Glove recommendations for air/prone

FowlerC

Hi guys, I think I'm going to splurge on a glove for myself soon. It will mostly be for air, but I'd like to be able to use it for prone shooting. My air rifle stance is fairly standard and I rest the rifle on a clenched fist. I'd rather not spend €100, but I don't want something rubbish.

edit: Whoops, maybe this should have went in "Target Shooting" Sparks?

It wasn't me!

Mike uses a Kustermann glove for both. Works well for standing if you use a fist. I have the Anschutz model, very similar, but much softer. Personally, if I were buying again, I'd get the Kustermann one in a better size, but it would do you for both air and prone if you continue to use a fist. The Anschutz one is good for my own palm-up hand shape for standing, lot of flexibility, but a little more stiffness would be nice in prone.

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I use a gehmann glove and it works well for both air and 22 for me, nicely stiff but not too much. And it's well under €100

KT fingerless gloves.

Works perfect for me on both air and prone.

Mike's glove is also good.

FowlerC

Thanks for the move Sparks . Also, thanks for the replies so far guys.

Both of those gloves seem to follow the same basic design. I was thinking of the open fingers for loading air and based on recommendations so far that cuts my choices down considerably. Kustermann one has a great price. Does the Gehmann one have any particular nice things about it that justify the greater cost?


Edit: Second I click post I see another post. Will go looking for that glove.

I like the KT as it has support on the back of the glove which really kicks ass for prone and air.

Kustermann focus the support on the wrist I think.

IRLConor

FowlerC wrote: »

Thanks for the move Sparks

Rovi did it.

FowlerC wrote: »

Edit: Second I click post I see another post. Will go looking for that glove.

The Kurt Thune is very good for prone (zaraba's is the "Solid Short Finger" - there's also one covered in Top Grip) since the palm is quite stiff. It allows you to tolerate a much wider set of fore-ends than other, softer gloves. For example, the Walther KK200 without the wooden bit is very squared-off and can hurt like hell if you use an old, beaten-up, soft glove.

The trade-off as I see it is that the Thune glove is not as good around the wrist as the Kustermann. This may be a disadvantage in the standing position where the little bit extra stiffness at the wrist end could be helpful.

IRLConor

IRLConor wrote: »

The trade-off as I see it is that the Thune glove is not as good around the wrist as the Kustermann. This may be a disadvantage in the standing position where the little bit extra stiffness at the wrist end could be helpful.

That only really kicks in though if you have a text book position. I don't and shoot with a really bent wrist (as I have 'flexi joints').

Colin - if you shoot with a very straight wrist, then the kustermann will help. If not, the extra wrist support won't help you and you may run into discomfort in prone.

Try and few, there are plenty around the range and see which ones you like.

FowlerC

Thanks Rovi then

I shoot with a very straight wrist. Kustermann it is then! Mike's won't fit me btw. He has small girly hands :P

If you have 'big, manly hand' as you seem to be implying then Kustermann should be fine in prone given that you shouldn't have a tight fit with the stock anyway.

Boo erns, KT are better gloves!

MikeD

The Kustermann are great on the wrist, no matter what wrist position you have; mine is quite bent in two dimensions (towards me and to the left) and I really notice the difference when shooting without a glove, or with another one.

As for the back, they are still pretty stiff. Wouldn't trade it for the world

Sparks

To each their own - I've got one of the soft topgrip-covered KT fingerless gloves and I wouldn't use anything else for air. Tried the hardback version, couldn't get any feel for the rifle or feeling of stability at all.
Mind you, wouldn't use my air glove for prone, I've an old AHG semi-hardback fingerless for that because of the sling. Horses for courses.

FowlerC

Got a Kustermann Modell 5 today from Cian He's not using it anymore and it's in very good nick. I can see what you guys meant by the wrist support. It's perfect!

I'd like to give it a quick clean just to get it like new. Anyone know if these gloves can go in a washing machine and if so, what temperature etc? Can they be put in a drier?

IRLConor

FowlerC wrote: »

I'd like to give it a quick clean just to get it like new. Anyone know if these gloves can go in a washing machine and if so, what temperature etc? Can they be put in a drier?

They can be washed. Just don't expect it to be any good afterwards.

The old DURC club gloves were washed once upon a time. It killed most of the smell but they became damn near useless.

If you feel you must wash it, hand wash it in warm (not hot) water and let it air dry.

Why bother washing it?

I've never washed mine - spray some antibacterial stuff into it if you are that paranoid!

Sparks

Prevention is better than cure here - talcum powder is your friend. Get one of the little squeezy bottles it comes in, hold the glove vertical with the wrist opening down and squeeze a few puffs of talc into it from the bottom. Do that every so often and you'll stave off the inevitable. In the long term, remember that the glove isn't meant to outlast the rifle - you'll buy another in a few years. If you really were training hard enough that you think it'd be unusable before that long, then you'd be training hard enough to wear the glove out faster anyway and you'd be replacing it sooner.

It's never going to be your sunday best though, it's better to think of it as the coveralls you wear while changing the oil in the car - it's work kit, not disco kit

Wrong there sparks,

Very popular jeans for sale these days come with 'genuine' tractor oil stains!

Sparks

Very popular jeans for sale these days come with 'genuine' tractor oil stains!

See, I'm never going to understand that. This whole "romantic" view of the countryside that these yuppies have, it rarely survives your first unexpected step into a steaming wet cowpat...

rrpc

Sparks wrote: »

See, I'm never going to understand that. This whole "romantic" view of the countryside that these yuppies have, it rarely survives your first unexpected step into a steaming wet cowpat...

No, it's the crusty ones with the soft centres that get them every time







Where exactly did this thread get derailed?