Hello all, just wondering if there are any cigar smokers here on the forum. If so, let us know which is your favorite one!

I like to light a cigar usually in the late afternoon and enjoy last few hours of daylight reading. Most times its a safari hunting book, others might be a book on oil and gas law. When on a hunting trip, its at the end of the day after a great hunt. I enjoy several brands from Dominican to Nicaraguan. Mostly VegaFina, La Aurora, Oliva (serie "g"). I have...

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Trading notes with a South African outfitter I know personally as well as have hunted with him three times.......he says hunt cancellations are running much higher so far this season than usual apparently due to concerns with flight scheduling / changing / costs as well as general concerns with mid east political / conflict issues. Is this likely to become a continuing concern?

Short backstory: I grew up watching boxing with my grandpa, the same one that taught me to hunt, shoot, fish, and trap. He'd make popcorn, and give me coffee heavily watered down with milk. He always rooted against Ali; he strongly disliked a lack of humility in anyone. Anyway, my love of boxing goes back a long time. Since giving up team sports last year it's all I follow now.

To any Australian members who follow boxing, congrats on that monster win tonight with Kambosos over Lopez. It was...

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This all began about 30 yrs ago when I acquired 3 large Martini actions in various states of disassembly. I managed to salvage 2 working actions out of it. Back then I barreled one of the actions to 45/70. This is one of my favourite rifles, it points like a shotgun and with its 22" barrel is a very short and handy rifle. It weighs 61/2lbs so with 400gr Remington projectiles doing 2,000fps you know when you pull the trigger.
Recently I thought it was time to rebirth the...

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I figured I’d start a thread for some current projects everyone is working on. Help other guys get some ideas rolling and just a drop spot if you don’t want to make a dedicated thread.

Right now my current projects are:
Restocking a No.1 458 Win Mag (first time)

Building out an AR-10 in 308 for hog/deer
Constant tinkering with my go to AR-15

Planned projects:
The “Dixie Safari Rifle”, basically taking the Model 70 from my grandad and making it a DG style rifle for the...

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