Posted on 02/02/2013 9:13:10 AM PST by DogByte6RER
President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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“Interesting that it has a Diana Grade extended choke in the top barrel, but either a flush choke or no choke (bad idea) in the bottom barrel.”
I suspect whoever actually owned the gun (since it doesn’t seem to be properly fitted for Obama) didn’t trust him with both barrels loaded which might explain the lack of choke in the bottom barrel.
Or perhaps it’s impossible to get a good grip on one of those Diana chokes if you have one in both barrels so the owner uses a flush choke in the bottom and the easier to change out Diana in the top. Then he could quickly change the top choke to match the circumstances and leave a relatively more open choke in the bottom barrel in case a followup shot was needed.
I think you were a little generous to Lord Hussein, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
(please forgive these are quickies.. not the best quality..)
My guess is that they don’t have a huge variety of chokes and have a flush mount stuck in the bottom barrel. The extended Browning chokes are pretty easy to remove and install, at least one of my squad mates is always messing with his.
Me, I just stick a Muller U1 in the bottom and a U2 in the top and shoot everything on the sporting course with that combo.
ROTFLMAO! I like it, it gets the point across!
Thanks for posting.
I zoomed in on the gun, and I personally had never seen an over/under skeet shotgun like Obama is using. I didn’t know they ported shotguns (and if they had, I would have expected slots instead of round holes).
He’s definitely using a very expensive shotgun for this photo-op, and this is likel the first/last time it will be fired. But, that’s nothing - he’s socked it to the US taxpayer for a heck of a lot more than the few thousand this shotgun costs.
This looks pretty much like the gun he’s shooting - and the “gold plating” on Browning firearms is their trademark.
Or maybe they realized it was spreading like wildfire and it would be impossible to control. :)
Heh... “puppy popper”. Never seen a 12ga do that to anyone. She must weight all of 80lbs.
My grandfather’s single barrel, breech-break 10ga, knocked me on my butt first time I fired it, at 7yrs old. Took 2 weeks for my shoulder to recover any feeling. I have it in the basement; needs some cleaning.
“Also aiming low for skeet.”
Winner, winner chicken dinner.
After the LFBC they think they can get away with anything!
So far - they are correct.
I'm left handed but shoot right handed. Same for the bow.
Because I'm left handed I am primarily controlled by the right side of my brain which influences creativity.
I enjoy getting creative trying to get liberal heads to explode.
Sounds like a challenge soon to be delivered...
At least they flattened the layers on this one.
Good going WH! Yer learnin’.
Van Obama
Van Obama
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