Presidents and Guns

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

That shot of Obama, as many have pointed out, seems too low to be skeet shooting unless the targets were skimmed along the ground. What is more likely is that he is test firing the shotgun. He is firing straight out and level, which is what I do when I test fire a long gun. He would probably only have his gun in this position regularly if he were doing sporting clays, since skeet (even if he is shooting from the low house) is still an elevated shot.

Thoughts anyone?

I suppose he could be firing at a clay rabbit, but that'd be pretty hard core.

If we're assuming he doesn't shoot often, it could be that he's waited too long and he's firing at a bird as it's dropping. When I first started shooting trap, I did that pretty often. The experienced shooters I've seen hit the bird early.