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I acquired a Remington 3200 Premier Trap yesterday. This gun is new and unfired. That will change tomorrow. It is almost as rare as the gun I traded for it, a Rem 3200 Live Pigeon gun.
It's very nice and I will get a lot more use out of it than the Pigeon gun.
These guns are very difficult to value. My guess is around $3,000-3,500. Any other opinions?

Is it an early edition 3200? Having had a 3200 before, you are probably aware of issues within the first year or two of introduction. If not, I can send you Pat Laib's address.

As I understand it the Remington Model 3200 Premier was a run of 500 guns intended for the European market in 1975, with some portion of that run engraved in Europe. But, many likely found their way back to North America with U.S. servicemen. The Model 3200 Premier doesn't appear in any of the domestic Remington Arms Co., Inc. catalogues in my collection.

Remington Model 3200 -- The Model 3200 was introduced in a special fold-out center spread in the 1973 Remington catalogue, in Field ($450), Skeet ($470), Trap ($490), Special Trap ($540), and One of 1000 Trap ($1050).

The 1974 Remington catalogue had the one of 1000 Skeet offered in either 26� or 28� barrels offered at $1050. Prices were up across the board � Field $485, Skeet $530, Trap $550, Special Trap $600. April 1, 1974, prices up again -- Field $530, Skeet $560, Trap $595, Special Trap $645, one of 1000 Skeet $1150. On July 1, 1974, prices were up again -- Field $555, Skeet $590, Trap $625, Special Trap $680, one of 1000 Skeet $1150.

The 1975 Remington catalogue introduces the 3" Magnum, order nos. 3241 (30" full/full) and 3243 (30" mod./full) as being available June 1, 1975. List price was $620, a $25 premium over the $595 Field Grade.

In the 1976 Remington catalogue the Special Trap is gone and the Competition Trap ($865) and Competition Skeet ($835) are introduced. Also the choice of RK-W or Satin finish is beginning to appear. The Field Grade had increased $100 to $695, the 3" Magnum to $720, and the Skeet to $735.

In the 1977 Remington catalogue 32-inch barrels appear for the various Trap versions and prices are up again. Field $750, 3" Magnum $775, Skeet $795, Trap $795, Competition Skeet $950, Competition Trap $950, and the Special Trap is back, now at $850.

By the 1978 Remington catalogue there are only four basic offerings for the Model 3200 -- Skeet, Special Trap, Competition Trap and Competition Skeet. I don't have any price lists from 1978 on.

For the 1979 Remington catalogue the only change is the addition of the (New) 28" Imp. Mod./Full (Live Bird Gun) in the competition Skeet Satin Finish column.

New for the 1980 Remington catalogue we have the addition of the Skeet set, 20- and 28-gauge and .410-bore skeet barrels and a luggage case (order No. 3299) to a 28-inch Competition Skeet Gun (order No. 3237). Also, the number of barrel length and choke combinations on the various Trap guns is reduced.

No changes in the 1981 Remington catalogue.

In the 1982 Remington catalogue the Skeet and the Special Trap are gone, as are 26-inch Competition Skeet guns. The Competition Trap choices are down to 32" Imp. Mod./Full, 30" Imp. Mod./Full and 30-inch Full/Full, all three either with regular or Monte Carlo stock.

In the 1983 Remington catalogue the Model 3200 isn't even pictured but down in the bottom right corner of page 15 the same six variants of the Competition Trap, the one 28-inch Competition Skeet, the Skeet set, and now in the Competition Skeet column order no. 3207 is listed as 28" Imp. Mod./Full (Pigeon Gun).

The Model 3200 is gone entirely from the 1984 Remington catalogue.

New and unfired with original box is one thing. After it's fired it is just another used 3200. jmho Regards, Bill

The engraved Premier is a neat gun and so is the Pigeon model. Whatever floats your boat. After a dozen or so, there is only one 3200 left in my house and it belongs to my wife. The engraved gun is probably a better deal. I haven't seen one in twenty years. I would like to see a picture.

I've owned Remington 3200's for over thirty years. I've shot the same One of 1000 since 1980. I know these guns intimately. Since the trade of my Pigeon gun for the Premier, I now have 3 trap guns. My backup gun for the last several years has been a "Special Trap". Since, after a couple of hundred thousand rounds, my primary gun needs it's top locking lever rebuilt by Laib's, I've been shooting the Special Trap exclusively. Now, it will have some competition.
It's been years since I was able to hop in the car and drive to Ilion and have the gun worked on there.
Anyway, the Premier has been upgraded and should be ready to go to work this morning.
I haven't seen many of these for sale and was just curious as to current values. I know the pigeon gun and my One of a 1,000 are both bringing big premiums over the standard, special trap, and competition.
If there is an interest, I will post some pics.

I've had the same field grade 3200 twice. It was made in 1973 and has been to visit Pat Laib in beautiful downtown Spicer MN two times. I sold it to a friend in 1987 and bought it back for the same price in 2007. It shoots better than I can. My top locking lever was rebuilt at the end of last season.
A couple of hundred thousand rounds is a lotta pops out of a gun. Can you tell us the story behind the new acquistion? Amazing that it set unfired for so long. Please post photos of yours.

I saw the gun on Guns International and knew the person selling it, an old friend who lives in FL during the winter.
He contacted me when he returned to WNY and we did a little horse trading. He got my Rem 3200 Pigeon gun with 3 sets of bbls., a Winchester Super X1, and I got his Premier and some cash.
I haven't shot pigeons in years and skeet is a very rare occasion. Therefore, I had more use for the trap gun.
I took it out yesterday and am about to leave the house for more work today. Even though his gun wasn't shot for 36 years, that has now changed. It is perfect. My first round at Int'l Trap was a 21 and my last was 23...not bad for the first time.

Sounds like you picked a winner and freed up some gun safe space at the same time. Gun safes, like nature, abhor a vacuum.

So true! Mine is only happy when it is blowing steam from every crack!