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December 21, 2025

Gun Thread: Pre-Christmas 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 the Pre-Christmas edition?! That must mean Christmas is drawing near. Four days, in fact. Is all of your shopping done? If I don't have a chance to say it later, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

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

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FUNdamentals

Still working on our flinching fundamentals this week. Are you focusing on not doing this?

No flinching discussion is complete without the input of a Navy SEAL.

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Sooper Rare 1911

This would make a nice gift for me.

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Home Invaders vs. Porch Pirates

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Christmas of Yesteryear

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Christmas in Appalachia

Kind of makes you think, huh?

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Christmas Favorite

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Do You Have a Kitty?

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"Best Of" Accidents Involving Nuclear Weapons

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Our Pal Electron Theory and the Diode Tube

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: Motel Robbery!

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War of the Colossal Beast!

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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!

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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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Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!

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

posted by Weasel at 07:00 PM

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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 the Pre-Christmas edition?! That must mean Christmas is drawing near. Four days, in fact. Is all of your shopping done? If I don't have a chance to say it later, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we? **** FUNdamentals Still working on our flinching fundamentals this week. Are you focusing on not doing this? 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