Shooting gloves

[Rob K]

My wife has small hands and we're looking for a pair of shooting gloves for her. Any suggestions ?

[DanTana]

Maybe try some golfing gloves for women? Women always seem to wear gloves for golfing and I'm sure there are hundreds of styles to chose from.

[Alfonse]

I don't know if these would fit, but there is a sizing chart. I bought some for firing a revolver that was hard on the web between the thumb and rest of the fingers. They work great.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabel...hooting+gloves

[berettabone]

Buy some of those gardening gloves with the rubber palms, and cut off the fingers........................................... .....

[Bawanna]

Have her put up a fence around your property, dig all the holes by hand and hammer all the boards on with a hammer. She won't need gloves.

or

Check any place that caters to shotgunners, many skeet and trap shooters wear gloves that work ideal for handguns.


Make sure she practices without them some if she's gonna carry. Won't be time to put on gloves when the bad guy enters the picture.

[Coppertop]

Will she be wearing gloves if she has to use her pistol in self-defense (outside of winter that is)? If not, I think she would be better served by practicing without gloves.

[TheTman]

I use a leather biker shorty gloves which are available in mens or womens sizes, with a padded palm sometimes when I don't have a sleeve on my Kahr grips. The Kahr grips are just too aggressive to shoot for an extended length of time without something to cushion the cheese grater effect. The short fingers let me feel the trigger very well, while the rest protects my hand from getting chewed up.
I doubt if practicing with those type of gloves will make much difference in a real life self defense, as we will be more worried about other things than our hands, I don't think they make much difference in aiming or controlling the gun. And being fingerless, I doubt they make much difference in drawing the weapon from the holster, if that's allowed at the range.
And she can practice without them until her hands start getting chewed up by the Kahr grip. Or shoot for awhile, then take them off, either way, I'd rather she be able to shoot as much as she wants, rather than have to stop after a couple magazines due to her hand getting chewed up. If you put a sleeve over the grip, the gloves aren't really needed as much.

[Rob K]

Thanx for the input ! Those gloves at Cabelas are exactly what she wants. That padded web would be a hand saver since she shoots quite a bit with my CM9, 1911, and her .38nubby.
Looks like we'll be placing an order this week.