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Posted: 9/17/2006 11:45:37 AM EDT
| what are the reasons behind using flight gloves for tactical gloves when there so many other options out there now? Among the many options are ones that mainly fit a lot better and are better suited to weapon hadlingly. leave the flight gloves to the pilots its not 1990 anymore, their are options. hatch ,BH and oakley for god sake :) |
Why dont you just grow callouses and leave gloves for us pussyfied weak handed folks |
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RE: the uber-cool, purpose-made tactical gloves (Oakley, etc)... I actually have found that cheap ($20) batting gloves fit the bill quite well. No, they don't have the flame retardence of the nomex stuff, but, they are very snug like flight gloves("I can perform surgury in theses things...") and they offer the wrist retention of the tactical gloves. Gloves are important; Protecting ones hands is no joke. Use what you like/can afford, but, put something over those mitts. They'll thank you later |
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You gotta let go of your hate..... You'll feel better.......  I'll go one better, I use the CVC OD version of the flight glove. Why?? easy, cause Like most who use them, they were issued by our Uncle Sammy and they were easy to get thru the supply system... and more Important (Unlike your $100 Oakleys) they were DXable thru supply. I'm not paying over $25 for a pair of gloves, there like Binoculars and I have yet met a pair of either one that I can't destroy eventually. And the fact that there Nomex should kinda spell out why their used...... 
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the past few months there has been a big push to sell a much more exspensive glove that are essentially flight gloves but with padding on the knuckels and back side of the hand. The new gloves are still made of nomex and a leather palm they just now have some padding. I don't need the padding and I have been using flight gloves since I starting shooting and they work just perfect. Besides why should I pay $75 for essentially flight gloves with padding when I can which I actually did this weekend get a pair of Hellstorm Nomex Flight gloves for $20. if someone wants to use the new Oakley or Fury gloves, more power to them, I'm sure they are excellent gloves but I will stick to my flight gloves that work just as good for a lot cheaper. eta: my choice to use flight gloves really isn't to save money I do like them and the new gloves are pretty much just a fancy flight glove. |
| An E-4 or below makes so little that spending a hundred bucks just to be tacticoooool doesn't make sense when they can be, or have been issued numerous pairs of flight gloves. Because I'd rather get a few pairs of cheap gloves like flight or mechanics gloves, that give better dexterity than some of the thicker tactical gloves. Even though they don't last as long the flight gloves because they are so soft, they have more feel than the more durable gloves. |
If you can tell me what high speed tactical gloves will fit my hands comfortably and allow full dexterity, then please let me know so I can buy some.  The flight gloves seem to work very well for me, although I have found some that are better for me. Unfortunately, those gloves are no longer available. |
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