I've been wearing a leather batting glove on my right hand since the mid 1990's. My original intent was nothing more than to keep the perspiration of my hand from ruining the finish on my guns. But, I found that the glove actually helped me to get a better grip on the gun, without having to hold it tighter. The leather is thin and light enough that I've never noticed any adverse effects insofar as trigger pull is concerned. I can still feel everything just fine. In fact, I've been wearing the glove for so long now, that on those rare occasions when I try to shoot without it, it doesn't feel natural and I don't feel as if I have as much control over recoil or how the gun sits in my hand. I've tried the Mechanix gloves, but I actually prefer a simple leather batting glove.

 

I always use shooting gloves, partly due to weather, I think mine are from LA Police Gear. Comfortable and not bulky.

 

I could never get used to gloves. Somehow I lose that tactile feel, especially with the safety and magazine release. I rather get an occasional slide bite and a hand full of burnt powder residue then to lose that all essential touch-the-metal feel.

 

I completely understand. The tactile connection to the firearm is crucial. Despite the occasional discomfort, it's worth sacrificing a bit for that intimate touch and control during handling.

 

I shoot with gloves on often. Thick gloves, thin gloves, leather gloves, nitrile gloves. In the day, at night, when it's hot, when it's cold, inside and outside when the wind is blowing. It ain't nothing but a thing if you practice.

And Glock triggers aren't awful, they are different. I learned to shoot in an environment where the world is not perfect, including triggers.

 

I shoot with gloves on often. Thick gloves, thin gloves, leather gloves, nitrile gloves. In the day, at night, when it's hot, when it's cold, inside and outside when the wind is blowing. It ain't nothing but a thing if you practice.

And Glock triggers aren't awful, they are different. I learned to shoot in an environment where the world is not perfect, including triggers.

Compared to 1911 triggers Glock triggers stink.

 

Lots of metallic silhouette shooter used a batting, golf, motorcycle or other thin leather glove. A few hundred magnum revolver rounds was hard on the shooting hand. Dedicated shooting gloves weren't really made back then. Many would cut the tip of the gloves index/trigger finger off.

 

I have never shot a firearm wearing a glove, dont think I would with a 1911, just does not seem right. Revolver maybe, glock who cares.

 

1911's trigger guard is relatively small, thicker fingers in thicker gloves don't fit well. I also don't love working thumb safety and dealing with short pretravel when gloved but it is doable. I did it in all rifle classes where I took 1911 with me.
Other guns, here's a recent post I made, skip my writings and just see videos ## 1 and 5.

https://www.1911forum.com/threads/long-overdue-glock-love-affair-session.1061181/

My first pistol was P7M8. Once you move on to shooting at speed, you either need three of them, or cap your practice at less than one box, or learn shooting in gloves. Easy choice.

 

I shoot most guns with gloves on. Even clay target shooting.

It's not that big a deal,
I use Mechanix leather utility gloves or the Mechanics coldwork

 

I started wearing shooting gloves in the early 80's.
Thin leather with padded palm. I picked up the practice and my first pair, from an old 1911 shooter who frequented the same range (gravel pit) that I used. At some point, due to loss, or indifference, I gave up wearing both R&L and now generally just use the righthand glove.

 

Me before I shoot my 44 magnum in two inch again there will be gloves. Maybe my old hands don't turn red and drip.
Will let you know how it goes.

 

I hunt in cold weather a lot - so I shoot often with gloves on.

My first shots with my, then new, .480 ruger were with a 325 gr. cast bullet at 1350 fps - I thought it might have some recoil but it turned out to be quite managable - the group was without a rest at 50 yards (just 3 shots).

Riposte

 

When I teach new shooters I ask them to bring gloves. I do not want them to have hand pain early in the session so I use suppressed 22s as well as their guns. For us old shooters getting that thump to the hand is the fun, the 45, 10 mill or 44 mag is just more fun. But to a new shooter, they get interested in the session being over too soon.

My 400 Corbon has been a favorite toy to add to range trips. My reloads are always hot, 135 grain bullets at 1,400 fps, loud and snappy. Many people on the range want to know what it is that produces that muzzle blast, seldom will anyone shoot it, but I always make the officer. For me to shoot it or my short 44 mag very long with SLAC wrist, gloves are the only way I can shoot very long, so I added them long ago. I have never used actual shooting gloves. I bought weight lifting gloves at Walmart that work very well, the finger tips are open, and racket ball gloves work pretty well. Any leather will work as long as you cut open the trigger finger. On the magnums you often get the knuckles banged up which is solved with gloves.

