Every now and then, a product shows up that straddles the line between genius and pure novelty, and you’re not sure which side you’re rooting for. That’s about how I feel about the new GunsmokeArsenal Ready Rack Cigar Tube, a machined aluminum accessory designed to mount right onto your M‑LOK or KeyMod rifle rail. Yes, you read that right. It’s a cigar holder. For your rifle.
The tube is actually fully machined from aerospace‑grade aluminum, finished in milspec Type II anodizing, and built with the same precision you’d expect from a quality optic mount. The O‑ring‑sealed, knurled cap keeps your cigar dry in rain, sand, or other debris and keeps your cigar handy. And with adjustable positioning that’s ambidextrous and reversible, you can mount your smoke on whichever side suits your dominant hand or preference.
The Ready Rack carries one cigar up to 6.25 inches long and 50 ring gauge, accommodating most Robusto, Corona, Toro, and Presidente formats. The cylindrical body measures 1 inch in diameter and 6.5 inches long, making it about the size of certain suppressors. Each unit also ships with mounting hardware, Allen tools, and a cedar spill — because class matters, even when you’re wearing plate carriers and ear pro.
In a press release released by Brandon Travino, Owner, GunsmokeArsenal, pitched the Ready Rack as the missing accessory in a world of rail‑real‑estate inflation. Between red dots, lasers, IR illuminators, rangefinders, bipods, and tripods, there’s “still something missing,” they say, the timeless tactical tool: the cigar.
The release even draws a line back to the 1860s, calling the cigar an “essential piece of pre‑mission planning and After Action Review equipment.” There’s a certain poetry to that, especially if you picture grizzled infantrymen swapping after‑action notes with cigars clenched in their teeth.
Customization is also part of the fun. GunsmokeArsenal offers laser engraving and personalization, so your Ready Rack can bear a callsign, logo, or inside joke.
For the more dedicated aficionado, they even sell Reloads, spare tubes you can clip to a belt, chest rig, or MOLLE pack, just in case the action calls for a second round of victory smoke or you’re looking to get the whole squad in on the action.
Whether you bolt it to a rifle, your hunting pack, or just display it alongside your humidor, it’s bound to spark a smile, and maybe a flame. After all, as GunsmokeArsenal puts it, it’s all about enjoying “the smell of victory.”
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