S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,907
Posts550,634
Members14,458
|
Most Online1,344 Apr 29th, 2024
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,118 Likes: 524
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,118 Likes: 524 |
The good: It goes bang-bang. The bad (and the ugly): Have you seen one? Mine is a first year 3200. Pat Laib did what he felt was needed to it. Not all mods were needed according to him. I bought it second hand over 35 years ago not knowing the knock on it. It was before the internet. Maybe before electricity was commonly in service. Gil
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,907 Likes: 113
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,907 Likes: 113 |
In the link I posted at the start of this thread you're paying for the Winston Churchill engraving. the gun it is on is irrelevant.
From their introduction in 1973 I went through a handful of Model 3200 Skeet Guns, but settled into a dirt plain 1977 Model 3200 Skeet Gun with Skeetmaster tubes that I used exclusively for the next 11 years. Several of those years I recorded 3500 registered targets. Kept a second Model 3200 with the safety on it for Dove shooting. They are heavy tanks. More suited to shooting clay targets then hunting. In 2015 I dropped my gun off at Laibs, on my way east to the double gun event at Hausmann's, and asked them to do anything they thought it needed except for cosmetics. I was driving through Iowa on my way home when the called and said it was ready, so I swung by and picked it up. Haven't shot it much since. At 72 I'm more suited to my seven pound 20-gauge Superposed than the Model 3200s 9 pounds six ounces!!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 1,130 Likes: 19
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 1,130 Likes: 19 |
Thanks guys! The weight thing is a downer, I had planned on upgrading from a Trojan to an American made O/U, the Remmy's seemed like they would fit the bill, but with the weight, I'll just keep the Parker.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 11,464 Likes: 133
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 11,464 Likes: 133 |
I used to shoot skeet with a guy who was in love with the Peerless. So much so that he contacted Remington and wanted one in 20ga as soon as they came out. Never happened. One of my hunting partners has a Peerless he inherited from a good friend. From his experience with it, and from those of my skeet shooting acquaintance, who put a lot of rounds through his, they seem to be pretty reliable. Not sure why they didn't catch on.
Shot skeet yesterday with a guy who has a 3200. He doesn't shoot really high volume, and at least from the gun's exterior appearance, it doesn't look very used. But then if used only for targets (and I don't know whether he bought it new), it probably wouldn't show typical hunting wear. Anyhow, very first round, he couldn't get the gun closed on station 1. I suggested that he take off the forend, break the gun down. When he did, a piece of metal fell out. Broke off a part that sits just inside the front edge of the receiver. Not sure whether his gun has had the factory updates, or whether that might have been part of the problem. But someone did tell him that he should contact Pat Laib.
Last edited by L. Brown; 12/10/18 10:13 AM.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 521 Likes: 4
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 521 Likes: 4 |
I'll fall in line with all the others that have carried a 3200 in the field and commented on its weight. I used my skeet gun once, only once, in grouse country.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 517 Likes: 13
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 517 Likes: 13 |
Maybe a Marlin model 90 would scratch the American O/U itch?
John
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,907 Likes: 113
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,907 Likes: 113 |
Or a Savage Model 420 or 430. Also, the Marrone.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,798 Likes: 567
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 7,798 Likes: 567 |
Everyone’s forgetting the only American designed, American made O/U which was designed as a field gun. Ruger Red Label. Find a 26” or 28” gun and enjoy it. I like the early fixed choke guns and find the IC and MOD guns to be very good in the field. Weight is fine. They are not made for heavy volume of clay shooting like the 3200 was or K80 so they don’t tip the scales at nine pounds.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 11,464 Likes: 133
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 11,464 Likes: 133 |
Or a Savage Model 420 or 430. Also, the Marrone. The Model 90 feels like a Woodward compared to the American-made Savage OU's (which were only produced for a short time prior to WWII. Post-war, Savage put their names on OU's imported from Finland and Italy.) My first double was a Savage 420. Had all the dynamics of a 2x4. And that was in 20ga.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,208 Likes: 223
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 14,208 Likes: 223 |
L. Brown's friend broke a part that has to be fixed by Pat Laib. Remington won't fix that part any more. I am down to one 3200, a very lightly used field gun. I shot competition NSSA and NRA International birds for many years with no problems. As long as Pat Laib is alive, I would shoot them in competition again. The 1984 Olympic Gold Medal was won with one, shot by Matt Dryke.
|
|
|
|
|