There is another thread here about a Sierra bullet challenge back in the 60s to shoot a 10-shot 1-inch group at 100 yards.

I don't remember that, but I do remember something else from my boyhood -- it would have been sometime in the early 50s.

A farm machinery dealer who also sold ammunition had a metal panel on his wall. I don't remember the size exactly, but I think it was at least a 2 foot square. On the panel was an outline of an Indian with feather headdress, all done in bullet holes. I think, but am not sure, that this came from Remington. Someone at Remington (or wherever) had shot this target, with, if I remember correctly, a .270 Winchester rifle. The distance was not specified, but all the bullet holes were exactly spaced, so in any case both the shooting and the rifle-ammunition combination were outstanding.

Sounds like it was one of the indian heads shot by a trick shooter with a .22 rifle. Win and Rem had trick shooters who traveled around the country putting on shows.

Had a buddy years ago who was about half good at doing the indian head. He started with the eyes then did the outline of the face.

FN in MT

I can't remember his name but the guy was a rep. for Remington arms and did his shooting with I thought it was, a Nylon 66 in 22 LR. He also shot a whole bunch of wood blocks out of the air with it. Saw a photo of him sitting on the pile.

IMO that was shot with a 22 rimfire and the metal was a copper foil.

The shooter might have been Annie Oakley or Ad Topperwein.

Maybe someone else knows who did it.

Try it sometime...it's a very difficult trick.

Oakley used a Marlin 22 for her stunt shooting and Topperwein worked for Winchester and shot the wooden blocks...10,000 of them IIRC and something like three misses.

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Originally posted by vapodog:

IMO that was shot with a 22 rimfire and the metal was a copper foil.

That's entirely possible. I don't remember what the metal or the caliber were -- I remember only the Indian head made of bullet holes on a metal sheet.

A great read

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Originally posted by Don Fischer:
I can't remember his name but the guy was a rep. for Remington arms and did his shooting with I thought it was, a Nylon 66 in 22 LR.

Here's something I found about the Nylon 66:

The first, most successful, and best known of the series was the Nylon 66 autoloader, introduced in 1959. Like the other nylon series rifles to follow, it was a hunting and plinking rifle. This was a blowback operated, tubular magazine fed semi-automatic rifle chambered for the .22 Long Rifle cartridge (only). The receiver of this rifle was actually nylon, with the bolt running on "self lubricating" nylon rails. (The Owners Manual advised not to lubricate the action with gun oil.) A slipover blued sheet steel cover was used to give the receiver a more normal appearance. The 19 5/8" barrel was also blued.

Its one-piece structural nylon stock was a sleek creation with very slender and attractive lines. The standard stock color was a "Mohawk Brown" with black streaks that vaguely resembled wood grain, a fluted comb, long and graceful forearm with a schnable tip, and a curved pistol grip. This was the Nylon 66 MB model, by far the most popular of any of the Remington Nylon .22 rifles. For the first few years the Nylon 66 was also available with a "Seneca green" stock that never really caught on.

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The purpose for shooting the Indian head may have been to advertise and demonstrate the capability of that rifle. But I thought I saw this before 1959 because I would have been 16 then, and I seem to remember seeing it some years before I was that old.

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"My equipment during the shoot consisted of three Model .03 Winchester 22 Automatic rifles and Winchester ammunition. These rifles held ten cartridges in the magazine. In order to save time in loading, we used loading tubes, which held ten cartridges, and all I had to do was to open the magazine and reload the rifle with ten cartridges. This operation only took up five or six seconds. I loaded the guns myself and changed guns every 500 shots, because in such rapid shooting, the barrels would be pretty hot. I had no trouble whatsoever with the guns operating. They worked beautifully throughout all the shoot without a single malfunction or hang-up. The breach mechanism was cleaned every night to remove powder residue: barrels were never touched.

The rifle used was a Winchester,,,,not Remington.

If memory serves correctly, I think a fellow by the name of Tom Fry did the same tricks as Ad with a Nylon 66. I believe Tom holds the record for shooting the 2-1/4†wooden blocks in the air, or did for a while. I think Tom’s Indian head looked a bit different than the one pictured in a previous post shot by Ad.

David