Another question for all the experts. If a cigar is a Senoritas 5 x30, 30 is the gauge right? I looked up on a site on the different gauges and 30 is way bigger than a cig. size cigar but the picture looks really small. Is a 30 about the size of a cig?

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I just remember that ring-gauge is measured in 64ths of an inch, so 32 = half an inch in diameter, 40 = 5/8ths, 48 = 3/4" and 56 = 7/8" ...