Gloves
- Thread starter Hoodlum
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as gay as they are old school trigger mittens when worn with the inserts work well, we used to just cut a slit in the trigger finger first knuckle so you could pop out just the tip of the trigger finger to fire.
New US Military Army Cold Weather Gloves Mittens Med Hunting Trigger Finger | eBay
New US Military Army Cold Weather Gloves Mittens Med Hunting Trigger Finger | eBay
Define cold?
Define decent trigger feel?
Something like these TERMINATOR GLOVE - Black Diamond Ski Gear work very well at keeping the digits warm while allowing finger task. I have used these and others that are similar with good performance down to -25 or so in the alpine world of excitement. I also have 200wgt open weave fleece gloves that I dabbed SeamGrip dots and such on the fingers, thumb and palm for trekking, skiing and camp duty. For firearms, I currently run these Hatch short gun long all 4 seasons for all my shooting and training. More users wear gloves too large and sloppy that causes less dexterity.
More than gloves, hydrate,, stay hydrated, take 80mg aspirin or garlic pills to thin the blood. Exercise to keep the body working at its optimum and to recover. Eat high calorie long burning fat food in the AM and snack on quick burning calorie food during the day.
I like to use my winter mountain bike gloves when it is in the teens or above:
Firewall LT Glove | SUGOI Performance Apparel
also the Swix gloves are nice they cater to the Biathlon crown.
But when it really gets cold I would rather deal with the bulk than numb fingers any day. But the bulky gloves don't really bother me because I shoot a TRG.
Firewall LT Glove | SUGOI Performance Apparel
also the Swix gloves are nice they cater to the Biathlon crown.
But when it really gets cold I would rather deal with the bulk than numb fingers any day. But the bulky gloves don't really bother me because I shoot a TRG.
Cold here is anywhere from mid teens to 35 deg f..... Trigger feel meaning, my trigger is set to 1.5 lb's and with some gloves, I have fired and never felt the trigger with my finger..... I may give those ninja ice gloves a try.... I have seen these for sale locally....
Hoodlum
I use under armour herlock gloves and keep them in a hand warmer pouch when I'm sitting in my stand. when I'm up walking around there is enough blood flow to keep my hands warm without the pouch.
Once you find a great pair that works, buy backups. Our Jack Russell hammered my favorite neoprene deer hunting/camo dress gloves - I wore them everywhere. I think Polar Tech made them for Browning, but I can't find them now.
Layers work well for me now - Under Armour lighter weight glove with fleece fingers less mittens over those. Works great but I find myself pulling the mittens off all the time.
Layers work well for me now - Under Armour lighter weight glove with fleece fingers less mittens over those. Works great but I find myself pulling the mittens off all the time.
I just tried some Huntworth Stealth series. They were GTG in temps around 20*, & 10-15mph winds. Good trigger feel too.
I thought you said gloves for cold weather, I been swimming in temps that warm.
Good gloves are hard to find that I am sure you are well aware of now. Look for goat skin palm and fingers, no lining on the palms just leather or a 50wgt lining, stretch backs with a 50wgt lining. Gloves like these that I find perform minute tasks yet keep the digits warm come from climbing manufactures with details like mix, mixed mixte dry tool ect; thin leather palms with a thin 50wgt backing on the top. Get them a size small and let the goat leather form to your hand during use. Thick gloves in the real world are colder than thin gloves when performing any type of gripping or holding as the muscles must contract more due to the thickness of the glove that decreases blood flow so the hands become cold. Its something 99% of end users just cannot get a thought process around.
True warmth comes in mittens so each finger draws heat from the others and pushes heat to the others. But, down mitts or thick mitts gripping cold surface will restrict blood flow.
At those temps, why not go bare handed while on the gun, place a hot water bottle in a pocket of your jacket, when not on the gun place your hand in the pocket on the bottle to warm it up. Outside the pocket not on the gun just any common warm glove. I have shot bolt guns at -30 or tad colder bare handed, just beware of warm moist hands and cold dry metal.
The key is blood flow; if your engine is high horsepower operating at full torque with good race gas in the tank, combating cold is not that difficult. Kit can only make up so much at a very tiny level.
good luck
Amazon.com: Outdoor Research Swoop Mitt Shells: Sports & Outdoors
That is cool...but damn that's expensive
