8-gauge and Spiller's Parker articles

[Dean Romig]

Burt's VH 20 sure has seen some publicity. It's a neat little gun that Morris was gracious enough to give me a few boxes of his special loads to shoot on the course at Pintail Point in 2008 or '09. I shot my best ever score at SC with that gun that day... I think that gun still had Burt's spirit in it.

I was at the auction at Cobbs in New Hampshire when Bill Tapply auctioned it... it was coming home with me!! I was certain of it, so much so that I had $8k in my pocket to buy a $2500 gun - maybe $3500 or $4k considering the provenance. Boy was I shocked when it hammered at something like $10,500

Austin Hogan wrote a nice article for Parker Pages for the issue following the auction.

Dave Suponski and I went to Spiller's grave site and toured some of his shooting grounds.

On the day we visited the grave site we learned of another higher grade Parker Burt owned and loved but was never written about and unfortunately the details of that gun may never come to light. I've been told there is a pending court case concerning rightful ownership of Burt's legacy and personal property.

Anyway...



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