Hostage Pin is essentially a duel between two competitors.  Each stands behind a barrel facing an array of five bowling pins.  Four pins are white.  The center pin is black.  The objective is to clear all your white pins and then your opponent’s black pin.  The first black pin to fall loses the match.

There are separate 22 rimfire and centerfire Divisions.  Start position is gun loaded and laying on the barrel, heels on rear fault lines.  Hands and wrists completely above shoulders in the surrender position.  Drawing from holster is optional in centerfire.  You are allowed 2 magazines loaded with 5 rounds each, but you can bring as much loose ammo as you want.  At the start signal (a beep), engage the targets in front of you. If you empty both mags you can reload from your loose ammo pile.

There is a minimum of two practice rounds before eliminations start.  In the elimination rounds, losers retire, and winners shoot against each other

—  2 x 4 Match follows if time permits —