Bowling Pin Competition - Red Dot (6/22/27)

This is a handgun match that is a great way for those new to shooting competition to get started and for those with a lot of experience to show off in a tough competition. Why has shooting bowling pins taken off to the extent it has? Because it’s fun! Bowling pins are a dynamic target, if you hit them off center they tend to fall down instead of going off the table. Once they’re lying down they’ll usually spin when hit on the ends instead of going off the table. These factors make the simple statement of “clear the table of 5 pins” more challenging than it sounds.

How to Play

Qualifying Rounds
-Shoot 3 separate strings of 5 pins (String is one iteration of 5 pins)
-Your time is recorded and averaged
-Averaged time places you into our bracketed “Knock Out Round”

• Knock Out Round
• -Matches are head to head
• -First shooter to knock off all 5 pins wins the round
• -Pins knocked over must be shot off the table onto the ground
• -If there is a tie between shooters that match will be shot again
• -All Knock Out Rounds are single elimination

Ammunition

-Standard commercial and reloaded ammunition is permitted -Any type of ammunition designed for penetrating metal is not permitted -Only ammunition purchased at the SSEC may be used in a rental firearm -No steel jacketed, steel shot or steel core bullets permitted -No tracer, incendiary, armor piercing, gas or explosive ammunition is permitted -Center fire only, .380, 38 Special, 9mm, 40 and 45 calibers are allowed

Suggested Equipment

• 1 firearm (Iron sights or red dot sights)
• 2 boxes of ammo
• 3 magazines
• Hearing and eye protection
• Long sleeve shirts and pants

Red Dot Specific Changes

-General course of fire may be altered
-Red dot optics are PERMITTED
-Competitors who wish to compete without a red dot may do so. Please note that the course of fire may be designed for red dot shooters and there will not be a separate division for iron sights. There are two divisions listed on the registration f