Shooting and cigars.

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I like shooting mostly alone, not that I manage to very often, but I really prefer to go out, kick back, and take a relaxed afternoon at the range. I always take a cigar. set up, light up, and just take it easy. It makes waiting for the barrel to cool a whole lot more tolerable.

Anybody else go in for a good smoke while shooting?
 
While I do enjoy a fine cigar from time to time, I never smoke while I am actually shooting so as not to be distracted from what I am really doing....shooting. When I do go shooting with my other cigar smoking buddies, we usually go back to someone's house, clean our guns, then pop open a cold one and light up our favorite cigars.
 
As an ex-smoker (making me the worst type of non-smoker), as long as your smoke doesn't invade my breathing space, enjoy it and have a relaxing day
 
Yep, a long time pipe smoker. Nothing like great guns, plenty of ammo, a nice pipe and a good English blend for some quality "me" time.
 
Anybody else go in for a good smoke while shooting?
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I dont always smoke a cigar,

but when I do I prefer Arturo Fuentes Brevas..... why settle for anything less than the best? :)
 
You guys are killin' me here,,,

I quit smoking cigarettes 27 months ago,,,
I don't regret quitting smoking,,,
Never looked back!

But I do remember that a lot of pleasant leisure at the range consisted of shooting a box of cartridges,,,
Then lighting up a smoke as I relaxed and formulated my alibi as to why so many holes fell out of the bullseye.

Now you guys are making me all nostalgic for the heady feel as the nicotine coursed its way through my veins.

Curse you,,,
Curse you I say! :p

Aarond
 
Briandg:

Your good cigar is poison to my weak heart and lungs. When I set up at the range it is a pain in the butt to have to reset up because someone is smoking next to me. At times it is impossible to move to another station leaveing me two options: stay and endure your exhaled poison of pack up and leave. By the way, a good cigar still leads to lung cancer.

Semper Fi.

Gunnery sergeant
Clifford L. Hughes
USMC Retired
 
Love how the non-smokers have to comment about how bad smoking is, like we have no idea there is a risk to using tobacco.

It's a bit like when non-smokers go through their whole fake cough routine when your 50 feet away. It's even funnier when your pipe (if you're a pipe smoker) isn't even lit. :rolleyes:

I should add that if you're a non smoker that wants to give me a tongue lashing over my views feel free to PM me, I'm always up for a good debate. I can see this thread veering off the OPs intended direction and would hate to see it closed if it starts to get political. :)
 
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It seems the manly thing to do to light up a stogie after a shooting match. Particularly popular to maintain the frontier image in CAS.
When it happens, I get upwind fast.
I have no philosophical objections to YOU smoking, I figure it is a voluntary risk. But cigar smoke just makes my stomach queasy. Cigarettes and pipes are annoying but not sickening. To me.
 
Well, I try to be considerate of others, so if say, Clifford were in the lane next to me and asked that I extinguish my cancer-stick I would do so. Of course that would give me the opportunity to ask what he's shooting, how he likes it, et cetera:D.
 
Previously smoked pipe and cigar. Oh, about 20 years over
two 10 year periods. Gave it up cold turkey 15 years ago.

Buuuuuut, I really love the smell of a good cigar smoker, next
to me on the range. Cigarettes -- just puke!

I'm just not dumb enough to start that nasty, unhealthy
habit again. It will constrict your arteries and kill you earlier
than otherwise.

Just my .02 David :)

ps-- I'm a professor and love lecturing others!
 
Yep, a long time pipe smoker. Nothing like great guns, plenty of ammo, a nice pipe and a good English blend for some quality "me" time.
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I don't smoke all that often and never smoke at the range, but a pipe with a good English tobacco is a little piece of heaven.
 
I quit smoking some months ago. I did enjoy a good cigar at the range many of a time. I agree with the fact that it was a good way to kill a bit of time while my rifle was cooling off. I had to replace that habbit with something else. So I did.

A new Sig P250 Subcompact 9mm.:D I just go shoot my Sig while the rifle cools down. The price savings of not smoking has given me some more cash to buy more loading supplies:cool:. Though I do say that someone smoking a ciggarette in the next booth over does bother me a bit if the wind is blowing it in my direction. Though I am not gonna lecture someone, or complain. I just take a break, and shoot the Sig while they smoke.

Now I do enjoy a cold adult beverage when I get home from the range after my guns that need cleaning have been cleaned.
 
One thing I've wanted to do for some time is fire a semi-automatic rifle until the barrel's hot enough to light a cigar off of, and then do so. And even though I don't smoke cigar's, I just wasted an entire case of ammo, it'd be a true sin to waste the cigar as well.
 
Ha! Previously, I owned a 30 06 Huskie that would not shoot for
S****t after the 3 or 4 round once the barrel heated up. Now,
if I smoked cigars like in the old days, that rifle might have had
a purpose-- sooner or later I might have lighted a cigar with it.

Happy to have it gone.

.02 David :)
 
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