bowling pins??

ykkid said:
The best sport of pins was the desperate attempts to push one of the spinners off the table. A good clean hit amidships popped 'em off fine, but tip one over, and sometimes get it spinning, and they were the Hobb's own to clear the table. Too much fun. Clearly, folks had to quit pins, and take up some discipline wheere you could gripe and fight more and shoot less.
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Probably more true than you think
 
We have used bowling pins a fair bit and we ran 1 full on pin shoot.

We found the issues revolve around the type of pins you use for which application.

The plastic 5-pin style are no good for handguns or shotgun pellets. The bullets can come right back. We had guys hit by bullets coming back and hit by shotgun pellets. They are good to go with rifles from about 25-30m and out.

The wooden 10-pin style are better for pistol bullets but still bounce shotgun pellets back at you. I haven't seen any pistol bullets come back with the wooden laquer covered pins.

I use pins for multigun matches. They are a fun reactive target. The plastic pins make a challenging rifle target when you are trying to take a bunch of them out a racegun speed.

John
 
Plastic Pins, 230 grains of .45 ACP bullet found just the right angle and came back to hit me dead center in the chest, went down on all fours still holding the Colt 1911 down range and had the breath knocked out of me. I had a nice sunset coloured bruise across my sternum but no penetration. How much fun is that! Great for war stories, but we quit shooting plastic pins sitting on top of the cement trap house roof after that.
 
"...Bullets can imact the pin in such a way that the skin of the pin redirects the bullet back..." That's nonsense. The cover is plastic. Won't stop a .22. In any case, when a pin got too full of lead, they were replaced. They were used as firewood at Second Chance and free souvenirs. And, um, other sporting opportunities. Won $13US guessing the weight of a hunk of lead that some guys got out of a pin, poured into a pop/beer can and sold guesses on. 2 x 3ish inches as I recall. Weighed around 5 pounds.
"...bounce shotgun pellets back..." Only with bird shot. No. 2 shot or larger was required.
"...bowling pin shaped steel plate..." Steel can and does cause riccochets. Buddy of mine took a slice of lead in his forehead, long ago, practicing on steel for Second Chance. The slice stopped on his skull, after going through his hat's brim(base ball hat) and the point of it bent and pinched the hide. Had to be cut out in the ER.
I suspect the whole thing has to do with changes in bowling alley technology. I think the pins are on strings attached to the pin setting machine. No more loose pins requiring disposal. Finding suitable pins isn't easy any more.
 
I know for a fact that plastic bowling pins at 10m can send .45 bullets back to the firing line at high velocity. I know cuz I got hit with a nice 230gr ball round once. The bowling pin spun around and the bullet exited into my groin. You could see (fresh pin) how it happened. Damn near instant too.
Wood pins for me only now.
 
ipscgraz said:
I had heard that before about pins; if you hit them on the side the bullet will come out after following the contour of the pin. Had a hard time buying into that but I was surrounded by guys that swore it was true...


I still haven't seen it though.
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Yup that was us. There at least 10 witnesses to it too. Hurt like a mother ####er.
 
What do you guys mean about plastic pins?
The ones i shoot have a plastic cover and hard wood underneath.Are theese the ones that will richochet back?
 
Slavex said:
I know for a fact that plastic bowling pins at 10m can send .45 bullets back to the firing line at high velocity. I know cuz I got hit with a nice 230gr ball round once. The bowling pin spun around and the bullet exited into my groin. You could see (fresh pin) how it happened. Damn near instant too.
Wood pins for me only now.
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this exact thing happened to us as well stings don't it......lol
 
pc9 said:
What do you guys mean about plastic pins?
The ones i shoot have a plastic cover and hard wood underneath.Are theese the ones that will richochet back?
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The pins we use fall into 2 types:

1) Plastic pins used for 5-pin bowling which appear to be of plastic construction with a wooden base.

2) 10-pin bowling pins are larger and built of wood with a plastic or lacquer exterior.

John
 
These were all plastic, including the base. I think 5 pin. And yes it hurt. I hit the ground like I'd been shot.
 
So i think the ones i get are fine.Like i said they have a thin plastic shell and the center is solid wood.Good thing as i have a great supply of them:)
 
667 said:
I'd like to know where the CFO got his degree in physics...

I respectfully submit that the CFO's reasoning in regards to banning pins and unshrouded steel is based on flawed assumptions, bulls**t and junk science.

Anywhere I've shot othet than Ont. where steel is used.. It's never shrouded and noone gets killed. Hell... Rounds don't even have enough juice left to leave the shooting bay to hurt anyone

Even FA... noone got killed by Rick O'Shea.

Clip from this weekends FB3G match...
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degree in physics? you need to go to school to be a CFO?
 
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