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I recently saw one at a show. It looked like it had just come out of the box. A 12 gauge. I couldn't remember though, are these the O/Us that people on here thought so much of? I seem to remember that they were great guns. If so, I will more than likely see it again at the next show and look at it again. Thanks for any opinions and replies.

Jimmy, they were all 12 gauge. I don't think they qualify as a "cult gun" like so many of us search for. If the trigger works, it is a good choice at a price lower than a Krieghoff. I hope you aren't looking at a 26" gun, which is very hard to resell.

I shot a Model 32 for Trap for years before I went to a K80. At one point in history I had all the designs. A Remington 32, a Krieghoff 32, a Remington 3200 and the early Krieghoff K80. I now shoot the current K80 model. All very nice guns!

A friend shoots his grandfathers 32 who back in the day had Simmons make 20, .410 and 28 ga. barrels for skeet. It borrowed heavily from the Petrik design and Kreighoff borrowed from it with its 32. Its popularity wasn't helped with the Depression. I have a 3200 and it is the perfect weapon for clubbing baby seals. Gil

a remington 32 is a superb gun. only the great depression and the beginning of ww2 killed it.
john browning beat remington by 2 months with the patent for an o&u shotgun design.
the superposed browning beat the 32 for the honors.
hal dupont took the expired remington 32 pat to germany and had mr. krieghoff improve it.
and behold, the krieghoff model 32 was born in 1955.
better trigger. better safety. better hammers....things like that. matter of fact, the first 500 krieghoffs were made with surplus remington 32 parts.
then krieghoff started making his own for the design.
remington realized its mistake by curbing the 32....so they came up with a different first to get back in the shotgun race with the 3200 in 1973. it was the 1st shotgun totally designed by computer.
47,000+ were made but costs killed it. away it went in 81, when remington read the writing on the wall when krieghoff introduced the K80 in 1980.
remington hoisted the red flag.
they tried a come back in the 90's with the 'premier,' but it failed to catch the eye of serious shooters.
fyi, the rem 32 easily can rub elbows with the best krieghoffs out there today.
https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...im-make-offer-.cfm?gun_id=103405814#sm-4

Not a single mention of the Petrik, which, started it all:

https://www.doublegunshop.com/forum...;Words=Petrik&Search=true#Post642191

Best,
Ted

the race for the american market w/amercan pat's, not europe.

It was a bit more than “costs” that killed the 3200, by the way. Unless, you are counting gunsmithing costs in the equation. Pat Laib built a good living out of putting them right.

Best,
Ted

PS Jimmy, quit sending me PMs. I delete them without reading them.

the life time warranty didnt help any either with all the
cracked stocks, firing pin hole wear, cracking receivers, etc., being serviced.
oddly enough, i shot a 3200 and put a million documented rounds thru it, plus 3 world shoots, and when i sold it, it was still tight and functioning. all my teamates called it the miracle gun. lol.
but not to sway away from the 32 topic, our OP should not be disappointed with a 32 in his inventory.

The first run 3200s had issues resolved by Remington at its cost. When Remington stopped production, Pat Laib bought all of the spare parts from Remington and was the guru. He inspected my gun, a first run, and felt that it was sound without needing any work by him. I save its use for late season doves. Unless a gun bearer is utilized, its weight negates use behind dogs. Gil