Handguard or gloves?

[Drew Hause]

Rolla A. Heikes was probably the best shooter with the most guns. He was the first industry representatives in 1885, with the Lefever Gun Co. In 1895-96, Heikes participated in 67 tournaments (despite having malaria in the summer of 1895) and was high gun in 60 using a Winchester 1893 slide-action. He defeated Fred Gilbert in 1896 at the 2nd "E.C." Cup "Champion Inanimate Target Shot of the World" in New York and was 4th in the GAH at Live Birds. Prior to using the Winchester, he shot a L.C. Smith. He defeated Charles Grimm on Dec. 6 1897 for the Cast Iron Medal using a Winchester 1897. He defeated Fred Gilbert for the "E. C." Cup at Chicago, August 13, 1898 with a score of 140 to 137 out of 150 targets, then successfully defended the "Cast Iron Medal" against Fred Gilbert at Eau Claire, Wis., in August and W.R. Elliston in Nashville in October.
In 1899 he used a Remington Hammerless Double to defeat E.D. Fulford for the "E.C." Cup in January and won the Sportsmen's Association Championship Trophy in the trapshooting tournament held on the roof of the Madison Square Garden in March. He used a Parker at the 1900 GAH at Live Birds, then went back to his Remington to win the first Grand American at Clay Targets held at Interstate Park in New York City June 12-15, 1900. In November 1900, he was using a new single trigger Remington hammerless double. He was part of the victorious American team in the June 1901 Anglo-American Clay Bird Match using a Parker.
He started 1902 shooting the Remington single trigger hammerless, then used a L.C. Smith at the Ohio State shoot and to take 3rd in the last GAH at Live Birds in Kansas City. He came back from Typhoid Fever in 1904 to take HOA at the Dominion of Canada Exhibition Shoot in Winnipeg again shooting a Remington. In 1905 he began shooting a Remington Autoloading Shotgun and was 2nd High Professional at the 1906 GAH.



Not sure if he ever actually used his 1889 patent "hand protector"

[Pa SxS]

Gripswell makes a glove just for SxS shooting. The underside is covered in leather. You can get it in either left or right.

[6pt-Sika]

When I was eat up with playing the trap and skeet games I used Bob Allen uninsulated gloves for a year or two . At the same time I bird hunted quite a bit and used the same gloves .

Now about the only birds I hunt are dove and will use some kind of light camo gloves but that's more to cover white skin then anything else . If I'm on a deer stand I usually wear cotton jersey camo gloves with the trigger finger removed from the right hand glove .

Now if I'm shooting clay targets I see no need for gloves .

Seems to me there's a transition to the whole thing . A time before you deemed the necessary , the time you used them and then the time you only wanted them for camo or warmth .

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Chuck Bishop

Gripswell makes a glove just for SxS shooting. The underside is covered in leather. You can get it in either left or right.

Where can you buy these today? I understand Gripswell went out of business sometime back--maybe a couple of years or more ago and I don't believe there are any left on the planet for sale. I've been searching for two years to find replacements for my Gripswell GS-12 gloves which are now virtually wore out.