Gun Thread: March 2/5 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 Second March Edition? Seems like only last week it was the First March Edition!

I am out of town which means two things; a) this will be a lower than usual effort on my part, and 2) I probably won't be around much in the comments tonight. Please be nice to each other!

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

Are you shooting low left/right? Well don't do that. For our visual learners, here are some tips.

This week's episode: Dead Hunter!

Three monsters! I'm all tingly!

Cigar of the Week

This week our pal rhomboid scores again with this excellent review of the My Father Blue

My Father, along with many other big Nicaraguan cigar makers, has expanded their operations to Honduras. The My Father Blue is their first cigar using mostly tobacco from Don Pepin Garcia's farm in Honduras, and the first release from their new Honduras factory. A US connecticut broadleaf rosado wrapper contains binder and filler from Honduras. The cigar is softly box-pressed, with a nice medium brown color. The smoke from this stick (the petit robusto, 4.5 X 50) was rich and ample, and the burn line needed only a little management.

First half of this small stick offered an interesting blend of mild earth and coffee bean, with a tangy note and faint sweetness on the finish. Exceptionally smooth as well. Latter half got earthier, with the other elements fading, but the noticeable smoothness continuing. Medium-full seems accurate for this one. This is one I will be trying again, but probably the robusto or toro vitolas. Many cigars have noticeable differences between the various sizes, and this one I'm guessing might benefit from a larger size. To me the smoothness of this blend stands out more than anything.

The Blue was one of the more ballyhooed releases of 2025, and it delivers. It's available online for around $8.50 and up.

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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