Re: Shooting gloves
Much of the time when shooting for fun, no gloves at all. But in winter or for concealment, several options.
For concealment, I have a set of soft 'bowhunting' type gloves. Price was right, I found them while hunting a few years ago. Cut the finger tips off the shooting hand. Plenty warm for moderate spring/fall weather.
I also found a pair of mesh 'cover' only gloves a few years ago at Dicks or WalMart. Bowhunting/turkey hunting. No insulation, but they make the hands go away without mascara.
Also have a pair of Blackhawk gloves that I wear much of the time on duty.
Up here in the arctic north (especially last few weeks) gloves are no small matter in the winter. Have several pairs for patrol, traffic (reflectors on them), working mountain details, etc. For shooting, in addition to the 'summer' gloves, I have some white over-gloves. And a pair of massive fur-lined surplus arctic mittens as part of my winter kit. They have an opening in the palm that you can get fingers out of quickly. At -20, your function can degrade fast if your hands are cold.
Most common gloves I see at ranges or trainings, etc. are 1. Mechanix. 2 (by a wide margin) Blackhawk and similar tactical gloves. Mechanix are definitely the gloves of choice. You can spray paint them, too.
BTW, my Blackhawk gloves are great. But I found that the fingers on my pair were too long and were interfering with the trigger guard on my Glock and AR. Local leather shop fit the fingers to me for virtually nothing. Cut them back, re-stitched them and got the lengths just right. What a difference! Took them all of 20 minutes and completely transformed the gloves.
Cheers,
Sirhr
PS. back to a balmy 6 degrees today. I shouldn't complain. Those guys in the REAL arctic... they're tough hombres!
