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To clean it up and make it into a shooter not a lot of work or money should be needed. If you want to make it factory perfect it will one vast money pit.

I passed on a Remington 32 with two triggers in much nicer shape for just over a grand last year. It was a good value but you can not own all fun guns and still have money to shoot with and a current wife that will be happy to see you go shooting.

The early 32's made over seas were made under the Europa name for Hal Dupont. I shot one for years that was one of the first ones made. I understand the started out using a supply of left over part from Remington and made parts as needed. I later heard that Hal just took a Remington 32 over there had them copy it. Which ever was the case it did later evolve into the Krieghoff 32 and then the K-80. So if you want to make a case it has been in production in one version or another for about 80 years.

I'm pretty sure the model 32 Remington is a chubby copy of the Damon Petrik O/U, produced after the Petrik patents expired.

Best,
Ted

They were indeed originally produced in France under the French patent of Petrik, a Czech expatriot. The patent ran out in 1931 (I think)and Remington began production in 1932. '32s are just not very common and many are trap or skeet guns that have been modified to fit the taste and fashion of the owners at various eras (i.e SERIOUSLY MESSED WITH). A cherry Field grade is very hard to find now.

The most common (because relatively cheap) version of the Petrik design is the Finnish Valmet and its latter-day Italian-made spawn. Valmet apparently began producing its simplified version in 1947.

The only thing that has ever been changed on my model 32 was the addition of a pad for my gorilla like LOP.

I faired well today on quail, even managing one true double. It is all about having "state of the art" equipment. It helps that my gun is choked cyl/imp cyl.

CHAZ

Though it has an unfortunate barrel layout, stacked like they are, at least it has double triggers so it ain't all bad.
Steve

Gents,

I appreciate the responses; they have, of course, only increased my dilemma of whether or not to purchase it. Having read about them in McIntosh's books is why I'm interested in getting one of the classic American guns; however, it's in competition with some others right now. I'll have to decide in the next couple of days; thanks again for the responses.

Let me add another note, from one of the late Mike McIntosh's great experiences gunning afield. He was a invited guest at a pheasant hunt years ago at a private club in SD-- He mentioned the guns used by members of his group, and their guides, and one was the later revised Remington 32, aka- the 3200. They had a warm-up on sporting clays, and one of the fellows had a 3200- he shot it quite well, but 90% of the time they were out on the 50 bird course, the 3200 was in a scabbard in the golf cart- now walking behind flushing dogs after pheasant in SD in early Nov-- a heavy gun like a Rem 32 or a Krieghoff, or even the older B25 Belgian made Browning Superposed--unless you are built like Jesse Venture or Arnold Schwarzenegger, well, I'll stay with a 12 that weighs 7.5 lbs. or a tad less- just my choice--