The Skeet Shooter

Is this gun a Savage Model 24?  pl

Savage Model 24  pl  

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/02/obama-skeet-shooting-photo-conspiracy-theories.html

Comments

[turcopolier]

John Minnerath

I don't remember the manufacturer. My grandfather sold it to me for a few dollars. It had external hammers. I used it to shoot ruffed grouse and rabbits. I would not have known what a choke was then. I knew what beagles were though.

I remember now that I had an Ithaca Centennial 12 gauge autoloader when i was in Turkey. I shot boar with it using slugs. pl

[John Minnerath]

Could he have been so phoney as to shoot a blank for a photo-op?
I suppose so, sheese!

[John Minnerath]

I get out hunting less and less. A few walks for some ducks and pheasant close to home is about it.
And virtually no shooting since my vision loss, I did teach myself to shoot a handgun left handed,but that's been about it.
I gain a little more sight in my right eye each month, so I hope to eventually be able to take some of my rifles out to my shooting bench to punch holes in paper again.

[Jim Ticehurst]

My Impression of the photo is that BO does not look like he has experienced any Recoil..or backeward shoulder/body movement...Strange for someone shooting a 12 Gauge..and I Agree, the smoke looks very strange for a non Black Powder
Gun...Could be just Reloads with Powder and Wad...

[robt willmann]

Not long after this clumsy attempt by the Obama administration at "public relations" by having him shoot a long gun, the great American tradition of satire and practical joking began, using digital tools of the computer age to modify the photograph accordingly--

http://freedomfeens.com/blog/2013/02/02/prohibited-thou-shalt-not-photoshop/

[The Twisted Genius]

I can sympathize with your vision problems. The last few times I shot an M-16 many, many years ago, I realized that I could not see any part of the rear sight. I might as well have removed the rear sight all together. I had to get glasses after my over 40 physical. I had no problem with pistols or an AKM. I now have a 70 year old H&R Sportsman 22LR revolver with beautiful sights that I can actually see. It's a joy to shoot.

Hope your eyesight returns soon.

[John Minnerath]

TTG, and anyone else
Check these out.
http://www.eabco.com/store/shooting-accessories/merit-eyeglass-shooting-aperture/
They're great for getting a clear sight picture back!
The damage to my shooting eye is sadly too severe to use one of these now.

[The Twisted Genius]

John Minnerath,

Thanks for that tip. Looks very promising. BTW, your moon photos solved another conundrum I had. I could never figure out how those photos with abnormally large moons over a landscape were made other than Photoshop. Now I see how simple it it. A distant horizon is magnified along with the moon by a quality telescopic lens. So simple, yet the answer eluded me for so long.

[John Minnerath]

Yes, foreshortening with telephotos.
Depending on the horizon, a 300mm lens seems about optimal for Moon shots.
Those adjustable apertures like Merit makes work similar to stopping down a camera lens and increasing depth of field. But at a price by requiring more light.

[Lars Moller-Rasmussen]

I didn't know your president is a left-hander, but he is pulling the trigger with his left index. In my training company of eighty men decades ago, we just had two or three who did this.

[SAC Brat]

I've joined the Merit iris and wide notch rear sights club recently. After getting interested in bullseye shooting I think the target folks have figured out a few things over the years.

Searching www.thehighroad.org and www.targettalk.org can turn up some good threads on compensating for older eyes. If I remember correctly there was a 72 year old Olympic pistol shooter in the last twenty years.