Category: Bowling Pin Matches

Gentle Shooters, One of my very favorite match directors, Tom Tyrell used to say “We shoot matches because there is no time to practice.” For me back in the day, that was often true with the varied demands of a young family, career, and of course shooting. We really can’t shoot Bowling Pins in the coldest months of the year because the plastic coating shatters and the pins disintegrate rapidly. Since there are no pin matches until April, I hereby open the 2025 Bowling Pin Practice season today through April 5th. Practice is prohibited during bowling pin season in deference to Tom. The match Saturday saw several notable performances.Cory Allen turned in a blistering 2.03 second carbine string. He then ruined it by proclaiming that he didn’t think he could do it any faster. Man, have you never fished? There is always a bigger fish. Cort Tompkins and Taylor Strickland both shot the match clean, not leaving a single pin behind. Congratulations. For the rest of us, print out these results, tape them on your mirror, look at them every morning, and vow to do better. Next Match is Saturday April 6th and don’t forget the defensive matches on the …

Gentle Shooters, We have arrived at that sad time of year again. This Saturday, December 7th, will be the last match of the 2024 season. And no one has achieved our ultimate goal of a sub two second string on carbine. Schoner’s eyes are all tuned up and Strickland has several absolutely sick carbines to run. You can never count out Tompkins either. It is expected to be quite a match and it would be a crime to miss it. As always, we will compete at the bucolic Airfield Shooting Club in idyllic Wakefield, VA. We start at 9:30, but if you have questions, you can consult our resident chief adjunct  pinhead at [email protected] or refer to our web page.at any time. See you Saturday, Steven

Gentle Shooters, As always, there is big news from the shooting grounds. In this month’s installment of results, our own Taylor Strickland comes within a scant .04 seconds of unseating our all time carbine champ Cory. Oh, and Cort came in third on something. And the weather was nice. Next match is November 2nd. Your results are below Steven ASC Bowling Pin Match Results October 2024 Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Taylor Strickland 2.08 4.25 2.41 3.39 12.13 2.08 2 Paul Lynch 2.90 4.36 4.35 3.03 14.64 3 Cort Tompkins 3.82 3.18 3.00 5.96 15.96 4 Kenny Hardee 3.47 3.43 4.52 4.84 16.26 5 Brian Wells 11.08 3.49 3.56 3.05 21.18 6 Courtney Bolze 6.03 11.09 5.91 6.21 29.24 7 Habib Bararat 14.15 13.02 11.81 7.83 46.81 Major 1 Cort Tompkins 4.88 5.08 4.82 4.94 19.72 4.82 2 Habib Bararat 6.30 7.81 7.03 9.56 30.70 3 Phillip Van Cleave 8.97 6.75 5.41 11.72 32.85 4 Kenny Hardee 9.68 10.05 11.87 6.53 38.13 NFS Phillip Van Cleave 8.03 12.06 9.84 10.09 40.02 5 Taylor Strickland 6.12 25.00 10.18 5.93 47.23 6 Dan Kniseley 35.00 8.75 6.21 9.45 59.41 7 Paul Lynch …

Gentle Shooters, Your are cordially invited to attend the latest installment of how the pins fall at this Saturday’s ASC Bowling Pin Match. The match is Saturday, September 7th at 9:30 at the county class facility in stunning Wakefield, VA. Consider the fact that the club allows us one Saturday a month to take over the 50 yard range and shoot these delightedly absurd, fun reactive targets. Why you ask. Perhaps because we still can? I don’t know, but it is a lot of fun! If you have never done it, you owe yourself the experience at least once. If you haven’t done it in a while, ammo is available and somewhat reasonable, so why wouldn’t now be a good time time to drop by. Our match rules and directions are available at our fantastic web site www.airfieldshootingclub.org and specific comments and questions can be directed to our senior adjunct associate inspector general pinhead at [email protected]. See you at the match Steven

