{"id":4990,"date":"2018-06-21T17:43:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T21:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2018-06-21T17:43:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T21:43:24","slug":"the-pin-shoot-the-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/the-pin-shoot-the-events\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PIN SHOOT: THE EVENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t find a better description of this event than the one I came up with in the \u201870s: a carnival midway of live-fire games where you\u2019re knocking over the targets with bullets instead of thrown balls, and winning guns instead of teddy bears or kewpie dolls.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go over the menu.<\/p>\n<p>STOCK: Auto pistol with under 5\u201d barrel, revolver with barrel no longer than 8 3\/8\u201d, weight no more than 56 ounces. Barrel may be ported but no extended recoil compensators allowed. Must have iron sights. No more than 8 rounds in the gun. This was all you could shoot when Rich Davis created the sport in the mid-1970s.<\/p>\n<p>PIN GUN: As above, still the 8-round max rule and iron sights, but extended recoil compensators are allowed as are heavy barrels so long as total weight does not exceed 64 ounces. (And they DO weigh each handgun of every competitor.)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Awesome .50 GI caliber 1911 from Guncrafter, fitted with signature compensator built and used by Ned Christiansen in Pin Gun division.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_01.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_01-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SPACE GUN: The handgun may have anything that\u2019s on a pin gun, but optical sights are also allowed.<\/p>\n<p>CONCEALED CARRY: New when the match was reintroduced in 2017, this is a gun with only six rounds on board, barrel no longer than 3 \u00bd\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For all of the above, you get six tables of five regulation white bowling pins each. New since 2017 are blue \u201chostage pins,\u201d which if tipped over add five seconds to your time. Your time on your worst table is taken off your score, but used as a tie-breaker if necessary. The tables have different arrays.<\/p>\n<p>Optional events include the following, cut and pasted directly from the rules at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinshoot.com\">www.pinshoot.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2-Person Team Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two people vs. 13 bowling pins plus two innocent bystanders.\u00a0 Shot in sets of three runs, best single time wins. 8 rounds per gun to start, reloaded capacity is unlimited.\u00a0 1-second off for each female shooter. \u00a0Switch team members if you must, but only 1 prize per shooter, per event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-Person Team Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two people with shotguns (cylinder bore only, no diverters allowed) and one with a STOCK handgun are facing 24 bowling pins on one table \u2013 no \u201cinnocent bystanders\u201d.\u00a0 Shot in sets of three runs, best single time wins.\u00a0 8 rounds per gun to start, reloaded capacity is unlimited. 1-second off for each female shooter; 1-second off for each pump shotgun used.\u00a0 Theoretically a 3-woman team using 2 pump shotguns would receive 5-seconds off. \u00a0 Switch team members if you must, but only 1 prize per shooter, per event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>One person Shot Gun Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8 pins stare you down.\u00a0 You have 8 rounds in a semi-auto or pump action shot gun.\u00a0 00 Buck, 000 Buck, or Slugs acceptable.\u00a0 Iron sights only.\u00a0 No \u201cinnocent bystanders\u201d.\u00a0 1 second off if using a pump \/ 1 second off for a female.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revolver Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting with only 6 rounds in your revolver, you are facing 8 pins.\u00a0 Practice your reloading!\u00a0 8 3\/8\u201d barrel limit.\u00a0 2\/10 second off for those using a 4\u201d barrel stock gun, 4\/10 second off if using a concealed carry gun.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>One of the perennial Masters to beat &#8212; Patrick Sweeney, longtime handgun editor of GUNS &amp; AMMO, reloads his S&amp;W .45 ACP revolver with moon clips in 8-Pin event.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_03.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_03-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Big Push<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are facing only 3 bowling pins at a distance of 22 feet that must be knocked back a whopping 14.5 feet! New in 2018, shooter must start standing with gun on the rail. One handgun only, so bring your hand cannons, thunder sticks, and mega-magnums!\u00a0 The winning caliber will most likely start with a .4 or .5 and end with magnum!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dave Genzvein blasts the pins 14.5&#8242; backward with his Smith &amp; Wesson ..500 Magnum.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_04.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_04-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*9 X 12 (Fast and Fun)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using a 9mm or higher caliber handgun you are facing 13 pins and three blue \u201cinnocent bystander\u201d pins \u2013 one right in the middle in each of the three levels.\u00a0 All you have to do is knock the non \u201chostage\u201d\u00a0 pins over.\u00a0 Magazine capacity is unlimited.\u00a0 Stock guns only, no multiple projectile ammo allowed (shot).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Archie Silkworth, a veteran pin shooter, nails another tenpin with his Ruger dP95 9mm in 9X12 event.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_02.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Blog07_21_18_02-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c.223\u00d739\u201d Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two people with semi-auto rifles facing 39 six inch diameter steel \u201clollypops\u201d 60 to 100 yards away.\u00a0 Optics are allowed and recommended.\u00a0 Start with empty rifle on table and magazine out.\u00a0 Maximum capacity is 30 rounds. One shooter offhand (with or without sling) the other from a bench or prone with sandbags or bipod.\u00a0 Entry fee is $20 per person per run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c12\u00d712\u201d event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting with an iron sighted shotgun with up to 8 slugs you have to knock over 12 heavy steel targets at ranges of 50 to 100 yards. Targets are between 1 and 2 square feet.\u00a0 Reload as much as you need.\u00a0 Entry fee is $20 per person per run.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scopes are allowed<\/li>\n<li>One second off if using iron sights<\/li>\n<li>One additional second off if using pump shotgun<\/li>\n<li>One additional second off for females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Info at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinshoot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pinshoot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Next Installment: the winners and their guns. Semi-spoiler alert: some of the guns may surprise you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t find a better description of this event than the one I came up with in the \u201870s: a carnival midway of live-fire games where you\u2019re knocking over the targets with bullets instead of thrown balls, and winning guns instead of teddy bears or kewpie dolls.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go over the menu. 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