tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post5466508566361051338..comments2023-04-13T06:27:39.208-07:00Comments on Kakistocracy Report: Reactionaries in ActionKarl Uppianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857875236624845139noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post-35441469282985922722013-02-03T13:21:19.481-08:002013-02-03T13:21:19.481-08:00As someone commented on another blog, "while ...As someone commented on another blog, "while we're having fun at his expense, what is /he/ doing?Karl Uppianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857875236624845139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post-46747944904396876682013-02-02T18:19:02.704-08:002013-02-02T18:19:02.704-08:00Another blogger suggested that he's shooting a...Another blogger suggested that he's shooting at The Constitution, which is already flying pretty low at the moment. Karl Uppianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857875236624845139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post-85382291871951014422013-02-02T18:00:47.336-08:002013-02-02T18:00:47.336-08:00The gun has small holes in the barrel to bleed off...The gun has small holes in the barrel to bleed off the gasses and reduce the recoil. My Mossberg 500 has them and it's about as low-buck as you get. <br /><br />I can't identify the presidents gun beyond that it's an over/under double barrel. People who shoot skeet, trap, and the like point out the choke insert on the end of the upper barrel, and note that trap shooters ( 2 birds at aBillllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post-27806193928417587772013-02-02T14:44:59.460-08:002013-02-02T14:44:59.460-08:00It makes sense that the president would be using a...It makes sense that the president would be using an expensive gun. We're paying for it, so of course, money is no object. Not like us normal schlubs who have to aim through the smoke. I don't remember all that much smoke from my skeet shootin' days in college, when I took a shooting course for a P.E. requirement. I bet that course isn't offered anymore! Karl Uppianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857875236624845139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962969789392187198.post-3022409235596246322013-02-02T14:41:13.558-08:002013-02-02T14:41:13.558-08:00The plume off to the right is probably from an exh...The plume off to the right is probably from an exhaust port on the barrel. Sometimes barrels of expensive guns have an exhaust port like this to reduce the amount of muzzle smoke that interferes with the ability to re-sight the barrel to take a second shot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com