Wjkins:
I've just recently moved from North GA to Upstate Carolina, so don't know if I'll get to dove shoot this season or not; but know exactly whereof you speak, as on many occassions doves would be coming into the field so fast that I'd be firing my old double gun as rapidly as I could load same. In such instances, the barrels would become so hot that it was impossible to touch them for more than a few seconds without raising blisters; but in spite of how fast I shot, never was enough heat generated to melt solder joints and loosen barren ribs. From those youthful experiences I learned that the distraction of burnt fingers made concentration on shooting fundamentals a bit tough; and further, concluded that blistering hot barrels were surely the reason beavertail forearms became popular on side x sides, and why over/unders and semi-autos (which guns have forends protecting one's fingers) were so popular on southern dove fields. But I also learned that a good pair of shooting gloves will easily resolve that delimma for the side x side afficiando; and although I always take a complete pair to the field, I only use a glove on my lead (left) hand because the heat and humidity down here makes my hands sweat profusely. So make sure your daughter enjoys the great sport of dove shooting to the fullest extent and get her a nice pair of leather shooting gloves for those delicate hands; and as for you, if you're not a fashion conscious dove shooterk, a $3 pair of Carhartt's will work jsut fine.