I do not wear them when making the shot while hunting, if it is bitter cold, I drop the right hand one when it is time to make the shot, or sometimes, I just hold it in my teeth, I just need that trigger feel to make those precise shots.

But if there is recoil at all, I suggest gloves to everyone. while training.

 

I once had a set of gloves that I cut the front part of the trigger finger off - that was workable but I've lost track of them.

I also have nice set of U.S. military gloves that are actually two pairs of gloves - the outer shell is soft leather and the inner glove is thin wooll - they were pleny warm in cold weather and, Like Ranger4 I would slip off the outer shell on the shooting hand when it came time to shoot - the thin wool wasn't all that bad for shooting, I could feel the trigger OK.

Riposte

 

Too hot down here most of the year to wear gloves, but some of my pistols I would like to try and wear them. I do have a set of Blackhawk Tactical gloves to try out.

 

This is kinda where I'm at. Maybe some days in Decemeber and January through maybe February or March it might get cold enough to desire gloves. But you wouldn't really be risking frostbite going without them. It's liveable without.

Meanwhile during the summer when it crests over 105 degrees Fahrenheit, you can pull a glove off after 30 minutes and wring the sweat out of it.

I wear latex gloves at work to minimize trips to the sink to wash off grease and oil. And of course I have work gloves primarily to protect my hands when dealing with hot metal or things that might pinch or grab and make a blister. Beyond that, if I don't need a glove for protection I actively avoid wearing them.

Since the chance of me wearing gloves should I get into a self defense scenario is low, I don't really shoot while wearing them. I can see why someone might desire a leather glove while shooting for competition, extended shooting sessions, or shooting calibers with more thump, and certainly in colder climates than I am currently in. But since I'm always bare handed I figure it best to shoot under the same conditions.

Edit: I did try on some of those fingerless weight lifting gloves at Wal Mart, thinking I might be able to use them to avoid calluses from the gym. The cardboard placard said they were XL gloves, but I damn near had to cut the glove off in the store to extract my right hand out of it. So...that's another reason I don't bother with gloves often.

 

I generally prefer not to wear gloves when shooting pistols, unless it is very cold or the pistol is a large caliber like a .44 magnum with a lot of excessive recoil. Gloves' help me a lot with both. However, I disagree about wearing gloves while shooting a Glock. Before I retired I was on an outdoor range shooting my agency's quarterly firearms qualification course. It was really cold and my hands were freezing. While waiting for our turn to shoot my group would stand around a steel 55 gallon drum barrel that had a fire going, for warmth from the freezing cold. I had a Glock 17 at that time as a second pistol to my Sig P229 Stainless Elite .40.

No problem qualifying with gloves shooting my Sig. Then I qualified with my Glock (here is one of a number of reasons that I hate Glock) and I noticed that shooting timed strings of fire with reload segments slowed me down quite a bit. Because pulling that spongy, mushy Glock split trigger while wearing gloves was like trying to walk in mud or wet cement.

 

I've never been comfortable shooting with wearing any gloves that i've tried to shoot in. Haven't tried them all, but shooting in gloves isn't a priority here.

 

My daughter always wears some gloves when shooting my 1911’s with 20 lpi checkering. The spikes aren’t very comfortable for soft hands.

The wide receiver football gloves are a bit tacky, so it helps her hang onto the magnums too.

I personally don’t prefer gloves. I never wear them for anything, so I don’t train with them. While I do find 20 lpi 1911’s rather stimulating, as I get older, I may find gloves to be beneficial when shooting magnums.

 

Besides those that shoot the big magnum handguns, the people who would benefit most from wearing a shooting glove are those who are plagued by 1911 hammer bite.

 

I really don't like shooting with tactical or cold weather gloves, but I'm an inside/fair weather dog...so much so, that it's not worth the effort for me to practice with them.

I like to feel the trigger down to my fingerprints. But I'm spoiled rotten.

If I ever had to spend any length of time in frigid/rugged conditions, I'd be in for a rude awakening trying to adjust to gloves.

