Bowling Pin Shooting

Every Last Tuesdays the Month (5-8pm)

Indy Arms hosts Bowling Pin Matches every last Tuesday of the Month from 5-8pm (must be signed in by 7:30pm).  These matches are $15 for the first gun ($10 each additional) and are timed events.  Shooters sign up at the door and we will run all participants that sign up by 7:30pm.

• October 29th, Tuesday 5-8pm
• November 26th, Tuesday 5-8pm
• December 31st, Tuesday 5-8pm

Rules

Distance: 7 Yards (21 feet)

Pins:  Five full-sized bowling pins (4 pounds pre-shooting)

Table: 4’ X 8’ with pins set at 1 foot back from the leading edge

Pin Set Up: The 5 pins will be set up at 15” intervals

Format: Matches are timed (start signal to shot clearing last pin or 30 seconds which ever happens first) and each string (5 pins in 30 seconds) will be scored by total time with 3 second penalties for uncleared pins.  If the shooter runs out of rounds before 30 seconds and with uncleared pins their score will be 30 seconds + 3 seconds for each uncleared pin. Final score will be the best two runs of three.  Each shooter will run three strings and the best two will be combined for their score in seconds.  Low scores are better.

Uncleared Pins:  For ‘Heavy Metal’ center-fire (Revolvers, Unlimited and Stock semi-automatics chambered in higher than 9mm or .38 special) a pin is not cleared until it is fully off the table.  For rim-fire, stock semi-automatic, unlimited, and stock revolver (chambered in 9mm or .38 special or smaller) a pin is cleared if it is knocked over.

Magazines:  Guns can be loaded up to 9 rounds and up to two additional magazines/speed loaders may be used (no more than 18 rounds may be shot during the 30 second run).

Ammunition: High-velocity, higher grain FMJ bullets are recommended (54 rounds maximum per gun, 3 runs of 18 rounds)

Safety and Course of Fire:  Range Safety Officer (RSO) commands are mandatory and failure to comply is grounds for immediate disqualification.  Commands include “Shooter to the line,” “Range going hot, eyes and ears,” “Shooter load and make ready,” “Standby,” (gun should be off target, pointed in a safe direction), “BEEP” (start your run), “BEEP” (stop shooting), “Shooter show clear, gun down ammo out, action open,”  “Range is Clear.”  Reset pins for next run.

Cost: $15 for the first and $10 each additional entry

Divisions:

• Rim Fire: Unlimited, any rim-fire (typically .22lr) pistol
• Revolver: Unlimited, any center-fire revolver of .38 Special or smaller
• Semi-Automatic Stock:  Any center-fire semi-automatic handgun with open iron sights, no extensive modifications to the frame, no changes to the balance or weight, no compensated barrels, or trigger pulls under 3 pounds chambered in 9mm or smaller.
• Semi-Automatic Unlimited:  Any center-fire semi-automatic that does not fit the definition of stock chambered in 9mm or smaller.
• Heavy Metal: Unlimited, any center-fire revolver or semi-automatic chambered in a round larger than 9mm or .28 special

Prizes:  There will be swag packs, Indy Arms Shooting Challenge Patches, and free entry into one Indy Arms competition (GSSF, House League, IDPA, or Bowling) for each of the four divisions per match.

Rocking the ‘Heavy Metal’ 10mm! September 2019 Match