Today I watched a member of this BB "bag" a bowling ball with his .470 NE. At 20 yards, a charging bowling ball was not only stopped dead in it's tracks, it was literally disintegrated by one mighty hit from a Searcy .470 NE. The most spectacular sight I've ever seen with a one shot hit on a target. The ball never knew what hit it !!!

But the real question is, what happened to the bullet? Percentage of weight retained? Mushroom shape? What did the wound channel look like? Did the bullet stop under the hide on the far side? Do bowling balls *have* hide?

Best,
Joe

Go for a shoulder mount

So it really knocked it off its "pins" huh?

I don't kill bowling balls any more-they're too damn tough on the skinning knife.

Aye, and they're tough any way you cook 'em!

I killed a bowling ball once but I could not get enough mustard on it to eat the dang thang. Man are they tough. Besides when I cooked it it stunk up the mrs's kitchen something terrible.

I let shooting bowling balls go, as it seems trophy measurment is purely retained weight...

and the 500 jeffe scattered it like a pellet rifle in a suger cube

jeffe

I bet the owner of the bowling alley was pissed!

Jeffe is absolutely correct ... 470 NE does exactly the same thing Will try to post a pic of the chunk with the entry hole.

Actually , Tom Kessel made me do it! (You know ... as in "the Devil Made Me Do it.") He's the one that tempted me with those first shots from a 9.3 x 74R Chapuis double.

Seriously ... Thank you Tom, for introducing me to a new dimension in the shooting sports!

You're giving me ideas now!

Shoot double rifles--it's a blast!

Shooting jugs full of water can be very dangerous,especially if they are wounded! Usually if I hit them just right the 577 turns them inside out! Going to go out tommorow and blow a few of them up!

This sound magnificent!!!

So, how do you get the bowling ball to charge you? Do you taunt it... or do you or just upset it from a position on an incline. Are there set methods for bowling ball shooting?

Seriously, I have never heard of shooting bowling balls (just the petite cousin of the species, the bowling pin) and it seems a fun way to test oneself on the "charging maneater" type shot. You know, the situation that gets debated so much on certain forums.

mstarling,

I can't wait to see the pics.

I have a cape buffalo head made from mining belt rubber[actual size]and a cable hooked between two trees on a incline ,an o-bolt thru the center of chest to hook gallons jugs of water to.I've shot 2 cape buffalo and this method will work until I get back to Africa!
ps--use liquid detergent jugs with water and red food coloring or cool aid for a red bubbling lung shot---if you miss--shoot again!!!

Obviously I missed something the other day

Bet it was fun

Here's something from the peanut gallery on shooting bowling balls.
If the ball is rolling towards you and the bullet enters dead center and the ball turn exactly 180 deg. does the bullet exit comeing back at you???? Ha Ha Ha

Tom, I'm going to have to try that dishsoap/food coloring combo. Sounds like fun. Thanks for the idea!

Rick

Our club gave away a bowling ball as a prize at a bowling pin match. The ball had no holes, but the sponsor who donated it said he would drill it to the winner's specifications.

The guy who won it just grinned and said "it'll have holes in it".

H. C.