“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
A buddy turned me on to the trick of wearing nitrile gloves under bigger gloves or mittens while steering my tiller drive duck boat. I can say that the nitrile gloves make a significant difference. My hand still gets cold, but not as cold. When it is really cold, I wear the nitrile all morning in the duck boat. Keeps my skin from making direct contact with metal. Yeah, my hands will eventually sweat inside the nitrile glove, but that’s better than not being able to feel my fingers.
I would try nitrile gloves under mittens that can be easily removed.
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As noted, there are numerous different environments being dealt with.
If the question is gloves, the one stop shop is ALWAYS Outdoor Research. If they haven’t made what you need yet, you likely don’t need it.
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Cabelas used to have some epic shooting gloves - super thin Thinsulate under Kangaroo leather. It appears to be discontinued under the Bass Pro ownership.
I’ve just been using flight gloves. They are pretty thin and very conducive to dexterity and get super flexible once broken in but need some aid when severe cold is involved. But they are thin enough to stuff in a mitten.
Tell you guys what…tomorrow I’ll break into my flight gear bin and see how many pairs I have on hand. They are the older general issue style (we use the blackhawk or camelback brands now) but I’ll ship them out to whoever wants to try them!
Dexterity comes at the cost of warmth.
Nitrile gloves will keep the wind from biting your hands, while allowing you to shoot. They won't keep your hands warm. That's what hand warmers and pockets are for.
I shoot all winter. I was out in 5° a few days ago. I wear mechanics gloves under my OR mitts.
I normally wear Mechanix Fast Fit unless it’s below zero, I do have one pair of very thin wool blend that are thin enough to be useful and warm enough for very cold weather but useless in wet conditions.
Now you guys have me wondering about Nitrile gloves over a pair of thin glove liners to create dead air around my skin.
Im not tough like that any more, when it gets cold I just want to go to Arizona.
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“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt