Bowling Pin Shooting Match Rules

This is a compilation of rules from two different clubs who use slightly different rules but mostly the same.

Bowling pin shooting match rules. Five full size bowling pins for all calibers larger than 22 rim fire. The kill zone of the four pound pin is about the size of a 12 ounce beverage can. 25 feet pin type. All the pins must be shot off the table for the table to be cleared if a pin is knocked over and lies down.

Bowling pin shoot rules rules. With bowling pin shooting accuracy is critical. Bowling pin matches are bracketed 24 brackets head to head double elimination competitions. The real challenge is to get one s five heavy bowling pins off the table during the distraction of five other loud and.

Six inch five inch at. Accidental discharge failure to control your gun finger on the trigger before the start signal and breaking the 180 degree shooting line can result in immediate disqualification. Each shooter has a scorer timer who starts a. Sign up begins at 5 00 shooting.

Scoring shooters are allowed 15 seconds to knock a string bowling pins off of an 8 foot table located 25 feet downrange. At 25 feet it is not easy. These are the rules for the match itself. Pin shooting is often described as one of the most enjoyable shooting games and one of the easiest means of introducing a new shooter into regular competitive shooting.

Lowest time wins the division matches are held the 2nd and 4th monday of each month. Bowling pin shooting is a shooting sport primarily for handguns in which the competitors race against one another to knock standard bowling pins from a table in the shortest elapsed time. Rules for the bowling pin matches. The range officer begins each string of fire by starting a timer.

Skill levels of the shooters are determined prior to the match and each participant will be given a color coded card indicating their experience level and the number of pins they will be given to shoot during their assigned bracket. 5 pins six shots.