and available at any auto parts store.
I use Mechanic's gloves. They're padded in just the right places, allow for good finger dexterity, fairly cheap and available at any auto parts store.
amazingflapjack
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I like motorcycle gloves with the gel inserts --fingers already gone.
islandguy
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Silk ski glove liners work for me, but then out here on the Wet Coast, our Winters are nothing like those east of the Rockies. When I grew up (in S. Ontario, Canada in the 50's and 60's), it was foolish to hunt in less than 0 degrees F, as nothing worth shooting moved unless you tripped over it.
Big Cholla
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I have arthritis in both hands. I found that a matched pair of golf gloves are just right to give a small amount of cushion to my hands. When hunting I use a pair that has the trigger finger cut off at the knuckle.
Golf gloves are often offered at very low prices to get the golfers into the store. That is the time to buy a couple of pair. They are sold individually. Just look for the 'right' hand rack and the 'left' hand rack. They also make great driving gloves on the icy cold mornings.
Golf gloves are often offered at very low prices to get the golfers into the store. That is the time to buy a couple of pair. They are sold individually. Just look for the 'right' hand rack and the 'left' hand rack. They also make great driving gloves on the icy cold mornings.
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I only use shooting gloves when Hunting in the late Fall or Winter and when I sort of have no real choice. The gloves of choice are from Orvis and are super thin Deer skin. While they have minimal warmth qualities because they are so thin, they do isolate the cold steel from my hands.
Most importantly because they are ultra thin, I can still feel and have full control over the safety and trigger and can also reload relatively easy while wearing them.
If I am at the Range shooting and it's cold I will wear gloves only when not actually shooting ( when setting up targets, retrieving Brass, BS-ing, smoking a Cigar, etc) but when actually pulling the trigger I take the gloves off.
Most importantly because they are ultra thin, I can still feel and have full control over the safety and trigger and can also reload relatively easy while wearing them.
If I am at the Range shooting and it's cold I will wear gloves only when not actually shooting ( when setting up targets, retrieving Brass, BS-ing, smoking a Cigar, etc) but when actually pulling the trigger I take the gloves off.
Frank46
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I use truck drivers leather gloves. Once broken in they are great. Gloves are almost a daily part of my life. When it gets cold I have an old pair of hunting gloves they more or less stay in the truck. Got frostbite in my hands years back handling hawsers on an Indian tanker. He's getting ready to sail and were taking the mooring lines off the bollards when they stop. Seems no fuel to the main engines. They get it fixed so have to let go all the mooring lines again. After that both hands are sensitive to cold..There are a pair of the truck driver gloves in the truck. Leather palm gloves when spraying and gathering tree limbs. Even bought a pack of the everything gloves. can easily turn screws, fingertip dexterity when using a chain saw. Frank
I have a thing for gloves but I dont ware them, if I see a pair I like I buy them, throw them in a box with about 50 other pair that I dont ware, I do keep a pair of the lite cotton work gloves in the truck, if it gets around 0 and the wind is blowing around 30 knots, I might put them on while pumping gas or cleaning snow off the truck.
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Jack Flash
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I have keyboard hands from a lifetime of working in an office. Seems like all I have to do is look at a piece of wood and I get splinters, broken fingernails, blisters, etc.
So I wear gloves all the time EXCEPT when shooting. Then I want things to be consistent. Heaven forbid I have to arm myself in the middle of the night. But if I do, I will not be looking around for a pair of gloves.
So I wear gloves all the time EXCEPT when shooting. Then I want things to be consistent. Heaven forbid I have to arm myself in the middle of the night. But if I do, I will not be looking around for a pair of gloves.
Ranger17
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I have a pair of neoprene workout gloves (open fingertips) that I use when bow-fishing. I found they can also work pretty well if shooting my handguns outdoors in cool weather, good grip without being too bulky. But to be honest when it really gets cold (for me thats under 50 lol) then I stick to the indoor ranges anyway where i dont wear any.
Hmmm... I hadn't thought of that. I would have thought they might be a little slippery, though ? I'm across the water on the mainland so it doesn't get really frosty here either, so either those or golf gloves might be the answer around this time of year.
When I shot ATA Trap, I used to wear Golf gloves.........
that help my grip and kept my hands cleaner from the shells and burnt powder.
They do come in handy when the weather starts to turn in the Fall and when out in bush country.
that help my grip and kept my hands cleaner from the shells and burnt powder.
They do come in handy when the weather starts to turn in the Fall and when out in bush country.
ancient-one
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I wear golf gloves with the fingers cut off just above the middle knuckle. They protect my thin skin from rough finish on the grips.
I have a pair I bought some years ago from Gall's. Made by a company called UNIFORCE. The backs and finger backs are nylon/neoprene. The palms and fingers are leather. They are Kevlar lined. Supposedly, they are search gloves, but they make great shooting gloves. The fingers are snug enough to go in a Sig 226 or a shotgun, or a Glock without being cut off. Not terribly warm , but noticably so . Also Waterproof.
