Shooter Grrl Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 When I was done shooting, the match official looked at my husband and said "Is she just learning to shoot?" How long ago was this you ask... this weekend!!!! I have a TON of really good excuses, but have decided to just suck it up and take it like the GRRL I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 That's OK, Kath. Those pins are alot tougher to hit than the A zone on an IPSC target. Once you focus on the accuracy required, it gets easier. Plus, I find it really helps my accuracy in IPSC! Hang tough. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 hey kat, duh, we're all still learning to shoot. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Years ago, at Second Chance I learned to slow down.....you go faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Sandbagger! Shoot a lot of pins, and Pepper Poppers will look like billboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Take it from me, I have been shooting pins for 8 or 9 years and it NEVER gets easy. lol You are aiming at a point on the pin that is about an inch and a half wide and two inches tall. It humbles the best of shooters from all I have seen in those years. Heck I have seen guys that have been shooting all of their lives try pins and fall flat on their faces but if you ask me it is all about having fun. As long as you enjoy it, keep going and have a great time. Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Heh-heh! Here's a picture of me at my first bowling pin match (actually, my first formal competitive shooting experience of any kind) in Goffstown, NH about 20 years ago. You can see the club had run out of bowling pins...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Bowling pins are fun Especially when they shoot back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 You all might check out Mid-West Pinblasters web site. Some fun photos and videos. Pin shooting is what got me into competitive shooting and now I am addicted to several shooting sports. Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 (edited) Joe, I have fond memories of the big pin matches you guys used to run back around 10-15 years ago. People came in from all over the midwest, we always had a ton of fun. Then they just died away, along with Texarkana, Garden City, Second Chance, and the list sadly goes on. Any chance you could get the Midwest Pinblasters matches going again? You guys got the stuff, the range, the knowledge, and now with the internet so universal, a ready means of advertising. I'll bet a big match every year would be very well attended and potentially a good money-maker for your club. I know for a fact I could round up a bunch of Iowa shooters (many of whom are alumni of these matches). I'll bet a bunch of the Pennsylvania guys would even fly out if you did it right. What do you say?? Edited November 27, 2006 by Carmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Carmoney, the big pin shoots pretty much ended after the last one we had. The club had a group of college students lined up to do the pin setting for the whole match but they bailed the morning of the match (if I remember correctly) and after that it just became a huge headache to get everything lined up. I will be sure to let Randy know there is interest in a big match. Right now we are moving into our .22 pistol and .22 rifle season so who knows, might run center fire and rimfire if we can get a match together. That reminds me, I need to build another trigger group for my Ruger 10/22, gotta stop selling the trigger groups out of MY rifle and just sell the ones I worked over for others. lol Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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