Posted on 02/02/2013 9:25:35 AM PST by DJ MacWoW
You forgot the pic of obama riding his bicycle like a girly girl.
LOVE it, Potlatch!
(I knew it would be yours before I even saw the name!)
He no doubt prefers his skeet freshly shot, braised in a little butter! The recipe is a carefully guarded family secret....right next to the barbecued snipe in the recipe file.
Can a Browning Citori be distinguished from a Superposed?
Wouldn’t a Presidential shooting range have top-of-the-line guns?
Not that there’s anything wrong with a Citori ;-D
[(I knew it would be yours before I even saw the name!)]
Mine HAVE to move, lolol! Thanks Yorkie!
Probably photoshopped.
Several observations from that picture:
1. It was probably taken at the Secret Service Skeet competition. It is not his shotgun because it is righthanded.
2. The smoke is unusual and could be explained as incomplete combustion of the powder due to low pressure at combustion time. Modern powder burns faster and more thoroughly at higher pressures. Shot guns run from 8,000 to 12,000 psi. I suspect that he shot a short loaded blank and there was no shot in the round.
3. There is no recoil in the picture. The cheek should be distorted, the shoulder should be distorted and his body position would be different, more upright as the back absorbed the recoil.
4. Not only is his stock position on the shoulder wrong it would be very painful as there is only half of the stock butt on his shoulder. Very painful with a 12 gauge. Screaming pain. I can also surmise from the shoulder position that he has never shot a rifle.
5. I am not sure where the smoke on the left side port went. It may have been photoshopped out. Or perhaps he never fired the gun and all the smoke was photoshopped in. It is simply missing.
He’s a newbie.
**my thought too........thought you pointed upward when skeet shooting??**
Well, inexperienced shooters take longer to get the ‘lead (leed) right, before releasing the lead’ (led). The target is going down by then. Hence, they shoot lower. At least he’s not shooting down towards the ground. We’ve had friends out that had little experience with ‘shootin skeet all the time’. A few that got frustrated just shot them after they hit the ground, if they didn’t shatter in the landing.
My wife looked at this photo and said “Something just doesn’t look right. That is not a man who knows how to handle a gun”.
Hubby is not expert at guns but is a lefty and has used a shotgun. He saw the pic and only said "THAT would HURT."
He’s not fooling anyone.
Haven’t laughed so hard in a long time.
“He saw the pic and only said “THAT would HURT.””
He is correct in summary as well as detail.
I would love to see O use a full bore load with a .45-70.
hahahahaha
The bottom line (that they are missing) is that if Obama had ANY credibility this pic, photoshopped or otherwise, wouldn't be necessary.
LOL, Do you think that could just have been a blank cartridge, with all the smoke and the way he is shooting, for photo op purposes?
Good observations, except a real close look at the stock makes me think that it’s not just shadowing, but that it is indeed a lefthanded gun. Note the top edge as it meets his thumb. I think that those in charge of such a situation would make sure he had a lefthanded gun. I don’t know anything about the place, but, I would think that it is well equipped for all sorts of high ranking visitors. Our tax dollars at work.
I would like to see similar pics of the same gun and ammo, with fast frames of the smoke, for comparison.
It’s probably just the vantage point, but, it looks as if his nose is jammed down on top of the stock. Warning to next user of the gun: Check for boogers.
For the skeptics of this pic, that are thinking of it being taken there in the last few weeks: The green leaves are gone this time of year in that locale.
Not just his shoulder, his cheek took the impact, too!
The gun appears to be a Browning Citori Over/Under and there is no right or left hand to the gun because it is a break open action. I withdraw that specific comment, the others stand.
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