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Originally Posted by chuck brunner
Kevin
I had a Dhe 410 vent rib skeet gun shown to me at the Southern 2 years ago that may have been that gun. The gun was in incredible condition and there were some whispers that Robert Stack may have owned it. Came from Kerr's and it fit like a glove. What a Parker!
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Chuck;
I've been trying to find Dave Noreen ("Researcher")'s recent post where he shows a picture of Robert Stack's 28- and .410 gauge DHEs, but can't seem to find it. I don't think the .410 was a bona fide skeet gun as we recognize them (e.g,. I don't recall a vent rib, straight grip, or BTFE). Maybe Dave can set us straight.
As you well know, "whispers" attaching various guns to famous former owners are like UFO sightings - location, time, place and observer/participant are crucial elements of verification. When I bought Robert Stack's 1953 Grade V Browning Superposed at the Las Vegas show some 10 years ago, the dealer who had bought it at the auction of Stack's estate had no clue as to its significance or value in our milieu, so to speak.
It had 30 inch Cordy (Belgium) barrels fitted by Simmons thru Kerr's and an aircushion stock (not a hydro-coil) by the Shiokaku brothers of Bel Air CA, who specialised in recoil-reducing devices for older or medically-compromised shooters who couldn't stand the recoil of a 12 ga. target gun anymore. Tried as I might, I could never find out what happened to the original FN Browning barrels after he had the Cordy barrels fitted.
I knew and shot with a couple of people (John Milius, Shelly Gitman, Roger Bain, Akio Mitpmura, Dennis Behrens and others) who shot bunker (Olympic) trap with Robert Stack at Chino CA (Bob Petersen's shooting park that he helped develop for the Olympics). None of them were able to put me onto who or where might know anything about those original Grade V SP barrels. I would have paid a lot of money for them.
I eventually traded the gun off for something that I wanted more. I knew the man and I knew the gun well, and I felt the better for having someone who really wanted it appreciate them both.