Winter CHL: Can you shoot with winter gloves on?

propellerhead · Post by **propellerhead** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:07 pm

Just wondering.... some of the winter gloves are thick. Can you get your finger into the trigger guard without accidentally shooting off a round?

MoJo · Post by **MoJo** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:40 pm

Shooting with thick gloves shouldn't be attempted. The chance of an ND with the thick glove is increased by a geometric factor. Thick gloves also reduce tactile sensitivity making good trigger control almost impossible.

I rarely wear gloves but, when I do, they are tight fitting unlined thin leather gloves.

txinvestigator · Post by **txinvestigator** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:17 pm

One word; isotoner

HighVelocity · Post by **HighVelocity** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:20 pm

Mechanix gloves are what I prefer.

308nato · Post by **308nato** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:36 pm

Winter gloves????? dont tell me that you girlie men wear gloves
here threw the little bit of a cold spell that takes place here for a couple
of months. wow.
Unless you have been to Chicago in January you dont know what cold is.

lrb111 · Post by **lrb111** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:25 pm

Try the tool section of Walmart for starters. Then auto parts houses. There are so many tactile (touchey feely) style gloves out now, that you are bound to find some you like.
I had a $5 pair that were nearly all leather, and I could sort change by only feeling the coins through the material. They were very durable, too.

9mmGuy · Post by **9mmGuy** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:34 pm

Gloves? In Texas? I own umpteen pairs of mechanix gloves and none of them are warm, they are not meant for warmth. although i do have a pair of insulated Matco gloves that are fairly warm.

AFJailor · Post by **AFJailor** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:04 am

Well I pretty much have to wear gloves in the winter, but i spent a good chunk of change on some water-proof thin synthetic gloves so that i could actually have some functionality with my fingers. But dont call me a girly man, it can get below -100 here with the wind chill and I would really like to leave this place with all my fingers. Oh yea and the gloves fit fine into my sig p220.

lawrnk · Post by **lawrnk** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:19 am

308nato wrote:Winter gloves????? dont tell me that you girlie men wear gloves
here threw the little bit of a cold spell that takes place here for a couple
of months. wow.
Unless you have been to Chicago in January you dont know what cold is.

Eh, try Minnesota. While I am ashamed of my yankee roots, Tower, MN hit -60 without the chill factor. You spit and it crackles and starts freezing before it hits the ground. Not only is MN unbearably cold, but the food stinks and you are surrounded by liberals. Everyone gets really chunky in the winter as well.

There is NO reason anyone has to live in that crud. Give me coastal TX any day of the week. Cold here is like 45 degrees!

propellerhead · Post by **propellerhead** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:24 am

308nato wrote:Winter gloves????? dont tell me that you girlie men wear gloves
here threw the little bit of a cold spell that takes place here for a couple
of months. wow.
Unless you have been to Chicago in January you dont know what cold is.

Pffft! I was stationed in northern Michigan for five winters. Chicago ain't got nothing on K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base! We used to open up the trigger guard on our M-16s in the winter to accommodate the USAF-issued artic mittens. I'm just wondering how we accommodate gloves in handguns. It appears we don't.

Post by **Crossfire** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:33 am

You mean Handgun Gloves?

Post by **Skiprr** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:38 pm

Heh. You want cold shooting? Try YIDPA--Yakutsk IDPA in Yakutsk, Siberia. The coldest temperature outside of Antarctica was recorded in Yakutsk. The frost table is over 600 feet deep. The average winter temperature is -53F.

Just kidding. Haven't been, and don't wanna go. But I have done business there. We had to be careful to arrange delivery between June and August...otherwise planes seldom flew because of the threat of component freezing.

But seriously, even in the tactical rifle class I took with txinvestigator in North Texas early this year I wished I'd had a thin pair of gloves. A few minutes in 38-degree weather walking down the block to your car ain't nuthin. But if you're out in it for nine continuous hours of shooting, coupled with a snappy 15-mph breeze and maybe some sleet, your fingers will work better if they have a little bit of insulation. I haven't bought any shooting gloves yet, though. Was looking at some of the ones 5.11 sells.