doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com So much for anticipation....

As a long time Kreighoff Model 32 shooter, I would second what has been said above about them being target guns. Mine is an early version which isn't quite so heavy (about 7lbs 6oz with 28inch barrels) but when I switch from a sub 6lb field gun to the Kreighoff it feels like I am swinging a telephone pole in comparison and it takes me a few practice rounds to get back into synch. Never the less, the 32 has never malfunctioned in over half a million rounds, helps with a smooth follow through on quick moving clay targets and is quite comfortable to shoot through 200 and 300 rounds a day if need be. I don't think I would like it with tubes added unless the lightweight carrier barrels were used. When I could only afford one gun it did everything including grouse,quail and waterfowl - quite well too.

Like some of you, I couldn't stand a gun over 9lbs with tubes, so I bought a set of 3 subgauge late K32 barrels for it. They are identical to the subgauge barrels for a K80 except for the springball ejector retainer. All the barrels matched my 12g barrel within an ounce. Personally, having had two tubed guns, I'll never own another tubed gun.

One of the lighter clays comp 12g guns is the 682 gold E. I have a 32" sporting that comes in at 7 3/4 lbs and feels like more like a 28" gun. Still, the 7lb 525 has better dynamics for me, even though not the quality of a 682 or the K80.

I'm not sure that I've met a soulful Spanish, or Italian gun.
That's the domain of the London gun!

I guess I'm the lucky recipient of a couple of other guys that couldn't shoot a Kreighoff. I bought a early 32" K80 Trap gun that was owned by three other fellows and not shot much by any of them. Number 1 a banker that thought he wanted to shoot trap, Number 2 a trap shooter that wanted a K-80 but always ended up shooting a Model 12 in tournaments and Number 3 a retired fellow that never shot tournaments and shot very little casual rounds.
I suspect the gun had less than 4 cases through it when I bought it.I love it!! Heavy it is!! 9 plus easy. Surely not for everyone, my buddies sruggle with it. It fits me to a tee and I shoot it well and I bought it right....so I'm happy as a "dead pig in the sun"!

Mtwoodson, I like mine too. It has: domed sapphire crystal held down by crown with 6 tiny screws, fancy dial with split large date window, 100m WR, A3 SS case, two straps, and lovely metal box.
I got it new at TJMax for 'red tag' price of $70.
PS. It's made by Bulova.

Modern design with plenty of Slav soul! Is it from Republica Srpska?

Lowell,
In my book the London guns are more "lost soul" than soulful.

MtWoodson, I understand what you mean about the reality being a let down after the anticipation. When I bought my first "premium" gun, a Kemem KM-4, I thought that my scores would automatically improve just by pointing it in the general direction, letting the gun do the rest. Man, was I wrong, I still had to do my part and what is worse, I had to "learn the gun" as the handling characteristics were completely different than the Beretta I traded for it. But, after a few hundred rounds, it is like a second arm and my scores have improved. Not to mention that I am shooting a fine gun that is durable and has actually maintained or increased in value.

A bird gun is a bird gun and a skeet gun is a skeet gun. I shoot both and know the difference. In my opinion, the K-32 is the best $1500 to $2000 gun available for the competition shooter now that new 682 Berettas are into the price stratosphere. However, I shoot the Beretta as well as the K guns. I have been shooting three or four K-32s for years and they are the best comp guns I have owned. I love 'em.