shown in his book is without the green or playfield
graphics. This attests to the machine 's rarity, because
Dick "beat the bushes" soliciting the best picture he
could find for this book. So you can imagine how hap-
py I was to acquire this example in the condition it was
in after Dick's book came out.
This machine came without a stand and featured a
tin lithographed marquee. Unlike other Calverts, the
Indian Shooter's head on the front is not metal polished
but painted over to match the cabinet color, as the ad
verifies. The ad proudly announced that "the Indian
Shooter gets the Redskins and you get the Red Pen-
nies."
The case is all metal and does not contain a cash box.
Gum balls are displayed inside two windows at the front,
are dispensed with each penny played, and are loaded
from the top. The pennies played are accessible by re-
moving the lower front plate where the Indian head and
gun are mounted. As a coin is inserted and the level at
the top is pulled, five Indian heads pop up and over the
playfield to be shot, as a pull of the trigger propels the
penny vertically into the air to knock one over with a
skillful aim. As long as the penny falls back into the
middle of the playfield, another shot is afforded toward
the remaining heads, and so on, until the penny falls
outside the middle boundary and into the machine, or
all the Indians are shot. As each is shot, a score inside
each of the five corresponding holes under the heads is
registered . Each penny played resets the heads and the
scoring. Neither the ad nor any feature of the machine
itself suggests that cash or other rewards be given for
a certain score, but you never know. The machine has
holes at the bottom of its base to allow it to be nailed or
screwed to the counter so as not to be "maneuvered,"
a common feature for machines that did provide such
gambling incentives, and a certain score along with a
corresponding disappearing Indian head would provide
verification for the operator.
The rarity of this machine in good condition is prob-
ably due to its manner of play. I know of no other gun
game designed to shoot pennies vertically, so when the
gun "goes," as most gun shooters eventually do, the
owner is pretty much out of luck when trying to find
a replacement. Also, the constant striking of the penny
with the Indian heads and paper background eventually
took its toll and destroyed the beautiful graphics on the
paper and heads . It is no wonder that the example in
Beuschel 's book appears as it does. In any event, my ex-
ample remains as fine as the day I first saw it on Paul 's
table and is one of my favorite trade stimulators.
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