The Bismarck tribune., 1925-06-18
EXPERT SHOT
COMING HERE
T0SH0W SKILL
Ad TOpperwein to Give Ex,
hibitiOn at Ball Park
Next Tuesday

Shooting is play to "Ad" Topper
vein. He is as happy as baby
with new toy when he is shooting
shotgun or rifle and displaying
his prowess before a critical audi
ence.
Topperwein, who is q member of
the Winchester team of shooters, is
now touring the middle west demon
strating his ability with firearms. He
Will give one of his famous exhibi-
tions here on Tuesday, June 23, at
the baseball park. The shooting will
begin about 1870.
There is no admission fee to the
exhibition. Everyone is invited to
look on and ask questions and Mr..
Topperwein will be glad to answer
questions when the exhibition con-
cludes. Topperwen has no set pro-
gram Of his exhibition; it all depends
on the nature of the grounds on
which the shooting is done. With
unlimited space Topperwein can do
his full list of stunts" but if there
are houses in the imme diate vicinity
he is forced to curtail his work.
The exhibition as a usual thing is
begun by Topperwein displaying his
ability with the A caliber Smith
and Wesson revolver. He shoots at
blocks, pieces of coal, stones and
winds up his performance usually by
shooting clay targets from the hands
of an associate. Topperwein breaks
the targets with his back to the OBJ
jects, getting his direction by the
aid of Il mirror
One bit of shooting that can't be
done everywhere is that placing two
plates on chairs, which are twenty
yards apart-with Topperwein seated
on another chair in the centre. He
sights one plate by looking directly
at it and gets the range on the other
by attaching mirror to his shoul-
der. When he gets the correct focus
Topperwein fires the pistols stimuli
taneously and the plates are whole
no longer. ~ you don't think that is
difficult try it yourself.
Topperwein uses a Winchester Re-
peater, 20 caliber: a % caliber Win
chester Automatic, the old style lever
action l Winchester, the gun that
made Wine hester famous-the 351
High Power Rifle and the Winchester
IL, l6, and 20 gauge shotguns in or
der, performing various feats with
each gun. He elects a shell and hits
1t while it is i'm the air with the re-
peater, and with this little rifle he
works out the profile of Uncle Sam,
Mutt. an Indian Head, or some other
familiar likeness and then gives the
result of his work to one of the towns
people. The Indian Head takes about
l8O shots and is finished in about, g
minutes. The profile of Uncle Sam
takes about 300 bullets and takes
about minutes. Make your own
comment on this bit of shooting after
you see it,
With some Of the rifles and guns
Tonperwein shoots at balls, bricks
potatoes and apples and with the high
powered rifle Topperwein shoots at {
can of tomatoes and shows the audi.
ence what effect the bullet woulC
have on big game. The can is usual
ly flattened out as if it had beer
ironed by steam roller. TopDerwe,r
can shoot the lever action Winches
ter better than any other person ir
the world. In the lever action ant
high powered rifle Topperwein shoot:
soft nosed bullets.
| With the smaller rifles Topperweir
/ shoots at marbles. single, double
triple; washers and even pieces o,
money when some one wishes ,
souvenir of the occasion. Topperweil
does many other things with tn.
various guns, such as twirling the q
gauge gun just like drum major
Tossing an object into the air, thel