 

Always wore gloves while hunting in the Winter months and never had a problem shooting rifle, shotgun, or bow. Most of my hunting gloves were made with shooting in mind.

I wear gloves when firing any new-to-me gun for the first time, especially handguns. A pair resides in my range bag just for that purpose.

Generally, any good fitting, and not bulky glove will work well, but shooting gloves are best and worth the small investment.

 

I thought I was about to shoot at a couple of coyotes while deer hunting on Tuesday of this week. It was a cold morning right on the Red River in far northwest Hardeman county, Texas and breezy in the deer blind. I simply removed the glove on my right hand to prepare to shoot as I didn't wish to finess the trigger on the 70 year old Winchester Model 70 .30-06, a fine trigger which doesn't deserve the adulteration of any sort of glove material.

I feel the same way about the goodness of the 1911 and Smith & Wesson revolver triggers.

 

Gloves definitely change the feel of things and have their place but you gotta find the right pair. Some are just way too thick and bulky. I like Mechanix and PIG gloves from SKD Tactical...which aren't cheap but they're great. Some people like batting and/or golf gloves too.

But lately, however, I've been using tape...which has been working out REALLY well. For some reason the small screw hole in the face of my 1911 trigger seems to cause a blister after a couple hundred rounds. I can apply the tape exactly where I need it and you don't have the bulk that comes with having a whole glove on or anywhere near the loss in dexterity. It's also much cooler than wearing a glove in summer when it's hot as balls. There are two kinds I've found that I really like...

The "magic finger tape" is apparently used by rock climbers. It's a cohesive tape, like a cohesive bandage, in that it sticks to itself and doesn't use an adhesive...so it stays on when it gets wet from either water or sweat. If you get this tape...and trust me on this...once you use it, take a inch or two of the end and fold it over on itself a few times...otherwise you will NEVER be able to find the end of the damn thing again.

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I’ve tried it and just can’t make my brain like gloves. I’m sure there are too many to try for me to speak with fair experience but for now I just allow my hand cannons self budget ammunition cost. I would never dispose of any of my big bore guns because they are cannons and make me smile out loud! Maybe we will have a glove test event at our range as a function and share/test some of those mentioned here. Themed events are always fun.

 

In addition to XXL hands generally , my fingers are disproportionately long compared to hands . So finding gloves that * actually * fit properly enough to shoot with , except for extra thin extra stretchy glove liner, is a Never thing .

Even hunting when it's cold , shooting hand glove gets yanked off when it's time to shoot .

 

I had a 90 minutes practice session today with two all-metal handguns, save for CZ's G10 side panels, and an AR, aluminum forend. It was 28 degrees at the range. I left confused and I need group's help in answering these questions:

• How long would I have lasted without gloves?
• What my tactile feeling and connection to the gun would've been at minute 45 without gloves?
• I had a specific practice plan which is why I brought that heavy metal stuff. Should I have changed the plan and shot my carry Glock instead?
• What kind of dumbass practices for 90 min in 28 deg weather?

On a positive side, the cold precluded me from recording the session so you all are spared from looking at another video of mine.

 

I have to chuckle when I hear hunters say they don't even wear a gloves when hunting in the winter. If that's true, then you don't really have winter.

 

There are many reasons to wear gloves. In NH the winters can be very cold and gloves are almost a must. Some years ago I took a winter class in one of the coldest days I ever experienced (so cold my face hurt without a ski mask). I wore a pair of the thinnest gloves I could find to the class. I started out with a Garthwaite CCO with a 3.5 lb trigger that I just loved. With these gloves on, I Just could not feel the trigger. I held the gun on target and moved my trigger finger, but had no idea if I was touching it or not - no tactile reference what so ever. I switched guns and finished the course with a Glock. I subsequently sent the gun back to Jim and asked him to increase the trigger pull to 5 lbs. Light triggers are great in warm weather, but when wearing gloves in winter I just felt the risk of an AD was not worth it (I know, keep the finger out of the trigger guard unless you intend to fire), even though I had no ADs during the course. I learned that a good 5 lb trigger is not really a handicap vs. a 3.5 lb trigger. I subsequently had my 1911 triggers (1 Colt, 1 Para, 1 Baer, 2 Garthwaites and 3 Heinies) tweaked to ~5 lb. Just me, but I feel better with this trigger weight for year-round carry in the northeast.