Do bowling pin matches still happen?

[Beav]

there is no such thing as a list of approved targets other than what your range deams an approved target.

Obviously your not on the executive of a gun club. Don't play the CFO game and he does not sign your licence to operate a range which is renewed every two years. I have a responsibility to keep the range open. Take it to court you say? Get in front of a judge and see which way he goes when they say public safety. No list of approved targets how about a letter from the CFO in regards to binary explosives not being a approved target. Hell they even tell us what disciplines we are approved for which is on our licence. Unless you are a club director in Ontario why don't you do little research before commenting.

 

[John in B.C.]

I have put on Pin shoots in the past and would again if I could find wood pins. I have never had a problem with rounds coming back when using wooden pins.

The all plastic pins are another matter. We used them for one pin match but never again. Jacketed .45ACP came back several times. When I examined the pins I found several bullets encased in plastic extruding from the pin-weird!

This was with handguns. The plastic pins are fine to shoot with rifles. We shot lots of them with SKS's, Enfields and AR's.

So, in my experience, wood pins = Ok: plastic pins=not so much with handguns.

John

 

[mg4201]

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.

I never knew that about pins. Thank you

 

[heavenIsAlie]

Obviously your not on the executive of a gun club. Don't play the CFO game and he does not sign your licence to operate a range which is renewed every two years. I have a responsibility to keep the range open. Take it to court you say? Get in front of a judge and see which way he goes when they say public safety. No list of approved targets how about a letter from the CFO in regards to binary explosives not being a approved target. Hell they even tell us what disciplines we are approved for which is on our licence. Unless you are a club director in Ontario why don't you do little research before commenting.

I'm part of my gun clubs board yes, and our CFO is the one that told us that there is no such list. I guess I'll label it "official" list, what your CFO makes up is up to them i suppose. However I was replying to a comment saying they aren't on the approved targets list, which doesnt exist expect as a made up list that your CFO feels like enforcing. If I got my hands on some bowling pins I would be free to shoot them to my hearts content.