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Bowling Pin Shooting

author Posted by:Sebastian on date Apr 4th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Shooting

Mr. Completely has some advice for bowling pin shooters.  I’ve never tried bowling pin shooting myself, but it sure sounds like a lot of fun.

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tag8 Responses to “Bowling Pin Shooting”

  1. Madrocketscientist Said,
    April 4th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    I joined Mr. C at his last pin shoot. It’s challenging and a lot of fun. I highly recommend you give it a go.

  2. kaveman308 Said,
    April 4th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    Never done bowling pin shooting???

    You’re missing out. They’re great reactive targets and will stand up to pistol rounds quite nicely. They will penetrate but usually lodge inside, causing it to move around quite a bit.

    Plus, at least here locally, the bowling alleys replace their pins on a scheduled basis and give the old pins away for free! The only problem is you have to get on a waiting list to recieve the freebies because so many others have discovered that shooting a pin is more fun than hurling a heavy ball at it.

  3. Sebastian Said,
    April 4th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    My club is in the middle of a suburban area, a few miles outside of Philadelphia. They used to have shoots, but the chemical plant next door kept finding bullets in on their property, so they had to stop. Maybe Mr. C can offer some advice on ricochet management.

  4. Sigivald Said,
    April 4th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    “I tried bowling pin shooting once.

    Now I can’t ever go back to that bowling alley.”

  5. MadRocketScientist Said,
    April 4th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    For me, I now know better than to go into a bowling alley while armed. The target rich environment will be too tempting.

  6. MadRocketScientist Said,
    April 4th, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    BTW Sebastian, the range Mr. C invited me to is out in the middle of nowhere, and all the lanes have high berms (12′-15′ I’d estimate). I doubt they have issues with ricochets.

  7. Ahab Said,
    April 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    Same where I’m going. I’m trying it for the first time, so I’m brining two different wheelguns with me, a .357 Magnum and a .45 ACP revolver. According to Tam, shooting my 70 year old Smith & Wesson at a pin shoot makes me badass, and I just can’t resist that kind of temptation.

  8. BadIdeaGuy Said,
    April 9th, 2008 at 8:44 am

    My range is BYOP(ins). It worked out well recently that my company was involved in demolition of a building with a bowling alley built in, so I was able to swipe some pins before demo started.