Can a 357 SIG make a bowling pin explode?
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Tupperware
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Haven't found any caliber that can make one explode. Have shot pins with handgun rounds up to 50AE and .223 and .308 from rifles. 50AE carried the pin from the table almost into the bullet trap 20 feet or so away.
I've hit 'em straight on with full house .44 Magnums and, like Tupperware, even a .50 AE. And from a rifle - a .45-70. No explosions, but they sure do fly. That thick plastic covering is extremely tough and holds them together very well.
cslinger
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I have hit bowling pins dead to rights with rifle calibers and have yet to see one more or less explode or disintegrate. They are rather tough little constructs.
I think part of it has to do with the fact that they tend to fly backward very easily and some of the force is wasted kind of like if you roll with a punch or fall.
Chris
I think part of it has to do with the fact that they tend to fly backward very easily and some of the force is wasted kind of like if you roll with a punch or fall.
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After a while the bullets do begin to eat their way through it, and a .44 or .50ae will eventually blast through the back side, which can put on a little display of a splinter shower for the viewers!
Now, you want to see something explode, try fruits or gallon milk jugs full of water!
Also old hard drives and cd roms are pretty fun to shoot, they bounce around and fly apart pretty good, even with 'little' calibers like 40 and 45.
Now, you want to see something explode, try fruits or gallon milk jugs full of water!
Also old hard drives and cd roms are pretty fun to shoot, they bounce around and fly apart pretty good, even with 'little' calibers like 40 and 45.
cslinger
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.......course should you tape a quarter stick of dynamite to said bowling pin................
mrapathy2000
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no exploding bowling pins but some watermelons that will never harm anyone again.
no exploding bowling pins but some watermelons that will never harm anyone again.
PCRCCW
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Bowling pins are very tough.......VERY TOUGH. Mass, Weight and Size have more of an effect on them than Velocity does.
45 ACP loads with less FPE send them ALOT farther than a hot 9mm with more FPE...........
Shoot well.
PS Ive yet to see one explode with any gun.........including hi power rifles.
45 ACP loads with less FPE send them ALOT farther than a hot 9mm with more FPE...........
Shoot well.
PS Ive yet to see one explode with any gun.........including hi power rifles.
stans
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Bowling pins can explode! First you need to drill a hole into the pin, then fill the hole with nitroglycerine, then seal the hole. Now shoot the pin and the resulting shock is likely to cause the nitroglycerine to explode!
jdkelly
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They splinter more in cold weather
In very cold weather bowling pins splinter much more then in warm weather. But I wouldn't call it exploding.
jkelly
In very cold weather bowling pins splinter much more then in warm weather. But I wouldn't call it exploding.
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Well not that punny round. However, a .45 could do it from four counties away with out hitting. All a .45 has to do is be in the same time zone.
Thats why I take my .45 to the bowling alley with me, every time I get neat the lane the pins fall over and explode just because they know that they are dealing with a real man and a real caliber.
You of course know I am joking there. Like the others said the shape and density make them very hard to destroy/break.
Thats why I take my .45 to the bowling alley with me, every time I get neat the lane the pins fall over and explode just because they know that they are dealing with a real man and a real caliber.
You of course know I am joking there. Like the others said the shape and density make them very hard to destroy/break.
Mike Irwin
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Brian,
Probably more a case of the plastic covering on the bowling pin being a lot more brittle at colder temperatures.
Probably more a case of the plastic covering on the bowling pin being a lot more brittle at colder temperatures.
Pins are interesting critters when shot, that's for sure. Have seen a bullet go in, hit a bullet of another caliber that was stuck inside. By the time that the second bullet exits, the pin has spun around 180 degrees, so that the expelled bullet comes straight back at the shooter, hard enough to leave a welt. Wouldn't have believed that was possible, 'til I saw it wiff me own eyes. Also, have seen a bullet exit/bounce off a pin at 90 degrees from where it entered, and enter and knock down a neighboring pin with considerable oomph. And then, there's the poor soul who hits the first pin along its outside edge, causing a multi-pin domino effect across the table! You'd be VERY hard pressed to do that on purpose (we've tried ). As a long time range officer, this weird bullet action adds up to me having little patience for anyone that has to be told more than once to keep their @#@# glasses on..
). As a long time range officer, this weird bullet action adds up to me having little patience for anyone that has to be told more than once to keep their @#@# glasses on..Speaking of blowing things up. Would a 9mm have enough oomph to blow up melons? Using JHPs would best for doing that right?
Just trying to figure out if I should get a 357 SIG anyway, even if it can't blow up bowling pins, but maybe it can blow up fruits and water filled containers.
But if a 9mm or 45ACP can do just as good of a job in the visual display department, then there is no reason for me to get a 357 SIG.
Just trying to figure out if I should get a 357 SIG anyway, even if it can't blow up bowling pins, but maybe it can blow up fruits and water filled containers.
But if a 9mm or 45ACP can do just as good of a job in the visual display department, then there is no reason for me to get a 357 SIG.
Frohickey
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Dynamite and nitroglycerin are controlled substances... amateurs.
If you want to have a bowling pin exploded, you would dunk it in liquid nitrogen.
If you want to have a bowling pin exploded, you would dunk it in liquid nitrogen.
BerettaNut92
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Call in an airstrike.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
Absolut
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do you guys just get bowling pins from the bowling alley or something?
Frohickey
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Yep. Some might want you to pay for their used bowling pins. Some might say that they send them to a place that recycles them. But don't fall for that and go look elsewhere, or come back when the manager is not there.
turbonatr
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Never had one explode, yet. But I also haven't shot one with my AR50, either
180gr. 10mm slugs at 1300fps do zip right through them, though...
180gr. 10mm slugs at 1300fps do zip right through them, though...
Mike Irwin
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Hey, I know what can make a bowling pin explode...
Anyone have a link to the footage from the camera on the Apache helicopter when it turns those three guys into mincemeat?
I don't think it's been posted here in, oh, the last 7 seconds...
Anyone have a link to the footage from the camera on the Apache helicopter when it turns those three guys into mincemeat?
I don't think it's been posted here in, oh, the last 7 seconds...
I don't know about bowling "pins" exploding when shot, but I do know that bowling "balls" will explode. Set one on a fence post and back off 100 yards. Hit it with a T/C Contender in .45-70. My cousinand I hit all the neighborhood yard sales for bowling balls. Every time I shoot one I feel better about not being able to pick up a 7-10 split. Great stress relief.
SS, since when do you need a reason to buy a new gun? Just do it.
SS, since when do you need a reason to buy a new gun? Just do it.
stans
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Ok, that was a bit amateurish, the liquid nitrogen is a little more sophisticated. If you really want to be on the cutting edge of exploding bowling pins, drill a hole into the bowling pin, just as if you were a hillbilly using nitroglycerin, but instead of nitro, insert a tube of anti-matter. Then shoot the pin, breaking the seal on the container of anti-matter. When the anti-matter contacts the bowling pin matter, a reaction begins in which the bowling pin not only explodes, but is vaporized! Unfortunately, the reaction will continue until all the anti-matter has reacted with all other types of matter in the area, so you could end up wiping out one or two counties.
Joe Demko
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What is the anti-matter container made from?
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