HA!! All that trouble- towels, gloves, leather around the barrels? Hey, here's an idea, just get a BTFE. Then you won't look like you are shooting a woman's gun, plus, you'll be able to control your gun better. And you won't have to wear the bluing off of your guns. And yes, people do sweat through leather gloves, Larry. If you spend a day at a shoot and shoot hundreds of rounds, you'll find that out some day. I saw one guy's gun I know who sweated so much, the dye from his red Bob Allan gloves left hand prints on the wood of his gun where he held his gun. And yes, I do put my guns in my safe upside down. And Tinker- masculinity?? That's great coming from a guy who lives in the prop eight part of the country. You really should have kept quit. Shop towels!! HA!!