Wow nice a section dedicated to pin shooting! Now who on gunsite shoots pins? And could i tag along with anybody to their next match?
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Wow nice a section dedicated to pin shooting! Now who on gunsite shoots pins? And could i tag along with anybody to their next match?
Used to shoot pins a lot. Haven't in ages.
Probably time to find another pin shoot :)
Cool I have been wanting to go to a match for a while as I want to gauge my interest in the sport.
So where is your neighbourhood, pistolboy?
I can direct you to the closest club if you want. :)
hey potentpoefie, any idea if there is any groups in PMB or surrounds? I am seriously keen to get involved.
PP
Did some shooting this weekend, in the backyard, and is was great. I really would want 10 extra pins. Will contact you for collection sometime soon.
.22 + 9mm did good on them
CasperC
Blunderbuss, excuse my ignorance but PMB?
Pietermaritzburg
Im in pretoria.
CapserC, I think KZN is on board. I'll keep you updated. I'll have to phone our chairman and find out what their contact details are. Don't know if they are up and running yet.
PistolBoy, try this url http://www.sapinshooting.com/contactUs.jsp I know the site isn't very interactive for now but we are busy upgrading it. The contact details for the Gauteng branch is on that page.
So I give Jorge a shout and he'll hook me up?
Pins are up and running in KZN and based in Richards Bay, Anton Kroep is running it, if no joy i can pass contact details if required.
Dave
PistolBoy, the only serious pin shooting I know about in the Johannesburg/Pretoria area is at Mountain Tactical Shooting Club at the Roodepoort International Shooting Range. MTSC essentially doubles as the Gauteng Pin Shooting Association, website www.gpsa.org.za.
We shoot all pin disciplines, including stock & pin gun, stock & pin revolver, 9 pin tipover, .22 Smith & .22 rifle, light rifle (.223) and shotgun. The next shoot is scheduled for 18 April, at which I happen to be chief RO. It's involve .22 rifle, light rifle and shotgun. You're welcome to visit, contact me on leonstander@gmail.com.
The old MTSC range was awesome. Such a pity it is no more.
Well down here in the WP we are moving over to the Western Cape Shooting Union. Then we have the full use of the rifle ranges again. :)
At this stage we shoot all the core events (stock gun, stock revolver forced reload, pin gun, pin revolver, 9 pin) and the following elective event; 22 smith, snubby, pocket pistol, shotgun manual loading (pump/lever/bolt) forced reload, shotgun auto loading forced reload, shotgun open division (anything goes - manual vs semi - high capacity etc. etc. - think of it as Pin Shotgun ;) )
Now with the rifle ranges becoming available we will have the auto loading and bolt action rifle events going as well.
That's the one thing I love about pin shooting. It covers a lot of guns. I have yet to see another sport offering you the range of weapons you should own for a shooting sport. And yet the minimum you really need to be competitive is a revolver and a high capacity pistol. That's the bare minimum. That will cover the core events. Electives I'm afraid you will have to miss out on but that's why most guys don't just get the bare minimum. :)
Thanks LeonS i will contact you after I come back from vacation on the 11th.
Yes PP the wide variety of guns that Pin shooting covers is verry appealing!
Sorry to say, but I found the pins a presented by Mountain Tactical was poorly organised. Not notified of shoot date etc despite being a member of both the club, and association. This was still under the old guard, maybe things have changed.
Mute point as I decided to move onto another (better organised) shooting sport.
Only so much time to load ammo, and shoot different disciplines in one month.
Plus can only afford to buy so many guns . . .
Sorry to be negative but that was my experience.
Sorry to hear that. It is very unfortunate. Where is Mountain Tactical? Thing is (and with all shooting sports) everybody wants to shoot and nobody wants to help out. I've seen this in IDPA. Guys don't come and help setup the stages, patch or break down at the end of the day. Pins is the same. The guys who do this do it free of charge.....or my favourite.....for the love of the sport. You only have so much "love" before that runs out and then you start getting negative.
I'm not here to sway you back. It seems you are beyond that point. However the minimum required guns you need is 2. 1 x revolver + 1 x pistol. The rounds you shoot out is up to you. Don't miss. Minimum Round count (if you don't ever miss) would be 24 for Revolver + 15 for Gun event (revolver or pistol) + 27 for 9 pin (pistol only event)
Those other more organised sports just have more willing hands to allow it to be more organised. Also I don't know when you did this but the sport has matured in many respects from "those" days. :)
Although I hear you and your point is valid.
If you want to retain members and promote and grow the sport, you need it to well organised, [b] and the members to know when the shoots are![b/]
If you want pins in Gauteng to grow you are going to need to sort this out.
I don't feel Mountain Tactical can do that for you.
They (Mountain Tactical) represent Pin shooting in Gauteng.
If there are other clubs up in Gauteng please point me to them.
Mountain Tactical is the club which which shoots at the Roodepoort Internation Shooting Range (old Cecil Payne).
As A case in point I went to the website you put up for pistolBoy, and the GPSA - dates are wrong! Don't mean to bust your balls on this, but if you have info on a website it needs to be upto date and correct.
Valid points and noted. This will come up in the next SAPSF meeting.
About the website. Can't agree more. In the process of updating the info and ***ntionality of the site. The dates on there was for 2009 in any case. Should give you a clue as to the update date. But we now have a dedicated web master. So the site will be much better very soon.
Thanks for the input.
