Finger guard

[Gerald McPherson]

Galazan Products offers them in Bumper Buster. Looks different but may be as good. Anyone tried these?

[edgarspencer]

Gerald, I don't know if this will help you, but here is what I did. My favorite gun to shoot is an 0 frame VH28. It's a straight stock, and bangs my middle finger pretty good. The barrels get hot, so I wear a glove on my right hand (I'm a lefty). I cut the fingers off the left glove (Tractor Supply calf skin) just below the knuckles. The remaining leather gives enough cushion that I don't feel the trigger guard bumping my middle finger.

[Phil Yearout]

Look the same to me.

[Gerald McPherson]

Edgar, I actually put a glove on to see how it would help but it was difficult to get on the rear trigger. Since then, I have been thinking about doing just that. I may cut the thumb and trigger finger off and then use part of one of them help pad the middle finger. Yesterday I shot a 2 frame 12 gauge and by the time I started my hands were getting cold. My hands began to hurt from the recoil so the gloves may be my best bet. I see people on this site shooting in very cold weather with snow on the ground. That would be impossible for me. Cold and arthritis do not mix. Back years ago, we quail hunted in really cold weather and didn't think nothing about it.
I remember hunting by myself on a very cold last day of the season. I had a good hunt and I recall standing after I put the dog up in the wind and thinking how good it felt. That memory has stayed in my mind for probly 40 years.

[edgarspencer]

I can sympathize with you Gerald. I don't hate the cold, as long as I'm dressed for it. It's been below zero most mornings here, and there is still over my knee deep snow. As long as my toes and fingers are warm, I'm ok. Problem being, that much clothing and there's no shooting.
Back to that glove for a second; If you leave the top leather, all the way to the tip, say 5/8" wide, and cut away the rest, you could fold that strip back over the part of the finger that's getting slammed, stitch or glue it in place and Bob's your uncle!