After his first shot at the nail in the competition, Dakin McAdam (John Saxon) levers another round into the chamber and then shoots three times in a row without levering another round or re-cocking it.
When the coins were thrown in the air and shot at, everyone anxiously awaited the thrower's determination as to whether or not each coin was hit. He then picked it up from the ground not far from where he was standing each time, and they were hit all but one time. The coins that were hit would have been knocked many feet away from him in the air.
Both finalist competitors shot multiple rounds without cocking their rifles after the first shot.
Rifles were cocked multiple times without any empty shells being ejected.
The nails in the board are plainly seen shooting out away from the board as they were supposedly being hit on the head with a bullet and being driven deeper into the board.
When the rifle was first loaded there were only 3 bullets put in it yet it fired way more.