As for the Gauteng branch and if there are other clubs. I'll have to follow up for you on that. Keep watching this thread. Also SAPSF is in the process of re-organising the entire membership management structure. So provinces will be sending the dates to SAPSF and SAPSF will be forwarding all the information to it's members. Province admin should be limited to organising and running events and accomudating their shooters. The nitty gritty of managing their admin should be left to the national body. It's not any province's fault. The system was just legacy and worked well when pins was hosted by 1 province only. It cannot be run like that anymore and 2010 is a big year for getting us back into 2010 and not a flat file system pre 1980.....technology wise anyway.
Maybe check back with Pins in 2011. You'll find it a totally different sport. Well in organisation anyway. The core will still be good old fashioned fun. :to:
If one wanted to start another pin club up in Gauteng, could this be done and what hoops would need to be jumped through from a national body point of view?
I would like to see membership of all shooting sports increase.
This was looked into a while back. If I recall, SAPSF said no.
My last experience with pins was also appaling. Arrived at the appointed time. Match organiser arrived 30 minutes later. He did not have the key to the container. More waiting.
Thorkind and I carted all the pins down to the range, this by the way is no change from the years before when we were more involved. Others sat on thier asses. Complaining.
Then it was discovered that there were no timers.
They shot pins, we set pins. So that was the same.
No scores afterwards.
I can do without the grabass douchebaggery.
We have a really great active pin club in Pietersburg. Of course it takes a couple of really dedicated individuals to keep it running so smoothly.
Thanks Thinus and team :w: :w:
Glock Goblin and SSP, this is news. We'll definately have too look into this.
I'll bring this up at our next committee meeting which is this coming Tuesday. I'm pretty sure you cannot start up another Provincial body but to open another club we will support. You'll have to affiliate your club to the Gauteng branch but your members will affiliate directly to SAPSF.
So as long as you have the equipment and at least 3 Qualified Pin Range Officers I do not see why you cannot start another club. The bigger the pool of competitors the better. I think most guys are tired of shooting against the same old guys. ;)
But I'll let you know what the committee say would be your best course of action. Just be warned Pin Shooting turns you into a revolver shooter. I use to hate them and now Revolvers have gotten into my blood. To the great dismay of SSP, ikor and BigT. Hahahaha
FrankH, yes Thinus is doing an amazing job. Limpopo is our biggest province (well membership wise) and he has quite the job managing all you guys. Hats off to him. Hence we are taking the pure membership admin and crying/screaming for Dedicated letters away form him. So he and his team can just focus on bringing you guys nicely organised league shoots. ;) The way it should be.
Glock Goblin and SSP.
PM'd you both
Hope to have you guys in our ranks soon. ;-)
Potentpoefie aka LM you have your work cut out for you my friend. Tell these guys to move to the WP and they will be pleasantly surprized by well run events.:50:
SAPSF said no to starting a club . What a crock of bollocks. I can't see the issue here if there is a call for it from shooters. Are the shooting clubs a cartel or what ? Is there a monopoly on shooting pins ? Does anyone pay our range fees, or donate money to our ammo cost ? If a shoot is well run, and people have fun, they'll be back again for sure, irrespective of the SAPSF opinion.
If SAPSF will sanction a Gauteng chapter, it's worth getting involved in the organising.
If SAPSF will not sanction a Gauteng chapter, I would still pay to shoot an unsanctioned pin shoot, and let the Pin Shooting Federation bend over and kiss it's overinflated buttocks.
If there is any one of you that is like minded and wants to see pin shooting get off the ground in Gauteng, let's do something about it, and the SAPSF can confirm it's position later.
I know for sure that every shooting range needs more revenue than it's getting, so I can't see a shortage of shooting locations. Personally, I like the weather in Pretoria on weekends, and the drive to Pietersburg is too long.
I suppose the first step is to get a consensus amongst a few people that will be committed to supporting the initiative. It needs to be understood that he initial period will require some sort of financial contribution, and that the initiative is never going to be a generator of profit, the best we can hope for is to cover costs, and all work is on a volunteer basis.
In the mean time I'll do some research on what is involved logistically, and costs.
Seems like there is a Gauteng Pin Shooters already. Going to check it out, and post feedback here.
We do Pin shooting in Tzaneen. We have a active club that compete at least once every month. Most of our members also belong to the Bushveldt Hunting Association, Letaba branch and make use of the Letaba branch shooting range.
I also want to start pin shooting. I live in Pretoria. Saw the GPSA website but it is very outdates and I assume they no longer exist.
Thanks!
I used to shoot pins out at Heidelburg & then at Golden city, & wouldn't mind starting again. Went to 2 shoots at cecil Payne & got stuffed around both times, so not really interested in the current Gauteng set up if it still exists.
Hi Sloffie
Currently there is no club in Pretoria, but you are welcome to come and have a chat at one of the next major events, so that we can get you started.
The upcoming shoots are as follow:
Limpopo Open, 3-4 September 2011, Pins Extreme Range in Pietersburg (Polokwane)
SAPSF Nationals, 24-25 Septmber 2011, Cecil Payne Range, Maraisburg, JHB.
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Hi Sloffie
Currently there is no club in Pretoria, but you are welcome to come and have a chat at one of the next major events, so that we can get you started.
The upcoming shoots are as follow:
Limpopo Open, 3-4 September 2011, Pins Extreme Range in Pietersburg (Polokwane)
SAPSF Nationals, 24-25 Septmber 2011, Cecil Payne Range, Maraisburg, JHB.