KILLERtj Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 How many of y'all have shot and enjoy competitive bowling pin shoots? Our club is hosting our 4th bowling pin shoot next Sunday! So excited and nervous this year. A member of our club was paralyzed in a motorcycle/deer accident and we're donating all money to him. KILLERtj 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I miss pin-shoots! I hope this event does well both for the club, and most especially, for a fellow rider. Good on you and your club for doing this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmax Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I also miss pin shoots. I was a Second Chance HG and LG Master Blaster, made HG in 91 with revolvers and LG in 89 on three man team using a pump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILLERtj Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 Dad practicing for Sunday's competition. KILLERtj 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exit Plan Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Love the picture ,what 1911 is that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Most frustrating shooting I've ever done. They flip, tip wobble, spin but don't fall off the table. Tons of fun though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILLERtj Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) On 7/2/2018 at 9:23 PM, Exit Plan said: Love the picture ,what 1911 is that? It's an old Colt for the Argentine Navy ("Marina Argentina") from the 30's or 40's... KILLERtj Nevermind, looking again... its my Ruger SR1911. Edited July 5, 2018 by KILLERtj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenadier Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Slow and heavy was the way to go. I remember having loads of fun with my Glock 21, with its 5" Bar-Sto barrel. My plinking load was perfect for pin shoots, using a 230 grain FMJ RN, 5.0 grains of VV N320, COAL = 1.260". I also had some fun playing around with my 9mm Major loads out of a Glock 34. Fun times, indeed, but not quite as successful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILLERtj Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 Great day! Had 21 shooters and raised a little over $400 for one of our members! Shot over 100 strings of fire and went through 40 bowling pins! Fun was had by all! Thanks, KILLERtj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) I used to live for pin shooting. Even had a Delta Elite specifically made for "bowling with bullets" after I wore out a Glock 20. You wouldn't think it but the Delta outlasted the G20. A thermonuclear 180gr JHP will remove a pin with great authority. Edited July 9, 2018 by Boogieman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I still remember special gamer bullets for pin shooting. I think I have a box or two somewhere. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Boogieman said: I still remember special gamer bullets for pin shooting. I think I have a box or two somewhere. I remember those! Full Wadcutters also work very well in a revolver. I used to compete with a Lew Horton special Model 24 44 Special and I loaded bullets that I cast from a Lyman 429348 mold over a stout charge of Unique. I think they were supposed to be 190 grains but they cast out to 200 grains using wheelweights. For practice, I used to shoot at empty shotgun shells. After being able to hit a few of those, the bowling pins seemed easy. Most competitors used 45 Autos and I guess I liked being the underdog suing a six shooter. A couple of time I competed with a custom 5 1/2 inch Ruger Super Blackhawk with downloaded 44 magnums which produced about the same velocity as my "Uploaded" 44 special and used the same 200 grain full wadcutter bullet. With the Smith and Wesson I would Attempt a speed load if I didn't clear the table with six shots. But with the Blackhawk I wouldn't bother. Some friends of mine had a couple of informal match a couple of years ago and even though I still have my 44 special "Pin Gun" I chose to compete with my GI 1911A1 Ithaca which as a custom barrel and NM bushing and a trigger job and I use 8 round Wilson mags in it. Again, I used reloads with a 230 grain Lee truncated cone flat nose cast bullet loaded on top of a stout charge of Unique which developed 900 fps. I did pretty good for being out of practice. The Lee 230 grain bullet cast at a little over 240 grains when cast from a wheelweight/Linotype mix so 900 grains with that bullet was definitely Plus+P. A gunsmith told me once that the Ithaca's had the best heat treating of all the GI 1911A1's Edited July 9, 2018 by Borg warner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmax Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I used a 230 gr wadcutter cast out of a H&G mold loaded in WW 38 SPL case’s on top of 7.5 gr of Blue Dot with a MV a little over 1000ft/sec, pins would jump off the 4’ wide table set 1’ from the front edge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 25 minutes ago, jmax said: I used a 230 gr wadcutter cast out of a H&G mold loaded in WW 38 SPL case’s on top of 7.5 gr of Blue Dot with a MV a little over 1000ft/sec, pins would jump off the 4’ wide table set 1’ from the front edge. Someone gave me some of those bullets to try once, and at the time I was doing pin shoots and I thought about using them in a Ruger speed six I had but never did. What gun did you use with them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmax Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) I used a pair of 6” LFrames, one blue and the other stainless. In those days we could drop an empty revolver into a box and pickup the second from the rail instead of reloading. Edited July 11, 2018 by jmax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 An indoor range I use to shoot at would run a Sunday pin shoot....... BUT we did it with a twist. 2 tables, 2 shooters going mano a mano in a series of 8 man single elimination relays. Cost $5 to enter a relay, first place got $20 second place got $10 range kept $10. We did a number of fund raisers with the range share going to the charity and reduced payouts $10 and $5 with $25 to charity and numerous winners failing to claim their prize money. It could get down right hilarious when each shooter had a pin laying down on the table, have seen 2 top end shooters going through 3, 4, 5, 1911 mags, run out to the store to get more mags etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ede Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I tried once when I was in Texas. A 38 M10 revolver is not the gun to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 5 hours ago, ede said: I tried once when I was in Texas. A 38 M10 revolver is not the gun to use. I tried it once with a Ruger super Blackhawk 44 mag with full wadcutter reduced loads. either I could clear the table with 6 rounds or I couldn't. I didn't bother trying to reload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ede Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I've shot rimfire pins. That's a lot of fun and there's no table to clear, a hit will make them fall but you have to shoot and move because it takes a while for them to fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 The bowling pin thing is interesting. I had a guy I went to school with. He brought out a single stack sig .45 and we shot at the pins. He wanted to get onto a local PD, got rejected and started selling cars. Ironically, I went on to a Federal Law Enforcement career. It is weird how these things work out. I wanted to be a University Professor, until I saw how cut throat it was, then made more money in an even more cut throat world. He wanted to be a cop, and sold cars instead. It is weird how things turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jame Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) My local dealer/gunsmith used to build a lot of guns that ended up in the hands of competitors up in Michigan, where the game began, I believe. And a local guy named Eric Viers was a pretty fierce competitor back then. At any rate, Eric and I discussed loading up some pure lead, soft cast mini balls to load light and shoot through a Ruger Redhawk. Our thought was that the soft lead would hit hard enough to break through the plastic coating but would stick to the wood, creating an imbalance that would spin the pins off the table. I don’t remember how that ever turned out, and he brought the Redhawk back to me after the shoot. Just another gun I should not have sold. Edited December 31, 2018 by jame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I have some loaded 215gr pin bullets. I would hate to be hit by one. Lead and the front is flat as a city bus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Soft lead does that. Gas Checks not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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