This article claims Obama's skeet shooting picture is a fake. Interesting.

[Stukaman]

I need to hear the TWA story sometime.

 

[Younggun]

Many claimed to have seen something heading towards, and hit the plane before it exploded.

The front of the plane separated and fell causing the back 2/3 to climb sharply before crashing back down.

I don't remember the official cause, surprised I remember that much from '96. I was only about 13 yrs old I think.

 

[pvtsnowball82]

Neither, I'm saying you have proof, in the form of your friend's story, that the photo is real. I'm saying I have proof, via the same means, that TWA 800 was accidentally shot down by a Navy cruiser.
The photo referenced above is suspicious, based on several valid points pointed out in this thread.
The story about the cruiser shooting down an airliner in '96 is suspicious for a lot of reasons as well.

The point is, unless you or I were present, at either event, we can not say with absolute authority that either event occurred.

Make sense?

If your friend in the Navy was on the cruiser, and watched the missile impact the airliner, then I would believe your story.

 

[winchster]

If your friend in the Navy was on the cruiser, and watched the missile impact the airliner, then I would believe your story.

Then we are in agreement.

For the record, I believe the photo is genuine. However, I don't believe the context is genuine. What I mean is, it's a genuine photo of the man shooting a shotgun. More likely for the photo op than at clays.

Also, fwiw, my friend was indeed on the cruiser.

 

[itchin]

Has your bro seen bamas birth certificate? I don't believe the photo i was shown and don't believe the leftys who say they seen i on the news.

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

The first thing that came to mind when I saw obama's shotgun pic, was a range out in FL where they shoot skeet at. Some professional championship skeet shooter guy setup a public range there and he does have a drop on his range causing you to be pointing more frontwards than upwards. Either way-I still think obama was just doing a photo-op and probably missed every clay target he shot at.

 

[pvtsnowball82]

Has your bro seen bamas birth certificate? I don't believe the photo i was shown and don't believe the leftys who say they seen i on the news.

Are you calling my friend a lefty? He wouldn't like that.

 

[pvtsnowball82]

Either way-I still think obama was just doing a photo-op and probably missed every clay target he shot at.

He probably did miss. All I'm saying is that the photo is real, and not photoshopped.

 

[itchin]

Lol. No way. The government lefty from Hawaii who vouched for him. Maybe it was the governor. I don't remember. Lol. Seriously though I think onummer hates us and sees us as ignorant rednecks.

 

[pvtsnowball82]

I agree. As Rangel said, certain cultures need to be overcome.

 

[Old Timer]

If it was a double-barrel side-by-side, I can see why the side smoke only went to the right, assuming he was shooting the right side. But still, that high shoulder rest? It seems odd to this gun neophyte!

It's not side by side. The Browning Citori is over under. The plum that appears to be going sideways is actually going up. It is just an illusion of perspective that makes it appear to be going sideways. The top barrel on the Browning Citori ports upward.

 

[M. Sage]

The photo is completely real. He is actually firing a shotgun in the photo, on a skeet range, at a clay target.

I don't think it's Photoshopped, but it definitely isn't on a skeet field.

 

[pvtsnowball82]

I don't think it's Photoshopped, but it definitely isn't on a skeet field.

Yeah, I'm not sure if it was officially "skeet," didn't mean to assert that with certainty. Just that he was shooting at a clay target.

 

[stdreb27]

Every photo released is photoshopped.

My issue is the smoke. That's way to much smoke, and no wadding...

 

[Glockster69]

It's not side by side. The Browning Citori is over under. The plum that appears to be going sideways is actually going up. It is just an illusion of perspective that makes it appear to be going sideways. The top barrel on the Browning Citori ports upward.

I disagree with plume going UP. It may be going up at @ 30^ to horizontal but the major direction appears to be sideways.

 

[Ericstac]

The pics I posted on page 2 are of o/u guns and both have the smoke off to the side, or top, whichever it is...

 

[OLDVET]

As a long time shotgunner let me assure you that a sholder shot like the one posted of Obama is possible under competiton as well as hunting scenarios. I seriously doubt Obama does either. If this photo is real and not some photo cropped picture, it was probably a one time photo op.
Sporting Clays originated in Europe back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It spread to the US in the mid 80s because it offered a refreshing change from the more rigid Trap and Skeet competitons.
During that time I was a serious shotgun competitor. In my last registered competition I shot in an NSSA registered skeet shoot down by Waco. I shot 99 out of the possible 100 targets thrown during my round. I didn't even make the top 8 in the Class "A" 12 gauge event. That is how rigid skeet has become. Trap is not quite as bad, but you still need to be in the top 90% to trophy.
Sporting Clays is fun recreation, but I have witnessed way to much cheating since it is a self regulated scoring event.

 

[java]

I have witnessed way to much cheating since it is a self regulated scoring event


That describes obuma to a "T"

 

[OLDVET]

Ha! You are absolutely correct.

 

[Flat Lander]

I have no doubt that the photo is of big O shooting a shotgun. What would be the point of faking it? A fake is easily discovered, and just going out and shooting a shotgun is pretty easy. Now whether he is actually shooting clays, who cares?