[huntershooter]

>> What are some good/fun drills to do with bowling pins?

Can't believe nobody mentioned the format for a Bowling Pin match.

The original layout was to set up a 4x8 foot table, with 5 pins set 1 foot from the forward edge with the firing line 25 feet away from the table.

Load with no more than 6-8 rounds (revolver/automatic) and start with the pistol at low ready (touching a rail). Have a buddy blow a whistle and start a stopwatch.

At the whistle, shoot all the pins *OFF* the table. Hitting the pin and knocking it over isn't enough, you have to drive the pin back 3 feet and off the back edge of the table. Time stops when the last pin is off the table and hits the ground. You may shoot at and hit the pin any number of times, so "double tapping" a pin to push it off faster is legal.

Repeat for a total of 6 runs. Throw away your slowest run and add up the remaining 5 times. A 5 table time under 25 seconds is very respectable, 20 seconds is really good and 15 seconds is world class.

Heavy loads (momentum!) work best. I shot a 230 grn wadcutter in a 586 .357 and a 235 semiwadcutter in a .45 ACP, both with a muzzle velocity of around 920 fps. Yeah, thats a power factor of 216.