Looking for fingerless padded shooting glove recommendations.

Usage will be revolvers in the .454 Casull/.460 S&W recoil range.

Can be easily made with scissors.

True, I make mine for unloading my sheet metal trucks. Fingerless to get in between the sheets but protects the palms.

An old coworker tried to get me into cycling. I got rid of the bike, but still have some gloves.

My, unfired by me, 83 .454 has the Pachmyer (without disrespect, I can never spell his surname right) grips. I’ve heard too much of a tight grip without allowing the gun to rise naturally is a wrist breaker. Is that just a myth? I’ll likely start with .45 LC, but I want to let the big guy bark.

Just don't lock your elbows - keep them bent.

Yes, let it rise up in recoil....fighting it hurts. I used Past shooting gloves with the full-house loads.

Check weight lifting gloves and see if they will meet your needs.

You might check out some of these:
https://www.creedmoorsports.co...gory/Shooting-Gloves

I bet Mechanix would work after a little scissor work. I assume they’re pretty cheap.

Well, I was wrong about the cheap part. They’re about the same price as the Creedmore link above. Not terrible at $30-40, but I had assumed they were much less.

I have an older version of these. Not much padding, but enough for my purpooses.

https://www.nrs.com/nrs-mens-b...gloves-closeout/p52c

Thanks to all of you for your well-reasoned advice. Since I posted this inquiry, I have been reading some of the "best of" type articles and reviews to see what is available and to understand the various issues involved. I am going to order 3-4 of the most recommended and decide which one is the best for me.

I should not have specified fingerless, as many of the latest gloves have full-finger designs which have been extensively tested in combat. I was reading about one brand which could actually pick up a dime; this is the acid test for full finger designs. I won't be sighting-in in the cold, so warmth is not an issue for me at this point, however, someone planning a cold-weather hunt would need to take that into consideration.

A great tip about not locking your elbows... that makes perfect sense. I always tell people not to fight the recoil of dangerous game rifles, so the same concept applies to handguns. I have not heard of anyone breaking a wrist, however, I have heard tales of sprained ones. I don't even know if that is true or just gunshop scuttlebutt. I can say the only person I have personally talked to who owned a .454 Casull and a .480 Ruger was pushing 80 years old! He shot them regularly but only a couple of rounds a day. No broken or sprained wrist, but his comment was they shook him to his core!

The most important thing to me is to have good padding for the base of the hand and thumb to absorb recoil while doing extended shooting while sighting-in at the range. I probably wouldn't use a glove for hunting unless it proved an enhancement to handling and/or accuracy.

Several years ago I was at a SHOT show + was talking to the S+W rep at their booth. They had just come out with the scandium 44 mag. He said, "I work for Smith but I didn't want to fire a full cylinder. It just hurts."

Alan, those combat gloves that allow the wearer to pick up a dime sound very interesting. I'll try to Google them up.
I have not shot the Casull or the .460 Smith and Wesson, but did own both a .480 Ruger Super Redhawk and an X-frame Smith in .500 S&W. I wanted to like that .480, but it was simply no darned fun to shoot when approaching full power levels. The .500 Smith was actually a bit of a pussycat, but the thing was so darned huge that I had that conversation about -- "if it is this heavy, why not carry a rifle and be more effective" -- and sold it.
On my one and only fishing trip to the Wrangell area in Alaska 20-some years ago, I carried a stainless Redhawk with the 5 1/2-inch barrel, handloaded with 340-grain hard cast over as much 296 as would fit. I did not enjoy shooting it, either.
Gettin' old I guess.

u can bend ur elbow till it flops over backward but if you have arthritis in your thumb bone at the base and are shooting anything above a 25 acp its gonna hurt. i wear padded gloves with trigger finger tip cut off. helps tremendously.

John, I hope you're taking glucosamine/ chondroitin W/ MSM pills for your arthritis like I am for the same area. Although I have done a lifetime of shooting I know that my damage was primarily done by the constant use of sheet metal shears; regardless, the thumb joints suffer. The pills help. It takes a few months but it does work.

Specifically, what brands have y'all tried?

So far, several options have been mentioned:

Past shooting gloves
Mechanix shooting gloves
Creedmoor shooting gloves
NRS Men's Boater's Gloves
generic weight lifting gloves

With their background in recoil pad technology, I thought the first gloves I'd order would be the PAST Professional Handgun Tactical Gloves. Of course, like everything I like, need, or want... they've been discontinued!

Does anyone have any other specific brands they have tried to add to the list?

A simple web search turns up dozens of name-brand and "tacticool" shooting gloves, however, I am only interested in the ones designed for shooting heavy recoiling pistols and revolvers. I'm thinking these would only be needed for load developing sessions at the range, but not ruling out hunting with them.

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Originally posted by MS Hitman:
Check weight lifting gloves and see if they will meet your needs.

Here is a well-written article about using the Harbinger Pro weight lifting glove for the shooting range.

Harbinger Pro Gloves for Shooting

Harbinger makes several models do you know which you are using. My arthritis limits me to about 6rounds of 44 mag.
Thank you

I haven't bought any yet. I'm still researching what's available.

