Posted on 02/02/2013 11:21:47 PM PST by Nachum
I'm sure we've all seen by now the "photo op" of President Obama shooting skeet. If he's shooting skeet then I'm Daffy Duck.
Skeet [clay disks of bright colors] are thrown by a machine from two towers erected to the right and left of the shooter. (There are other set ups like ones used for "sporting clays" but that isn't represented in the White House photo release.) Usually, the skeet is thrown about ten or more feet above the ground. The shooters are arranged in a semi-circle at various stations around the semi-circle. The "group" of shooters lines up at one stage and each shoot in turn. They then move to the next station and shoot again. Each spot is designed for the shooter to shoot above the horizon. This is for safety and learning too that when in the field, a hunter never shoots a shotgun below the horizon. A small fact that Vice President Dick Cheney forgot when he wounded his hunting partner a few years ago. Skeet are then thrown either from right to left or left to right or both at once. It is very challenging and the shooter either uses a double barrel shotgun or a semi automatic shotgun. Each shooter is limited to two shots.
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Bump.
Yes, the Democrat Party needs those illegal alien voters to replace the estimated 50 million Democrats who have been flushed down the toilet since Roe V Wade passed in 1973.
I have seen some shoot that way, but mostly when the first time they fire. You don’t turn sideways like that and put the bottom of the butt against your shoulder, will hurt like hell. I’d love to hand Mr. Skeetshooter my .416 Rigby and let him shoot it in that position!
Also, if you look at the picture, Mr. Athletic Stud President has a bit of a beer gut they forgot to touch up, but I’m sure time was pretty limited getting this picture to the MSM!
I have been a competitive shooter since college, finishing in the top 10 out of over 400 at the National Collegiate Championships twice. I have shot somewhere around 160000 registered trap targets and about 60000 registered skeet, as well as International (Olympic style) Trap and Skeet competitively. There are no shots taken on either range where the shot is take five feet off the ground, with the exception of International Trap, which will throw some low targets since the trap not only oscillates left and right, but up and down.
I agree, I had my trap gun ported in the late 70’s.
Via: http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/
I used to shoot in skeet competition and can never remember my firearm being in the 9:00 o’clock position when I pulled the trigger. This photo is as phony as the man holding the shotgun.
Comparing the Google Earth image and the fake one. Where are the trees at the range that are in the background in the photo? Looking at the GE image what would be in that area is a building. There certainly isn’t an asphalt drive there. The ONLY way I see the pic to be at the range is if he is on the back side area shooting at towards the houses.
AND that area I am talking about is the one where the trees are closest to the asphalt.
He needs a new coach...
I have never hunted skeet before. But skeet fly pretty high.
Is Obama shooting skeet while its still in the launcher?
No, silly. He figured out that if you wait for them to land, it's easier to hit them.
Well, I don’t know anything about skeet shooting but it occurs to me just looking at the pic the Skeet made a safe landing but the Camp David Outhouse needs a new door.
Oh my, lucky that pic wasn’t photoshopped, need more coffee. YIKES!
Good point!
His fingers look abnormally long.
His pinky is bent in a very strange position.
ROTFLOL! That’s what should be done to all rapists.
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