Whick Glock for shooting pins?

[marca]

A few local ranges have Bowling Pin shoots once or twice a month. I think I'd like to give it a try. Anyone out there shoot pins? Which Glock do you use? Right now I have a 26, 19, and a 17. Will 9mm topple pins? I also have a 30 which I shoot pretty well out to 21 feet, which may not be much use for pins, unless of course they are set up at 21 feet.

[Jakk]

It depends on how the course is set up. Do they have tables where you have to physically push the pins back 3 feet before it falls off? Or are they using a sawhorse or something similar, where you simply have to knock the pin over?

If a sawhorse setup, go with whichever gun you shoot the best. Of those listed, I'd use a g17.

However, if they use a table you will want as much bullet mass as you can get. The .45 ACP is an excellent round for pushing pins back off of a table. Go slow and get good solid hits.

For pins, I use either a .45 or a 10mm.

[TimP]

we have 2 types of matches. "sawhorse" and "table".

for sawhorse I use a G34 with loads that make about a 130pf.

Table I use a G35 with 200gr lead reloads pushing 160pf. No real reason to go any more powerful.

of the ones you listed stick with the G17

[cmzneb]

.45 is THE pin gun. Of course as mentioned above if you are just shooting them off of rails/sawhorses, then the 9mm will work fine.

G21 and G37 are my pin guns

[marca]

Thanks for all of the useful feedback. I went to a shoot today and I started a new thread titled "Shot my first pin match and..." since it seemed appropriate.

[reconvic]

With a 17 use a heavy bullet 147 grain.
I use a .40 when shooting pins and 180 grain bullets.
Vic









Originally posted by marca
A few local ranges have Bowling Pin shoots once or twice a month. I think I'd like to give it a try. Anyone out there shoot pins? Which Glock do you use? Right now I have a 26, 19, and a 17. Will 9mm topple pins? I also have a 30 which I shoot pretty well out to 21 feet, which may not be much use for pins, unless of course they are set up at 21 feet.