Stopped at a pawn shop today and saw a very neat Peiper 32 gauge. 30" double ivory beaded barrels, rebounding hammers, 75% engraved, 50% CC, POW grip, sling swivels. Weighed about 4-1/2 pounds. It was a sweeeeeet handling little gun. The owner of the shop showed me before and after shots of it, as he had just bought it off of a seventy year old man the day before. Barrels were covered in a light rust and reciever and stock were so grimy that the engraving could not be seen and the wood looked black. He had used very fine steel wool on the barrels and no rust was present and the blueing was still nice,deep and even under the rust. The wood had alot of figure and cleaned up beautifully as well. If he had not taken the before pics I would not have believed its prior condition. The previous owner had no clue what the gun actually was as he was touting it as a 20 gauge with 32 inch barrels due to the 32 in gold on the rib. Actually had 30" barrels and a 32 gauge shell fit in perfectly. Pawn shop[ owner will not sell. Says it is going in his personal hunting collection.
Are these 32 gauge guns common across the pond? Desireable or just a novelty? I know that it was the first one I've actually had in my hands after 20 years of chasing double guns. I wanted to buy it just for that reason alone. I'm going to go back and take a couple of pics and show him my 28 guage that is similar. I'll post once I get them secured.
