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Post by tek4260 on Jul 22, 2012 15:08:09 GMT -5
I just realized how much we put faith in all the more expensive toys and tools. They have to be better, right? How bout a $250 OM Super, $15 shipped Lee 310 mold, some home grown lube (50/50 beeswax/lithium axle grease), and a $5 pair of leather gloves. I had no use for the left, so decided to turn it inside out and cut the finger on it. Heck I think it is better since you have the suede side out. This is my first time shooting with a glove and I really like the inside out glove. The revolver does not slip. I believe I could get away with a much less firm grip and extend shooting sessions. Probably not as good as a pair of Past gloves or Lee's gardening gloves, but good enough to throw in the truck.  Also, I get a nice lube star with this lube. Not something that happened with the crayon commercial lubes and even with LBT blue. Anyway, here are the first 5 from the cheap combo at 25 yards. Maybe in a few days I'll get enough shooting in to give it an accuracy run.  |
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Post by paulg on Jul 22, 2012 15:21:18 GMT -5
Great pics and nice write up! Heck I'd be tickled with the group you have there.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Jul 22, 2012 15:47:08 GMT -5
I been meaning to try the gloves myself. I think it would certainly help with my sweaty hands and with grip consistency. What stops me is that I dont normally wear gloves afield. That said, very good shooting!!!
One of my most accurate sixguns is a Colt Trooper 357 that I got for a song. Its FA accurate for sure!
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Post by ChiefTJS on Jul 22, 2012 16:29:23 GMT -5
Goes to show it doesn't always have to be a high dollar custom. A good old woods runnin' gun that will put them where you need them.
I use gloves on occasion, I find it feels just different enough to throw me off a little bit but it sure does make the heavy hitters easier to take.
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Post by hammerdown77 on Jul 22, 2012 16:53:45 GMT -5
I always poo poo'd gloves in the past, but I'll tell you, since I started using them with my 500 JRH BFR to protect my hands from the abrasion of the rubber grips, I tried them with some other guns and have been very pleased with the results. Especially this time of year, in Alabama, when it's darn near impossible to keep your hands dry unless you've just stepped out of the air conditioning. I was shooting my Freedom Arms today with the slick Micarta grips using a stout 335gr load, and I shot the first 15 with no gloves. I was having a heckuva time holding on to the thing, it was whipping back in my hands like I had butter on 'em. Put the gloves on, and the groups shrank. I also found they were a godsend for shooting heavy 335 grain loads out of my Ruger Vaquero with the XR3-Red grip frame. That gun will peel skin off the inside of my thumb near the base with the top of the grip frame ears if I don't hold it juuuust right, and clamp down HARD. With the gloves, no problemo, and I could focus on the shooting instead of the blood that was soaking into my nice walnut grips...
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Post by tek4260 on Jul 22, 2012 16:59:16 GMT -5
I normally wear a large glove, but got a medium in these. It takes a bit to get them on and longer to get them off, but they are not cumbersome to wear when they are skin tight. I actually think I'll be able to wear them under my insulated gloves during hunting season, so I'll be able to slip the top glove off if I get a shot. Hammerdown, the reason I finally tried gloves was from same skin peeling from my BFR. I'm not too keen on getting blood on my revolver, let alone bleeding my own blood on it  |
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Post by hammerdown77 on Jul 22, 2012 17:06:57 GMT -5
I've got enough scar tissue on that spot of my thumb now, you'd think it wouldn't get cut anymore.
And you'd be wrong...
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Post by buckstone on Jul 22, 2012 17:56:33 GMT -5
I use a glove on hot days. My target gun has a Hogue Wood Monogrip. I know that they are blasphemy on a single action, but my hand never gets tired. I have other single actions and they all have factory grips, so I can still have some purist cowboy fun.
This Hogue grip give me such a natural aiming position, I wonder if Buffalo Bill or Annie Oakley might not have given them a try back then if they had been available. It's just a comfortable and natural point with the Hogues. I figure anything that makes me a better shot is worth a try.
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Post by Frank V on Jul 22, 2012 20:06:21 GMT -5
tek4260
Nice shooting. The older ones will perform.
Frank
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Post by tek4260 on Jul 22, 2012 21:09:52 GMT -5
It will do much better. First shots in a long time. Too long. I was pleasantly surprised when my wife asked to shoot her 22, so I switched to rimfires and we shot up over half of a 550 pack. Most were shot by her |
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Post by dmize on Jul 22, 2012 21:18:06 GMT -5
My SRH 454 had sat idle for over a year because of not buyin XTP's. Last week I ordered the Lee 300 grain gas checked 45 mold and a box of Hornady checks,cast a bunch out of water dropped ww. I started loading them light and ended up with a full charge of H110 and busting baseball size rocks at a little more than 100 yards with no leading or pressure issues.
YES its sweet to realise you can get by cheap.
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Post by dmize on Jul 22, 2012 21:20:55 GMT -5
I just looked at the 2nd pic again......WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!l LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by dlhredfoxx on Jul 22, 2012 22:15:20 GMT -5
I always wear leather elk skin work gloves with the thumb and index finger tips cut out at the first knuckle. They are thin enough to allow fine motor manipulation like loading, cocking, bare finger on trigger, etc. but offer just enough grip to help with control and really help on hot days from keeping the grip from getting slick with sweat. It was 95 degrees today here in Houston and around 98% humidity and my grip did not slip at all. And I had a 3 hr. marathon shooting session... 400 rounds of 45 colt (255 keiths at 1,050 fps) through a Vaquero (big frame) 7.5" bbl and a little 45 Colt Blackhawk 4 5/8" bbl. Then I shot 60 rounds of Hornady 400g XTP's (light loads) through the 475 Linebaugh... My last 10 shot group was smaller than the size of a snuff can at 25 yds. Exhaustion forced me to relax and just let the gun go. I had to stop ever so often and wipe the sweat off of my shooting glasses, but my grip was tight with the gloves and they were totally saturated with sweat. I wear the same type of gloves in the field hunting, etc. They go for about $20/pair and I keep several pairs around to make sure I wear same type gloves at range/in field. Elk hide is thin and tough, thinner and softer than cow hide but every bit as durable.
Foxx...
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Post by oldschool on Jul 23, 2012 8:31:01 GMT -5
Hey Tek, I LIKE that chopped OM SBH! It has some character. My kinda field gun! Looks like it can shoot, too. Did you buy it with the bbl already cut, or did you perform the surgery?
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Post by tek4260 on Jul 23, 2012 15:53:55 GMT -5
Hey Tek, I LIKE that chopped OM SBH! It has some character. My kinda field gun! Looks like it can shoot, too. Did you buy it with the bbl already cut, or did you perform the surgery? It's a home chop job. Learned a lot of lessons on this one trying to bring it back from being worn s-a-o. |
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