Gentle Shooters, The Dog Days match lived up to its reputation this year. The shooting was fun and there were the exceptional moments. Kenny Hardee took out a pin in mid fall before it could knock two others flat and ruin his string. Taylor Strickland dominated with an entirely clean shoot on his way to a sweep of the five gun.  Our next match is September 7th. See you then. Results are below. Steven ASC Bowling Pin Match Results August 2024 Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Taylor Strickland 2.28 2.40 2.90 2.95 10.53 2.28 2 Steven Gordon 3.74 3.36 3.12 2.95 13.17 3 Paul Lynch 2.55 4.81 4.45 3.18 14.99 4 Kenny Hardee 8.18 3.23 4.92 5.92 22.25 5 Art Schoner 6.22 4.25 6.40 5.71 22.58 6 Curtis Stone 8.81 6.47 7.15 5.40 27.83 7 Habib Bararat 13.14 7.17 11.06 7.19 38.56 8 Allen Moran 55.00 5.32 9.88 7.50 77.70 9 Chris Covert 65.00 6.81 13.30 25.00 110.11 10 Josh Stone 55.00 35.00 25.00 25.00 140.00 Major 1 Kenny Hardee 5.98 7.71 8.91 6.84 29.44 2 Paul Lynch 4.37 10.77 6.03 9.61 30.78 4.37 4 Steven Gordon 9.83 8.46 11.03 …

Gentle Shooters, This Saturday morning, August 3rd The Legendary Airfield Shooting Club will be holding another epic Bowling Pin Handgun Match at the club range in sultry Wakefield VA. All your friends will be there at 9:30 for setup, with shooting beginning promptly thereafter. The rules for the match and direction to our facility can be found at our web site www.airfieldshootingclub.org and specific questions should perplex our resident adjunct assistant chief pinhead at [email protected]. See you Saturday, Steven

Gentle Shooters, I am pleased to post the results of the June 2024 ASC Bowling Pin Match. We set a new record on the range today. Longtime match director Steven Gordon posted a combined aggregate five gun score of 536.01 seconds. That is nearly nine minutes of agonizing struggling on the firing line. When interviewed after the match Gordon was sanguine regarding the achievement. “There is actually a possible 1,300 seconds in a five string aggregate score. With a little more focus on poor trigger control and sight alignment I think we can push the number higher and we are really just beginning to explore jerking the follow through” he stated. For those of you who are less creative about missing the pins, your scores are reported below. Our next match is July 5th. Steven Finish Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Art Schoner 3.35 2.83 3.01 3.00 12.19 2 Paul Lynch 3.86 2.79 2.66 3.34 12.65 2.66 3 Frank Sanders 5.26 3.33 2.79 5.32 16.70 4 Courtney Bolze 3.77 13.22 8.25 4.79 30.03 5 Steven Gordon 55.00 4.35 2.82 2.58 64.75 6 Cory Allen 25.00 25.00 25.00 3.45 78.45 7 Chris …

Gentle Shooters, The long range forecast for this Saturday, June 1st calls for sunny skies, light winds, temps in the low 80’s and times for five carbine powered pins of under two seconds. Yes, there will be a Bowling Pin Match this Saturday, June 1st at the scenic Airfield Shooting Club range in pastoral Wakefield VA. Rules for the match and directions to the range can be found on the ASC Web site. For specific questions about the match, email our resident assistant chief pinhead at [email protected]. See you Saturday Steven

Gentle Shooters, Far be it for me to stoke the continued fixation around the bowling pin community regarding the lowest elapsed time for a pistol caliber carbine string during a sanctioned competition. No, I am but your humble scribe. None other that our President ushered me into his home Saturday evening to tell me how it went down. Taylor Strickland had just set the club record for carbine only to have it broken the same day by Cory Allen. To paraphrase the ancient Bill Joel song, “If you want to make a hit you gotta make it fit, so they cut it down to 2.05.” Congratulations. Can 1.99 be far away? There was a bunch of other shooting, all of which is listed below. We will do it again June 1st. See you there. Steven   Competitor String 1 String 2 String 3 String 4 Total Fastest String Carbine 1 Taylor Strickland 2.54 3.37 2.33 2.53 10.77 2 Paul Lynch 3.01 2.99 3.08 2.48 11.56 3 Cory Allen 7.11 2.13 2.05 3.13 14.42 2.05 4 Kenny Hardee 6.64 3.95 4.03 3.49 18.11 5 Cort Tompkins 2.82 5.06 5.95 4.50 18.33 6 Courtney Bolze 4.16 3.81 7.52 7.32 22.81 7 Rod …

Gentle Shooters, It is time again to blast bowling pins in the name of ever lower elapsed times. This Saturday, May 4th, we will assemble at the stunning Airfield Shooting range is pastoral Wakefield VA. It will be pastoral until 9:30 when the first shots ring out. But you want to be there at 9 to help set up. Directions to the range and rules to the match can be found at the ASC web site airfieldshootingclub.org. For specific questions, contact our assistant adjunct pinhead at [email protected] Steven