Tactical Gloves

[smoothshooter]

More and more, while looking at reviews of handguns and some long guns, I see these apparently wanna be tactical types shooting with these expensive-looking tactical type gloves.
What's up with that?
Do they think it looks cool?
Are they worried about ruining a new manicure?
Are their delicate little hands so soft they risk damage to them by operating the bolt lever on a Ruger 10/22.

I can understand actual Swat/Military personnel doing some of their training like that at least part of the time, but those gloves add a degree of unnecessary clumsiness to the whole business.

 

[snuffy51]

Whatever floats your boat.

 

[LVSteve]

They scream "I'm packing" even more than one of tacticool vests. They're real sweaty after a day in Vegas, too.

Seriously, while it allow the reviewer to burn up lots of ammo and save his/her hands, it often means I learn nothing about how the gun feels in bare hands.

Hickok45 rarely (if ever) shoots with gloves, but I noticed he added grip tape for his Walther PPS M2 review.

 

[ancient-one]

I don't have tactical gloves but for shooting semi's I have golf gloves with fingers cut off between the first and second knuckles on the right hand.
My skin is getting so thin that the sharp serrations on the slide do my hands in quickly without the gloves.
So I am old and tender but I am still here.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I was shooting a tactical long range course at about 15 above degrees F. I wanted to hit the target more than be warm, I shot with my right glove off. At 800 and 1000 yards, I didn't think the steel plates would see me!

My friends that are turkey hunters have to learn to shoot with camo face nets and gloves on, so there is some truth in training (AKA: practice) as you'll be in the field.

Ivan

 

[kwselke]

It's better than the tactical hearing aids they are hawking on TV.

 

[H Richard]

The only time I wear gloves with a gun is on the skeet range at below 40 degrees.

I have come to really dislike anything "tactical". Leave it to the sworn officers.

 

[Faulkner]

I kind of like living in a free America where I can where gloves if I want to or not, or wear my hair long or short, or wear boots or sneakers, or heaven forbid, re-blue my old revolver if I want to.

 

[Bro. Dave]

I am trying to learn to wear shooting gloves due to age and medication. The anti-coagulant medications (Plavix type) make my hands particularly susceptible to bruising, and should I have mild slide bite or a nick, I have to stop shooting to blot and hunt the band-aids.

Looking "tactical" isn't on my radar and if you saw me you would know why. Envision something similar to an elephant in a tutu trying to pass itself off as a dancer.

 

[oldman10mm]

I picked up, a few years ago, baseball batting gloves at Dicks (sorry) and they've been perfect, non-slip and protective.

 

[Grayfox]

Use mechanic's gloves. Available at most any auto parts store. They're cheaper and probably tougher. I used to work in them. I'm sure I could shoot in them just as well.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Golf gloves work well.

 

[Wise_A]

I own/use Magpul Technicals.

(1) I'm a professional driver who has to complete at least two vehicle inspections a day. Safety issues aside, they save me from getting my hands coated in road crud/dust, which is just flat-out unpleasant to drive with.

(2) I shoot an aluminum-chassis'd Remington 700 for funtimes. In winter, even when it's not that cold, that gun can get pretty uncomfortable to handle.

(3) I also shoot some .44 and .357 Magnum--notably filthy cartridges with a lot of case-handling. Wearing gloves saves me from dealing with a lot of soot.