Winter shooting gloves?
- Thread starter bigHUN
- Start date
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Kinda something you need to goto a store and test for yourself. As most of us deal with larger to grab 22LR. Not a 22 Pellet.
I cannot wear gloves and if I do. The fingers are cut out.
I cannot wear gloves and if I do. The fingers are cut out.
I have yet to find shooting gloves that both provide some degree of warmth but are not too thick to hamper movement. I am not sure if such a product exists. For a while I used tactical gloves thinking they would provide a small degree of protection from the elements but in reality it is virtually no different between bare hands and with the thin gloves. Almost better to bring a hot water bottle and just hold it for a few seconds and then go back to shooting, rinse and repeat...but that only lasts so long as the bottle gets cold fast. Could always go back somewhere warm like car or clubhouse at the range to warm up.
I do wear merino wool base layers for top and undergarments and those are decently warm - perhaps there is a product that utilizes this for gloves...
I do wear merino wool base layers for top and undergarments and those are decently warm - perhaps there is a product that utilizes this for gloves...
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Me too. The Lee Valley 12-pairs-of-lightweight-work-gloves-for-$18.90. Like them so much I went back and bought another 12 pairs. The sizing chart is super accurate. They are not 'warm' but way way better than bare hands and almost as dexterous. I've got them in my car, my dog-walking coat pocket, my hunting coat pocket, my shooting bag, my toolbox, my kill bag (you know, for field dressing), my butcher kit, you name it.
Mechanixwear gloves seem to be about as good as it gets for dexterity with gloves on, and they help a bit but your hands eventually do get cold.
Alternate strategy is thick mittens and take them off for just a minute to do a task then pull them back on.
Double Tap has/had an electric hand warmer that helps when you just have periodic tasks and need to warm hands before/after. Should work with the thin gloves too.
I like the idea of the portable propane heater on the shooting bench and may have to try that!
Alternate strategy is thick mittens and take them off for just a minute to do a task then pull them back on.
Double Tap has/had an electric hand warmer that helps when you just have periodic tasks and need to warm hands before/after. Should work with the thin gloves too.
I like the idea of the portable propane heater on the shooting bench and may have to try that!
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
When I was pushing bush on the Prairies I'd leave the vehicle with 2-3 pairs of gloves. Ski gloves when there was little chance of lifting a deer, and Air Force flying gloves with wool liners when I might get a shot. Switch out often. If the conditions were really ugly, I had nylon overmitts to keep whatever heat I had from leaving.
The ski gloves cost me a reasonably good size buck when I lifted the rifle to shapshoot and couldn't get my finger inside the trigger guard.
The ski gloves cost me a reasonably good size buck when I lifted the rifle to shapshoot and couldn't get my finger inside the trigger guard.
Got a tactical supply store nearby, they have a range of options in the way of gloves. In the civilian supply world, I've always favoured the sort-of-British option of gloves with the finger ends cut off, not good for every winter day but excellent when it's cold but not too cold.
The best option I ever found were called Millar Mitts, which are actually open finger gloves: they had a warm woolen back and some sort of abrasion-resistant material on the palm side. Got one pair left and I guard them jealously. It seems you can't buy them in Canada but the article at the link suggests they're no longer even being made.
https://joncrispinposts.com/2011/01/29/millar-mitts/
The best option I ever found were called Millar Mitts, which are actually open finger gloves: they had a warm woolen back and some sort of abrasion-resistant material on the palm side. Got one pair left and I guard them jealously. It seems you can't buy them in Canada but the article at the link suggests they're no longer even being made.
https://joncrispinposts.com/2011/01/29/millar-mitts/
- Location
- Nova Scotia
No, not really. Definitely not like Canada winters. You'll wont find a perfect glove. Only one that be good for extreme cold would be useless to shoot with. If you want dexterity you'll sacrifice warmth. Hence why I said goto a store to see if you can pick up a pellet. As you cannot tell via online if it will work.
Quick look at that website they are shooting shotguns. Big difference to grab a huge shell vs a tiny pellet.
For deep winter cold, the Heat 3 and 4 series of shooting glove/mitts are probably the supreme system that will allow truly cold weather shooting in Canada. Designed for the Austrian special forces. In my experience they're good down to maybe -20 and then start to get cold. I also dislike the zipper in the palm that will scratch the heck out of a quality double barrel. Once you fold down the mitt part, the contact gloves have no warmth at all, they're just there to keep your skin from freezing to metal, and one model allows use of a touch screen. Or maybe they all do now, my knowledge is about 8 years old I guess. One other caution is that they use powerful magnets to hold the folded down mitten back (see the red circle in the photo), a PITA if you want to use a compass. Still, they're the best thing I've found, The removable wrist retention things are really neat, you can drop the mitten completely and it won't get blown away or whatever. Wish all such ski style mittens had them.
At finer stores everywhere.
https://www.theheatcompany.com/en-us/gloves/heat-3-smart
At finer stores everywhere.
https://www.theheatcompany.com/en-us/gloves/heat-3-smart
What works great for me (keyword: me), is a glove liner (merino wool so it stays warm even if slightly humid), very thin and gives as close to a "naked feel" as humanely possible. Of course it alone doesn't do all that much. Off the trigger, I stick my hands and liner back into a proper winter glove. Allows me protection when I need it, and tactile proficiency when I need it.
My glove liner: https://point6.com/products/seamless-base-glove
My winter glove: https://www.burton.com/ca/en/p/mens-burton-ak-goretex-clutch-glove/W22-102941.html
Of course, as with all things in life, your mileage will vary.
My glove liner: https://point6.com/products/seamless-base-glove
My winter glove: https://www.burton.com/ca/en/p/mens-burton-ak-goretex-clutch-glove/W22-102941.html
Of course, as with all things in life, your mileage will vary.
