Rules on wearing gloves for pistol comps?

golddredger · Post by **golddredger** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:58 pm

Hi fellas,
Is there any regulation on wearing gloves when pistol shooting? I have been digging around but cannot seem to find much for a confirmed answer. Any advice here would be great! The ISSF rules say NO visiable support at the wrist but what about a simple shooting glove?
Thanks,
Jason

Richard H · Post by **Richard H** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:12 pm

I think your ok as long as the wrist is exposed. if it covers your wrist your apt to have issues.

The next question is why do you want to wear a glove on your shooting hand?

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:26 pm

I could see a good glove being helpful in cases where hand perspiration was causing stability, issues. Rosin or chalk might be options, but it isn't very desirable to have such powders near a precision valve where contamination could cause problems. Or if a grip was slightly too small a glove might help, though getting a larger grip would obviously be a better choice. Golfers and baseball players use gloves on clubs/bats, so do race drivers, so why not shooters if it feels right? The right glove could even add stability to the web of the hand, compressing the bones a bit for a more consistent grip.

Richard H · Post by **Richard H** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:54 pm

Personally I suggest fixing the grip to take care of the issues that require you to feel the need to wear a glove. A glove will interfere with the fine motor control and the ability to get good feed back to get a constant grip. Unlike golf or swinging a bat you're not required to produce speed and maintain a grip by swinging your pistol.

Size and perspiration issues can all be taken care of right at the grip.

Hey to each their own if you like a glove then you wear a glove, but that said if it covers your wrist so that officials can't see your wrist you'll have issues. I've watch officials at world cups and lesser matches ask athletes to push up or roll up long sleeve shirts and jackets so that the wrist is visible.

golddredger · Post by **golddredger** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:59 pm

Gerard wrote:I could see a good glove being helpful in cases where hand perspiration was causing stability, issues. Rosin or chalk might be options, but it isn't very desirable to have such powders near a precision valve where contamination could cause problems. Or if a grip was slightly too small a glove might help, though getting a larger grip would obviously be a better choice. Golfers and baseball players use gloves on clubs/bats, so do race drivers, so why not shooters if it feels right? The right glove could even add stability to the web of the hand, compressing the bones a bit for a more consistent grip.

Exactly what I am trying to do. My hands are big and I am looking to fill a little room and add some traction to my grip as well. I have a short finger glove that seems to really help out my shot but I do not want to practice with it if I cannot use it. I had hand surgery just 6 months ago. I am working hard to get my hand back up to par but it is slow going and the glove is helping with the grip and pain of holding the pistol. But like I say I do not want to use it if I cannot when we hit the pistol shoot. Thanks for the tips and yes I think it will be an issue as it covers to much of the wrist. So I have to keep trying without it.

RandomShotz · Post by **RandomShotz** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:49 am

I've filled gaps in grips with wood putty and re-textured the grips by using a small punch and mallet to stipple the puttied areas as well as the grip areas that were sanded.

You might also try getting some moleskin to pad critical points. Instead of padding your whole hand the way a glove does, you can just put padding where you need it. It has made a difference for me on my TOZ 35M. In the very least, it will help you identify exactly what you want to fill in and by how much before you start laying on the putty.

Roger