Training with a blast

[magnum]

I shoot at an outdoor range that also has a place setup for shooting bowling pins. Now before you start thinking competition shooting they can also be used to teach transitions.

Normally I set 5 pins up and I load only 6 shots. Leaves one for error. All pins are spaced just a couple of inches of way. Instead of shooting each pin one by one I shoot starting from the ends alternating from one side to the other.

It teaches you transitions and learning to move and pick up your target quickly and provides a bit of reaction as the pins fall. Once you fire your shot on the first pin before the bullet hits it your eyes should already be picking up the pin on the other side and the gun moving to target.

This will also help you call your shots better. You should know when you pull your trigger and before you take your eyes off the first pin that you have indeed hit it. If you do not properly follow through you will be moving to the next target while the last one is still standing. Time to slow down and practice more on shot placement. The goal is to shoot all 5 pins and have a remaining round.

Besides.... Its just pure fun every now and then!

[VegasGeorge]

That sounds like a good exercise, but I think I'll use tin cans or something else other than bowling pins. Where the heck do you get bowling pins anyway? Sounds expensive, shooting up bowling pins!

[magnum]

They are old bowling pins donated by the local alleys. They don't have to pay to throw them away when they get too old to use and we get tons of them with about 2 alleys in town.

New bowling pins are expensive yes. Old ones are just a blast :D

[magnum]

That sounds like a good exercise, but I think I'll use tin cans or something else other than bowling pins. Where the heck do you get bowling pins anyway? Sounds expensive, shooting up bowling pins!

One Note:

Be careful shooting tin cans. Save coke bottles instead. You can get some bad cuts picking up tin cans after they been shot up. Don't ask me how I know, its classified.

[Bill of Rights]

Be careful shooting tin cans. Save coke bottles instead. You can get some bad cuts picking up tin cans after they been shot up.

Seems to me you can get some nasty glass cuts, too, unless you mean the 2-liter plastic bottles. I'd think some good chainmail (like for fish skinning/cleaning) or thick leather gloves would do wonders to prevent cuts from the jagged aluminum, but I don't know personally. Anyone else out there who does?

Blessings,
B

[magnum]

yep, meant plastic. They do not have too many glass bottles left around here. Well, Except for Sobes.
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