Gun Thread: Late Middle July 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 late middle July? I've been working on some long neglected projects around the house before WW divorces me, including fixing the smashed back fence from the storm a couple months ago. Having said that, retirement is going so well I might need to hire an assistant!

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

Please do not shoot like this. This is the opposite of good fundamentals. It is worse than no fundamentals at all, so for the love of all that is good, just don't shoot like this. Thank you.

Weasel hearts his Colt SP-1, and it's hard to believe, but it is becoming eligible as a C&R transfer!

Do you have a preference?

Cigar of the Week

This week our pal rhomboid scores again with this excellent review of the Drew Estate Liga Undercrown

Liga Undercrown is Drew Estate's more affordable (and available) line alongside the pricey and elusive Liga Privada. I reviewed the connecticut (Shade) version here recently. The maduro is of course much closer to its Privada cousins, and shares one leaf (the stalk-cut Connecticut habano oscuro, in this case used as binder). The wrapper is a handsome chocolate brown Mexican Otapan Negro leaf with lots of "tooth" - rustic texture and visible veins. Fillers are from Nicaragua, and mata fina from Brazil. The draw on this gran toro (6 X 52) was just how I like it, easy but not too easy. Burn line required some touch-ups along the way, and smoke was good. Very consistent flavor profile throughout - tobacco sweetness and a persistent if faint chocolate note. Medium bodied, smooth, and less earthy than most maduros I've tried. A very nice cigar you can find online for $8.

Most bigly 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
Lucky Gunner 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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