not sure whats going on there hamster, perhaps a duff one! both of my work fine with the covers on, with the cover off they get too much oxygen and burn quicker and hotter!
Without sounding like I am taking the piss, have you tried gloves? Someone recommended the MacWet ones which are thin and surprisingly warm. I have used 'hot hands' for fly fishing, seem pretty good and disposable so not upsetting when you lose them..
Good idea, the Wilson Staff one are the best ones that I have found for actual golf, cheap too but they really stretch so buy smaller size than you would expect..Take a trip to your local golf shop, I bought some imitation leather palmed and thermal fleece backed Winter golf gloves (sold in pairs) for around £12 and they have been superb, even when wet. I have used them for both clays (single trigger gun) and game (double trigger gun). I have 3 pairs of the Macwet things and they are freezing when they get wet. If it gets really cold I just use my Baikal and set fire to the stock !
I've worked with explosives for the past 33 years and I'm more worried about t**ts in vauxhall novas.
They needn't be kept in direct contact with shells if you use the cloth jackets, many jackets also have twin pockets anyway but in any case they simply won't get hot enough to actually cause any issue and of course you could always slip it into a trouser pocket.
