Marion County Fish and Game Association
7052 Crawfordsville Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46224

2008 Bowling Pin Match Dates
The 4th Saturday of the month:


2008
August 23 - Picnic after match
September 27
October 25
November 22
December 27

Our bad weather alternative is to shoot steel plates or poppers
from the standard range firing line under the roof.

August 23 match is our annual pitch-in picnic after the match.
Bowling pins provides the brats and itilan sausage and buns.
The rest of us bring salads, covered dishes,
and other picnic food and beverages.
Family and friends welcome, please email me with your guest count, so
we have enough brats.
Click this link (picnic menu) for a list of items people are bringing.

Set up begins at 8:00 a.m.
*Please come at 8:00 am to help set up and for orientation.*
Shooting starts at 8:30 am or sooner.
Shooting continues until 12:00 or 12:30 p.m.
Clean-up starts at 12:00 p.m. or 12:30 p.m.

Beginners, spectators and guests are welcome.

We manage to have fun, but our focus is on SAFETY.
The entry fees go to the club.
We offer NO PRIZE MONEY.

Bowling Pin Matches are an excellent introduction
to organized shooting matches.
CAREFUL - BOWLING PIN MATCHES ARE ADDICTIVE

While many good shooters participate in our matches,
the majority of us are less than perfect.

$2 per person per match (24 participants).
We usually have 4-6 matches per event.
Our matches utilize a single elimination format.
5 bowling pins are placed 12 inches from the front edge of a 4X8 table.
7 rounds per magazine or cylinder.
2 shooters commence firing on command.
The winner is determined by who's last pin hits the ground first.
The winner continues to advance through the bracket.

Instead of "King of the Hill" we now shoot the last bracket of the day
as "Pinheads".
We cut the heads (top 4-5 inches) off of used bowling pins
and use them instead of full sized bowling pins.
This is a .22 only match.
Even standard velocity ammo sends the pinheads flying.
Same fees and rules apply except that we allow up to
10 rounds in the magazines.

In the past we would shoot a "King of the Hill" competition for $1.
The "King of the Hill" matches have 5 pins placed
on the back edge of the table.
The pins can be knocked off with a .22. Any pistol caliber is allowed.
The winner of each round stays "up" to shoot against a new challenger.
However a pin is added to the winners table each time he/she wins.

Matches can be canceled due to weather.

If you'd like to be put on the e-mail list for bowling pin match info,
contact: Bruce Hurley.

Equipment Information

Most of our shooters are successful with 45 acp semi-auto pistols.
(230 gr bullets loaded slightly hotter than standard loads seem to work well)

Several of our shooters are successful with 44 magnum revolvers.
(240 gr bullets or larger downloaded to improve recoil recovery time
seem to work well)

Several of our shooters are successful with 10mm pistols.

The results for 40 cal seem marginal for the average shooter.

357 magnum works well if not downloaded much.

We now allow 9mm shooter's pins to be placed closer
to the middle of the table.

We now allow 38 spl shooter's pins to be placed closer
to the middle of the table.

We require anyone shooting the mighty 500 magnum
to use pins that have already been shot.

Other cailbers can be competetive.

Bring Extra magazines and speedloaders.

Holsters and Mag Pouches are NOT required.

Bring at least 100 rounds of ammo.

THANK YOU

Thanks to everyone who came out
to have fun and shoot safely.