Bowling Pin Shooting Success !!

Hi;

The June Bowling Pin shoot was a success for me personally.  I came in first in both the .22 and the center fire match.  I win a total of 4 free rounds at the July shoot.  I'm ready to rock and roll.

I shot my Ruger .22 auto with the red dot scope.  Smoked them with a total score of 10.68 seconds.  .18 seconds better than in April.  My center fire was a bit slower than in April.  I had a 19.58 seconds this time, versus 16.87 in April.  I did practice with my Springfield 1911 9mm during the month.  I think it was a bit of nerves and a bit slow on the uptake. Still a good enough time to be first.  My nearest competition shot a 24.45 seconds.

The lady that was second in the rim fire at 25.13 seconds, told me that she judges her performance on how close she can get to my score.  I was flattered by that. I am happy to hear that other ladies are enjoying the shoot and competition as much as I do. There were about 8 other ladies at the shoot.  We had a great time talking about our guns, shooting, where we shoot, as well as other mundane things like, we should be weeding the garden or cutting the grass or shopping.

Over all there were I'd guess about 30 to 35 people that showed up Sunday morning to shoot.  Many of us shot two and three rounds at the pins and plates.  If the other's are like me, I cannot just shot one round.  Fun, fun, fun.

I enjoy looking at the others weapons.  There were some single shot pistols at the match.  These are a real challenge to shoot  in a match where you are allowed to shoot 10 times at six targets.  Unless you are really really good at using a speed loader, you might as well just shoot your six shots, and if your good you take all six down. If not, you take a 3 second penalty for each pin still standing.  After your six shots at the pins (7 yards away) the timer stops. You then reload and start the run on the bowling pin plates (15 yds away).  It's a good challenge.  I did it twice last year, and I am thinking about doing it again this year with my Colt Python .357 mag.

My husband came in 1st in the .22 with 8.23 seconds.  Really a nice run for him.  He came in second in the center fire at 13.45 seconds.  So much better than me.  He is the one that I am judging my performance on.  Looks like I need more practice.

Take care.  Good hunting and good shooting.
M.