Tucson - Bowling Pin Shoot, Mother's Day, 5/9

Yeah, I know, what planning.

Anyway, it's at the Tucson Rifle Club Sunday morning starting at about 8:00 AM.

Handguns only, .38 Special or larger/more powerful caliber. (No .22 class yet, sorry.)

Course of fire is five (5) standard bowling pins placed on a table approximately 42" tall, spaced 16" apart. For "major" calibers (.45 ACP, .357 Magnum, etc.) the pins are placed 12" from the front edge of a 48" deep table. For "minor" calibers (.38, 9mm) they are placed 16" from the BACK edge of the table. Shooter starts from the low-ready position, 25' from the front edge of the table. At the sound of the buzzer, clear all of the pins OFF the table.

The competition begins with each shooter running five tables, timed. Worst time is thrown out, the remaining four are averaged. That's your dial-in.

After all the competitors have their dial-ins, it's bracket-racing time. Two shooters, two tables. The differential between the dial-ins of the two shooters is programmed into the timer. Slower shooter starts on the first beep, faster shooter on the second beep. Whoever clears their table first wins. Best two-out-of three runs decides that matchup. The next pair then steps up.

If you lose two matchups, you're done for the day. Minimum course of fire, 45 rounds. Whoever is left standing at the end is the winner (of the admiration of the other competitors.)

This means if you're slow and steady with an iron-sighted wheelgun, you might be able to beat the guy with the 20-shot compensated racegun with reflex optics who can't miss fast enough to win. He HAS to wait for that second beep.

Entry fee is $10 for the first gun, $5 for each additional gun. One dollar out of each entry goes into a pot. At the end of the match there will be a drawing and one lucky shooter (still in attendance) wins the pot.

I'm going to try to run this match monthly, second Sunday of the month. This one just so happened to fall on Mother's Day. Dammit. Hope to see you there.