There is also a ton of tactical gloves for sale as well. The key point is padding for the thumb and base of the palm.

Alan:
I've never used gloves to shoot.

I have huge wrists and hands. The .30 carbine Blackhawk would get it to hurting in less than 50 shots. 12.5 gr H-110, or 4227 110gr bullets.
Just a good powerful enough load.

I had a bil that carved a hand filling set of fine walnut grips for it. That helped to over 200 rounds.

At the range one day another shooter had a .44 mag with Hogue rubber grips. I asked to try them. They are a bit ugly on a nice gun. but, they sure tamed that blaster.

I got a pair, loved them as they are a perfect fit for my hands. Then after coaching I bought a .45 Colt and put a pair on that too. Then one day at the leather shop I nosed around in the cull box and found five more sets new for $each and bought them all. I've bought several more of the same guns and put them on every one and had to gBt more of them.

That's the best cure I've found. You might want to check into these.

My hands don't fit those tiny grips Blackhawks come with. bill Ruger must have had tiny hands.

What limits me on shooting the heavy loads is the guns twist with such loads. I limit them to 330gr cast and 20gr H-110. IF those won't do the job, I need to get a rifle out.

Just because the guns will handle max loads don't mean we can. This is another application of "common sense" IMO.

best wishes,
George

Another vote for fingerless weightlifting gloves. Got mine at Wally World for about $25. I can tightly wrap my wrists (I wear the pair) and the hook and loop is very secure. The hard part is when you try to take them off - no fingertips to grab onto.

Since I trashed my right hand roping incident, Ive been using a golf glove and it works well for roping or shooting..

Harbor Freight and a pair of scissors. About 4 bucks when you catch the sales.

Menards sells RW brand finger less gloves that are top notch with great padding. About 11 bucks on sale.

PAST recoil gloves work well for me (right hand), but not so much in cold (below freezing) weather. Fingertips get kind of numb and make it hard to manipulate the gun, reload, etc.

This is like asking someone who makes the best vehicle. There are plenty of gloves on the market that will work, you just need to start trying them. You could also try a band aid on the knuckles that get hit. The small amount of padding can be enough to take the pain away. Another option are gloves used by golfers.
Finally, try a different version of handgun. Often times the change is grip can work wonders.

Me shooting .500 S&W, full power loads:


Krav maga instructor trying to mimic my style:


If you know how to shoot and how to let recoil flow through your body, no special equipment is necessary.

BTW This .500 S&W has now wood grips. Much better than original rubber ones.


I found that gloves are good only for the cold or when loading a lot of rounds into magazines, if shooting like this:

https://youtu.be/NnI2coSngGo

Shooting 585 HE: https://youtu.be/W4iYhHg2izg

As I wrote, it is all about shooting style. Not fighting recoil, let it flow...

Jiri, I certainly hope that the pictures were meant to merely illustrate your shooting form. I never shoot any of my guns, especially my 500, without eye and ear protection and would give that advice to all shooters. And for the ears, with that gun I use muffs over plugs. There's no such thing as being too safe with that revolver. You sure have my respect if you can handle those hardcast loads one handed. They're too much for me with both hands.

Yes, of course. I use hear protection. And ESS googles for autoloaders, especially full auto or muzzle breaked guns. See video above where I am shooting SMG.

Jiri

Jiri, what are the rules on SMGs in Czech?

SMG, machine guns, whatever, generally semi auto only. But exception is possible in some scenarios. Otherwise law enforcement only.

Jiri...what are the make and model of those grips please? I have big hands and I have a hell of a time finding grips that are comfortable for my Smith 629. I find the finger notches are too small on those with the notches and it crams my fingers together up near the trigger guard...too tight in that area. And most are not long enough, but I see on those grips they are extended...which would be great as I have yet to shoot with grips that don't seem to almost leave my little finger partially swingin in the breeze.

https://us.nill-shop.com/

My grips are XL size, if I remember correctly. Bought here in Europe.

Jiri

Jiri, about what I thought; not much freedom anywhere these days. My sister lived in Praha for over 10 years + speaks the language as well as German. When she got divorced + moved back to America + was looking for a job, I showed her several that also included bonuses for being multilingual. Unfortunately, here in Texas, they meant speaking Spanish. Nevertheless, I have always found that being multilingual is a sign of intelligence. As the old joke goes, what do call someone who speaks 3 languages?, trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks only 1 language? American. But if we shout it loud enough, then, maybe they will understand.

Norman Conquest:

Few years ago, I spent a week in 5 stars hotel in USA, can't remember where exactly. In the morning, I entered into elevator with two older pairs. I said "good morning" to them, they replied. Now, the pairs started conversation between. It was really funny for me, because I understand everything, but for them, it was hard.

Where are you from?
Excuse me?
Where are you from?
We are from New Zeeland.
Excuse me? Where?
New Zeeland. And where are you from?
Santa Lucia, California
Excuse me, I don't understand.
Santa Lucia, California
(don't sure I remember it exactly, but it is very close)

This lasted maybe 7 floors in the elevator for two pairs naturally english speaking to get info of theirs origin.

Jiri

Skyline:

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Jiri