Another Glove Thread - Hot Guns in Hot Weather

[Trigger]

Vicker Tactical

I'm running them in Iraq - and am very very impressed -- way better than the Wiley X CAG glove and the assundry Nomex flight glove copies.

I have the Vickers gloves too. I am very pleased with them also. I haven’t used them in extreme heat yet but I have beaten the crap out of them. Overall I they are a good pair of gloves.

[SIGfest]

I'm probably gonna be ridiculed for this as I am not a hard use guy, but I like baseball batting gloves for summer use. Fit tight, flexible, reasonably priced, and work for me. Now if I was an operator or contractor I probably wouldn't skimp.

[blackscot]

I'm probably gonna be ridiculed for this as I am not a hard use guy, but I like baseball batting gloves for summer use. Fit tight, flexible, reasonably priced, and work for me. Now if I was an operator or contractor I probably wouldn't skimp.

If they will hold-up until the end of the day, that's good enough for me. For a low enough cost, I can consider them a replaceable item.

I need to stop by the local sporting goods store today anyway, so will check out batting gloves while there.

[Obiwan]

Anbody know where you can get the Camelback units?

They have a bunch of different models

[GIFFMANN]

Anbody know where you can get the Camelback units?

They have a bunch of different models

Drop me a PM with what you're looking for. I should be able to hook you up. However, as CB is trying to get GSA pricing set, I have to quote against specific models since I actually have to call CB to get a price right now.

Giff

[M4Guru]

Be on the lookout for a wrist-length Vickers glove soon, it would be a good option or Oakley gloves with the vents and mesh sides on the fingers.

[Boss Hogg]

Oakley gloves are well ventilated. They still get warm, but airflow is pretty good. Also, you might look at Mechanix gloves.

Yeah, judging by the fact that Mechanix gloves do nothing to keep my hands warm on cold weather, they'd appear to be a good hot-weather match glove.

[RAM Engineer]

How well do the standard Mechanix gloves hold up to occasional contact with hot barrels?

[fabulous45s]

How well do the standard Mechanix gloves hold up to occasional contact with hot barrels?

In my experience, not so well. I've dusted a few pair of the issue Mechanix standards just by brief contact after full-auto evolutions.

[HolyRoller]

Regular old Hatch gloves might not be optimum, but they got it done for me. At an AK class last year where the weather was about 95 squared, I wore the same Hatch cut-resistant gloves I keep in the patrol car. The Hatch gloves did surprisingly well, allowing me to work all controls and triggers, and keeping me from getting branded with hot AK parts, while not overheating my hands. They do smell funky after being sweated in for a couple days, though. I kept using them for AK shooting until I put the AK up for sale to concentrate on the AR.