My trip to the Miller shop with Kevin to pick up his BHE was one of the highlights of my Parker life. Howard and his brother were both on hand to entertain us, but were to be gone in a very short time. I am the curious type and always snoop a bit when at the gunsmith's. My big find at the Miller shop was a .410 Purdey, mostly disassembled, being prepared for the installation of a Miller trigger. I had never even seen a .410 Purdey, much less one that was about to be cannibalized by the Miller brothers. At the time, I had owned several Miller triggers, but was astounded when I saw how they were installed in a gun. All my Miller guns are working well, so I shouldn't be too critical of the workmanship. Howard showed us around and gave us the full story of the Krieghoff 32 project, including showing us a drawer full of Remington and Krieghoff trigger parts left over from the project, including a gold plated K32 trigger that I somehow forgot to beg for. I asked about a framed photograph on the wall. He said that the picture was a gift given to the Millers at the end of the Krieghoff project. He asked me if I knew Dieter Krieghoff. I told him I did know Dieter, shot a sporting clays tournament on a squad with Dieter and his wife and had been to his shop many times. He told me that the photo was of "Dieter's daddy", Heinrich Krieghoff, and Hermann Goering, taken during the Nazi era when Krieghoff was a major armorer of the Third Reich. I wish I knew where that picture is today.
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