Do bowling pin matches still happen?

Not likely...they are pretty unsafe to shoot at from what I've heard. Plus, they are hard to come by these days.

I've shot at a few with a shotgun on some side matches, was lots of fun.
 
We got a bunch donated to us last year, all wood ones.

They are veeeeeeeery sketchy to use with pistol and shotgun. We've relegated them to use as rifle targets.
 
Onagoth said:
Not likely...they are pretty unsafe to shoot at from what I've heard. Plus, they are hard to come by these days.

I've shot at a few with a shotgun on some side matches, was lots of fun.
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I haven't heard of them being unsafe. I have a "King Pin" that is designed for the purpose. It's fun to shoot at "stuff" once in a while.
I remember back a very long time ago being at a shoot in Ottawa where they were clearing them off with whatever you had. I think they called it "Rolling Thunder" which was an apt description.

The King Pin models are $$$ though. Over $30.00 each. I'm not setting ten of those suckers up.
 
If bowling pins are sketchy to shoot at, well.... Just about everything other than cardboard and paper is too.
 
667 said:
If bowling pins are sketchy to shoot at, well.... Just about everything other than cardboard and paper is too.
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Not sure what sort of pins you've shot at, but I didn't really care to wear a face shield and leathers to shoot the ones we have.

Thanks for the input.
 
If bowling pins are dangerous to shoot at... I'm living life dangerously by shooting AR500 gongs and other metal silhouettes/poppers... -_-
 
Stevo said:
I've been thinking of something like that for our team match but haven't bee sure if it's a handgun or shotgun thing. What distance did you do it at and how many rounds did it take?
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We shot at 15 yards. the 2x4 was upright, about 6 feet tall. there was a mark on it made with a paint bomb, so the two of us could aim at the same place. We both used a 9mm. I think a 45 would have been better. I fired about 30 shots before it broke.
 
667 said:
If bowling pins are sketchy to shoot at, well.... Just about everything other than cardboard and paper is too.
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Actually, bowling pins are worse than plastic barrels for sending pistol rounds back up range. Edge hit a bowling pin, and the round travels between the wood core and the outer plastic lamination...sending the round back towards the shooter. This can happen with a plastic barrel and pistol ammo....many times I have heard a pistol round circling the inside of a barrel...all it has to do is find another hole and they can travel back towards the shooter.

New bowling pins are made entirely of plastic resin, so it is unlikely that a bowling alley wood give them away, as they last forever, but the older wood core style, were replaced every year or so, as the wood core got punky. That is why it is hard to come by bowling pins anymore....the alleys are investing in the new style.
 
we use split firewood stood on end to simulate bowling pins. After Halloween we have a pumpkin shoot, they are very cheap then. No range that I belong to will allow either of these targets so it is a private land shoot, or Crown land would work.
 
7.62mm said:
This can happen with a plastic barrel and pistol ammo....many times I have heard a pistol round circling the inside of a barrel...all it has to do is find another hole and they can travel back towards the shooter..
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I've heard that sound a couple times. It's definitely a "pucker factor" noise.
 
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