Bowling Pin Match Saturday April 25 MCF&GA

[browndog2]

ML II Thumbhole (Phil),

If you are looking for an excuse to port your Ruger, go ahead.
However, it may or may not be an advantage in shooting bowling pins.
I'm no expert, but porting may or may not reduce the bullet speed.
(smaller bullets need the speed)

If it is used primarily as a carry gun, you might want to do more research. There are those that claim the upward blast is blinding in low light scenarios.

If you bring your 3 inch 629, consider using downloaded ammunition.
The mighty 44 magnum loads certainly blast the pins off the table, but the additional time to recover from recoil slows the shooter considerably, which leads to the other shooter winning.

If you bring your 45 auto, consider using ammo loaded hotter than average.

The standard pistol shooting fundamentals apply. Remember to focus on the front sight not the pin. Take time to aim, you cannot scare the pin off the table, you must hit it squarely.

Hope to see you this month - May 23, 2009 (Welcome Race fans)

 

[paperboy]

This may sound dumb but what do you guys shoot with? All I have now is rimfire and didn't know if you could shoot pins with them.....

 

[browndog2]

paperboy,

Most shooters shoot 45 acp pistols for our "regular" matches.
Other calibers include: 45 colt, 44, 10mm, 40s&w,357 magnum
Some shooters choose to shoot in the minor category, using 9mm or 38 special. (their pins are set 1 foot farther back on the table in an attempt to fairly allow smaller calibers to compete with larger calibers)

The last match of the day, we shoot pinheads.
Pinheads are the top 4 or 5 inches of the pin cut off from the bottoms.
Although any pistol caliber is allowed, most shooters shoot .22 cal for pinheads.

Occasionally, we shoot another game for 22s called "king of the hill".
Full size pins are placed along the back edge of the table so 22s will knock them off. The "winner" stays up to shoot again, but a pin is added to his/her table each time he/she wins. This is done at the end of a match, but since we started shooting pinheads, not often.