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Unread 05-24-2021, 03:25 PM   #17
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The Little Gun is currently being taken care of by RST shells owner Morris Baker (I believe). He brought it to Haussman’s a couple years ago and was more than willing to let others enjoy it. I really thought he was a super nice guy- one of us.

I know Morris owns the 20 gauge VH that was Burt Spiller’s which was auctioned at The Cobb’s Auctions in Peterboro, NH probably 13 or 14 years ago. I don’t know who dubbed it the “Little Gun” but it was a recent thing, certainly since the auction.

The original “The Little Gun” was the 16 gauge Grade-2 hammer gun written about in Foster’s “New England Grouse Shooting” and the story of it begins on page 1 of his book.
This isn’t to say the Baker/Spiller VH 20 isn’t a sweetheart with lots of history as well. It was actually made famous by Bill Tapply in his story “Burt’s Gun.”
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