Handguard or gloves?

[King Cobb]

I don't have a gun to test this with, but I seriously don't believe my fingers touch the barrels when I shoot. My finger tips stay on the splinter. It doesn't surprise me that this might not be correct, I have been commented on before even with 870s and A5s that I don't really grab hold of the forearm.

I have shot trap and 5 stand and even crazy quail with parkers, but it has always been in the winter or early spring when we tend to shoot those.

[Autumn Daze]

Holding a gun by the splinter puts way too much strain on the forend lug under recoil. Place the gun loosely in your leading hand and wrap your fingers around the barrels. Hence the need for gloves for some