Gun Thread: Almost Thanksgiving Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be almost Thanksgiving? Are all y'all almost thankful? Weasel are thankful for all y'all!

As we all know, the true meaning of Thanksgiving is to a) celebrate the defeat of the Indians and the subsequent occupation of the North American continent, and 2) standing in line at 3am for the opportunity to buy a plasma TV for 99 cents. Are you planning a traditional celebration? More importantly, do you have any shooting stuff you're planning to buy? If so, please share your list in the comments below!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

Is The .380 Enough?
With Mas Ayoob

At what point are the benefits of concealibility owtweighed by a cartridge's effectiveness?

Interested in where all y'all as a group are on this? 50/50?

Cigar of the Week

This week our pal rhomboid scores again with this excellent review of the Habano Bourbon Barrel Aged Sun Grown and the Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Maduro. A double header!!

En route to a sailing trip I spent a few days in Miami. Gee, what might be one item of interest in that town? Cigars! So I visited a small company in Little Havana (future review), and took Uber through the horrendous rush-hour traffic out to Perdomo Cigars HQ, near the executive airport. Got there late but they let me hang out, burn a cigar, and had a nice chat with (I think) Nick Perdomo's son as they closed up. Bought a bunch of their sticks, 2 are reviewed below. Highly recommend visiting Perdomo when in the area. Nice lounge in front, and the humidor has their entire line.

The Habano Bourbon Barrel Aged Sun Grown (at left in photo) is a nice looking medium/dark brown stick. The Nicaraguan tobaccos in it are all aged 6 years - the wrapper is aged an additional 10 months in ex-bourbon barrels. Construction on all Perdomos seems flawless, the burn even. This stick is one of the best I've had in a long time - a mellow medium, with a rich sweetness that must be the bourbon barrel aging coming through. Ample smoke. Will be getting more of these.

The cigar on the right of the photo, the Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Maduro, has Nicaraguan tobaccos aged 10 years, then 2 more years in ex-bourbon barrels. To me there was less of the unique sweetness of the Habano Sun Grown, I got more earth, even leather, and less distinct flavors. Still a nice smoke, and I'll be trying it again. The Habano BB Aged Sun Grown is available online for $8, the 12-Year Vintage Maduro for $10.

Excellent, rhomboid! Thank you!

Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

Ammo Link-O-Rama
I'm really very seriously not kidding around anymore. Buy Ammo
AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
GunBot - online ammo search tool
SG Ammo
Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
Target Sports USA
Bud's Gun Shop
American Elite Ammo NEW!

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That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

posted by Weasel at 07:00 PM

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