Bowling Pin Match 9/24 @ MCF&G

[FreeLand]

Marion County Fish and Game's Bowling Pin Match will be this Saturday, September 24th at 9:00 AM. Setup will begin at 8:15 AM and we would appreciate the help of some volunteers. The Safety Meeting will be at 8:45 AM to explain the rules. At 9:00 AM, we will begin shooting.

I suggest you bring both a center fire and .22LR firearm so you'll be in good shape to participate in everything we do. We now require chamber flags be used with all .22LR firearms. If you don't have a chamber flag, we will loan or sell you one at the safety meeting.

If there is rain or severe weather, the match may need to be canceled. I will try to send an e-mail and post an announcement in the Shooting Sports section of www.ingunowners.com by 7:30 AM if it is obvious the weather isn’t going to cooperate.

The cost is $3 per bracket for club members and $4 per bracket for non-members. All money goes toward the club and/or making the competition better. Youth (under the age of 18) shoot free with a paid adult.

Bowling Pin Shooting is conducted under a COLD RANGE. That means all guns must be holstered (or bagged) at all times, unloaded, hammer down, with no magazine inserted. You may only handle your gun at the direction of a range officer (RO), or at the designated "safe table". Violation of this or any other safety rule shall result in a match disqualification.

If you have any questions about the match, please read the rules posted at: https://indyrange.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pinrules2016.pdf (look under "Programs and Events" > "Bowling Pins") If you are unable to find an answer posted in the rules, please feel free to e-mail me.

Hope you can make it Saturday.

~John

 

[samtoast]

Do the Pins Set rules per division apply to Pinheads?
What Pin Set would somebody get using a 22LR hand pistol with a 3.25" barrel?
TIA...

 

[browndog2]

Sam,
5 pin heads for all except
+1 carbine,
+1 optic,
+2 carbine with optic

 

[samtoast]

Sam,
5 pin heads for all except
+1 carbine,
+1 optic,
+2 carbine with optic

thank you...

 

[AC3D]

How many brackets typically get run?

 

[browndog2]

AC3D,
2 or 3 brackets of full size pins, depending on how smoothly it all goes down.
There are many factors that affect our efficiency,
from the number of shooters to howmany "new to bowling pins" shooters we have.
Efficiency is not our strong suit, but we try to keep things moving,
but occassionally we digress.
Helping reset the pins speeds up the process.

Time permitting, we often shoot a bracket of "pin heads" at the end.
Pin heads are the top 4 or 5 inches of the bowling pin that have been sawed off.
This is usually done with 22's and even hits from a 22 send them flying.

Scores are not recorded (other than the bracket)
Bragging rights last about a minute
as we start the next bracket as soon as we can.
We have fun, but we are very much concerned with safety.
Hope this helps.

 

[browndog2]

Beautiful morning to slay the evil bowling pins.
Thanks to everyone who came out to shoot and thanks for being safe.