{"id":90774,"date":"2023-03-14T11:58:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=90774"},"modified":"2023-03-14T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:58:07","slug":"90774","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=90774","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

My pilots & crews\u00a0 -of course- trained with their nomex flight gloves, so I’m familiar with them. We we also issued several styles of mechanix gloves, and they’re good too.<\/p>\n

GLOVE UP!<\/a>
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I\u2019ve finally come around \u2014 I believe in gloves for shooters. Not only do they save wear and tear on my hands, but they\u2019ve provided a few more unanticipated benefits. If you aren\u2019t yet a believer, I\u2019m going to convince you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What WON\u2019T Work<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

First, not every glove is an adequate shooting glove. Most work gloves are often far too floppy, stiff or bulky to permit dexterity. Loading magazines, for example? Forget about it. Past there, the fingers may be chunky enough to snag in trigger guards and often the leather or cloth is too thick to transmit any appreciable tactile feedback. The same applies to a lot of leather gloves designed for winter weather. Plus, do you really want your nice, soft pair of gloves scratched to hell, covered in oil and caked in unburnt powder? If they were a gift from your wife, she\u2019ll surely \u2014 and deservedly \u2014 throttle you.<\/p>\n

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As opposed to what\u2019s currently in your toolbox or wardrobe, a good shooting glove should be snug without being so tight it cuts off circulation. It will be tighter than what you\u2019re used to but with tightness comes control and the ability to still feel small objects like slide stops and safeties.<\/p>\n

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Work gloves are not only unwieldy, but can snag on various
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Less Pain<\/h3>\n

Now you know what to look for, let\u2019s cover why you\u2019d want to use one. First, it reduces cuts and scrapes. Though I wish it were otherwise, most of my guns have hard corners and sharp edges. A good glove can intercept a slide rail cutting a user with a \u201chigh thumb\u201d grip, can block hammer bite from a Hi-Power and can keep your palms from being abraded by aggressive grip checkering.<\/p>\n

Additionally, you\u2019ll quickly notice the benefits if you\u2019re trying to do any kinds of weapon manipulations aggressively and at speed such as malfunction drills, rapid magazine changes and the like. Trying to \u201cgo fast\u201d will very quickly illuminate where the edges of a gun want to bite and it\u2019s nice to have some barrier between flesh and metal when the knowledge comes to light.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you\u2019re doing really rough and tumble stuff, you can increase the level of protection. Many brands of gloves include hardened knuckle guards and\/or more durable materials and stitching. This will likely take something away from \u201cfeel,\u201d but if you\u2019re going to spend a day diving onto gravel to work from the prone position, the tradeoff may be worth it.<\/p>\n

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A tight fit means ease of precision operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More Gain<\/h3>\n

Gloves can also help you shoot more accurately, as they\u2019re excellent at reducing the worst effects of recoil. To wit, most lightweight .44 Magnums are not fun to shoot by any means. If wooden grips aren\u2019t fitted perfectly to the frame of a magnum revolver, it\u2019s not uncommon for them to draw blood at the web of the hand. When your trigger is a literal \u201cpain lever,\u201d extra padding in the exact area allows hard-kicking guns to shoot to their potential.<\/p>\n

The effect isn\u2019t just limited to magnums. There is a very, very well-known brand of polymer handgun that simply doesn\u2019t work for me bare-handed as its medium frame size seems to vector recoil right into the lower bones of my thumb. I can deal with this for one magazine at a time, but when I shoot with a glove, the grip becomes far more \u201crounded out\u201d and agreeable to my physiology. As a result, I can concentrate on shot placement over managing discomfort.<\/p>\n

I also find gloves are a great asset for new shooters who might be recoil-averse. Sure, most of us know to pack a .22 or to bring along some soft-loaded .38 wadcutters to make someone\u2019s first shooting session enjoyable. But suppose you\u2019re specifically helping someone train with a small-framed, polymer gun in .40\u00a0S&W?<\/p>\n

Gloves are a great way to have them avoid wincing with every pull of the trigger, which means better shot placement. And, as your mentees see tangible improvement on paper, they also build more confidence in their skills and their firearm. They also have more fun \u2014 in my estimation, the most critical quality when it comes to creating the next generation of avid shooters.<\/p>\n

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PIG\u2019s \u201cAlpha\u201d gloves are Clayton\u2019s favorite when it comes to approximating
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Where To Start<\/h3>\n

Great options exist from\u00a0Magpul<\/a>,\u00a05.11<\/a>\u00a0and Oakley, however, I\u2019m partial to gloves from\u00a0Mechanix<\/a>\u00a0and PIG. I look for what Mechanix marks as \u201chigh dexterity,\u201d such as the FastFit Tactical Work Gloves. The gloves are reinforced where they need to be and are comfortable, while still allowing manipulations that require precision. I found them particularly nice when shooting magnum handguns as there\u2019s extra leather in the web of the hand.<\/p>\n

Patrol Incident Gear\u2019s (PIG) gloves fit tightly and as a result, there\u2019s almost no loss of bare-handed control. Build quality is exceptional for the price. Along with the \u201cDelta\u201d and \u201cAlpha\u201d glove models, they also have the \u201cEcho\u201d specifically designed for women. This is a great kit to help a wife or daughter become truly comfortable with shooting!<\/p>\n

As the saying goes, \u201cYou\u2019ll never know until you try.\u201d A good pair of gloves will run you less than 50 bucks and pays dividends well in excess of the cost of acquisition. I\u2019ve shot for a long time, but I\u2019m a pragmatist through and through. So long as there are guns I plainly shoot better with gloves, or so long as I own guns I intend to run hard, you\u2019ll never find my range bag without a pair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My pilots & crews\u00a0 -of course- trained with their nomex flight gloves, so I’m familiar with them. We we also issued several styles of mechanix gloves, and they’re good too. GLOVE UP! PROTECT YOUR HANDS FOR BETTER SHOOTING I\u2019ve finally come around \u2014 I believe in gloves for shooters. Not only do they save wear … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90775,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90774\/revisions\/90775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}