Shooting gloves - palm material question?

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Having seen and responded to a member's recent post on hold sensitivity with springers, it set me thinking about the shooting gloves that seem to be used by quite a few members.
Most people recommend a light hold with springers to allow them to 'move' but all the shooting gloves I have looked at on the net have material on the palm to prevent that. I quote from the Anshutsite "Top Grip sheet avoids the sliding of the sports weapon". That appears to contradict the advice to let the gun move, or am I missing something more subtle?
I will admit that I don't use any special gloves when shooting my springers, just my normal walking gloves and then only when it's cold to prevent shivering! My grip, and accuracy, are the same with and without gloves.
 
I guess if you were hunting, you’d want gloves with non slip features. Now that we have had a few proper had frosts, I need to get a solution to cold fingers (never a problem in my youth). Having seen on a recent thread, I am going to buy some silk glove liners, and cheap fleece gloves, then snip the palm side halves of the thumb and two fingers of the fleece ones to allow them to fold back.
 
Having seen and responded to a member's recent post on hold sensitivity with springers, it set me thinking about the shooting gloves that seem to be used by quite a few members.
Most people recommend a light hold with springers to allow them to 'move' but all the shooting gloves I have looked at on the net have material on the palm to prevent that. I quote from the Anshutsite "Top Grip sheet avoids the sliding of the sports weapon". That appears to contradict the advice to let the gun move, or am I missing something more subtle?
I will admit that I don't use any special gloves when shooting my springers, just my normal walking gloves and then only when it's cold to prevent shivering! My grip, and accuracy, are the same with and without gloves.
Chances are the Anschutz gloves are for shooting pcp/live fire, not a springer. Often the non trigger hand will want a stiff , fairly hard glove to support the butt of the rifle for stability in precision shooting. Springers tend to prefer something soft to rest on to allow movement,
 
I tried all sorts of gloves, neoprene that didn't last a tin of pellets to 10m style arny gloves, then three years ago I gave these site fingerles gloves ago, £7 from screwfix. I liked them so much I brought three pairs, I'm still using the first pair.
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I tried all sorts of gloves, neoprene that didn't last a tin of pellets to 10m style arny gloves, then three years ago I gave these site fingerles gloves ago, £7 from screwfix. I liked them so much I brought three pairs, I'm still using the first pair.
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Yep that's what I do! or I sometimes adapt a pair i.e. buy a pair and cut of the fingers to suit.
Cheers.
 
I have worn these when shooting.
Soft rubber type dots . I shoot .22 so it's not as fiddly as .177.

Dots are missing in some areas due to digging the car out due to snow.

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Chances are the Anschutz gloves are for shooting pcp/live fire, not a springer. Often the non trigger hand will want a stiff , fairly hard glove to support the butt of the rifle for stability in precision shooting. Springers tend to prefer something soft to rest on to allow movement,
Thanks for all the replies. The key point I was trying to discover was whether or not the non trigger glove should allow the gun to move when shooting springers. I think @Mark Palmer has got it right, so Anshutz gloves are not ideal for springers.
Going back to my own gloves, I have used cycling gloves that already have the fingers exposed, work gloves with the rubber dots (thanks @Bighit ), 'Thinsulate' walking gloves (thin but very warm in winter. I've left the fingers intact as I use these when hunting so only load pellets infrequently) and, believe it or not a pair of Lidl gardening gloves (£4.99) that are nice soft leather. But most of my shootind is done bare handed.
Happy New Year to you all,
Paul
 
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