Shooting glove for standing air rifle.

[MrChipShoulder]

Hi,

Having now got a good air rifle for standing 10m, I'm now looking into clothing to help with this discipline. I already have a jacket and glove for 22LR prone that works well for that and I assume the jacket is OK for air?

My Jacket
https://www.intershoot.co.uk/acatalo...t-404-372.html
My glove
https://www.intershoot.co.uk/acatalo...Glove-250.html

I used my existing glove last night for 10m air and while it made a big difference, it felt a little cumbersome for air. So I started to think there may be a lighter glove for air shooting with maybe open fingers? Maybe something like this?

https://www.intershoot.co.uk/acatalo...e-116-230.html

Am I right, or is it just a case of whatever you like the feel of? If you're doing 3P, I assume having the same glove for every position would be better than swapping, so maybe stick with what I have for both air and 22LR??

My club is moving more towards 3P in 22LR and is expanding into 3P air, so is worth giving some thought now as to 3P clothing in both disciplines.

[harvey_s]

Why not go the whole hog and supersize the Terry Doe 'Rock hand' ..... https://www.foamstickshop.com/foam-hands/

[tim s]

Sunbeam,

The Gehmann jacket should be fine for 10m air. It's made as a 3-P jacket. There are specialist standing jackets (identifiable by having no elbow patch on the trigger sleeve), but these aren't common.

As for gloves, that's down to personal choice. A short finger glove would be useful, as you can load or change targets with either hand. The Anschutz glove you linked is made to the same basic pattern, just with no finger tips and softer rubber. You aren't restricted to a single glove, so keep the Kustermann if it's more comfortable with a sling.

[zooma]

The Gehmann 404 is a popular jacket in our club and it works well for 10 meter (and 6 yard) air rifle shooting.

[PhatMan]

SunBeam,

I use the Gehmann 467 glove, and really like it.

I also use it for HFT.

I have removed the band of elastic from the wrist area, as my fingers were turning green and dropping off

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

[TenMetrePeter]

Depends on whether your arms are long enough to hold the fore end in your palm for standing, or if you need to use top knuckles or a fist and need a “top grip” fingered glove.
I took advantage of the 2017 rule change and use 110 mm fore end depth. Now a top grip glove is no longer needed as I switched to palm.