I am continuing to photograph and index the A&F and VL&D sales records and thought that this might be of interest to the historical minded. The attached link is to a photo of one of the pages from the sales records of A&F from the February 1932 inventory. This was the first year that Remington offered its new OU, the model 32. Apparently A&F sent a sample Standard model 32 to each of the European gunmakers whose shotguns they imported in large quantities to the USA - Greifelt, Sauer and Francotte. The ones to Germany went out on Oct 11, 1932 and the one to Belgium went out on Oct. 26th. All were returned to A&F in 1933. The wholesale cost code corresponds to $52.36 and the retail price is $82.50 By clicking on the open photo it should expand to a large enough size to make it easily read but you'll have to scroll across.
http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2138/10298763/18473910/291664439.jpgI'm curious about why they would have been sent. Were the European manufacturers looking for new ideas, comparing reliability to their own since at least Greifelt had been making its own OU since the mid-20's, or perhaps just looking at patent issues since, on the outside, Remington rather closely copied the Patrik? Any thoughts?
