I have never once seen a smoke pattern like that. Smoke going straight out the barrel is normal, but what the heck is that second smoke stream shooting behind and away from the barrel?
Many shotguns have vented barrels. It reduces recoil.
Anyone with even a slight passing knowledge of shooting knows this. Especially someone who has spent some time skeet shooting with others.
Be careful of all the articles by amateur experts(sic).
Actually, “ported” barrels ported on top to reduce muzzle rise.
Would it only vent on one side, though? Seems to me that would push the barrel sideways and throw your aim off. But then, I’ve never shot skeet or used anything with a vented barrel.
It is the smoke from a prior shot.
I posted this reply:
I’m sorry, but I can’t stand “experts” who pretend every skeet/trap range is exactly the same. Rocky Creek Sporting Clays in SC has one station with “the rabbit” - a clay that rolls across the ground - DEFINITELY below the horizon. There are additional stations where - if you are shooting a true double - you’d have to be a great shooter to pick up the second clay before it drops below the horizon.
Obama is an idiot and photo-op president who CLEARLY does not go shooting “all the time.” The analysis above just shows he’s a really bad shooter, not that the photo wasn’t taken on a clay course of some kind.
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I seem to remember the smoke pattern for the vented Barrel coming out both sides, not just one.
The first thing I thought when I saw the smoke was at it was a port. One of my shotguns has these ports too. I don’t know much about over-unders but do they port the bottom barrel too?
True, but how many shotguns have you ever seen that were only ported on one side? And THAT much smoke?