Both of my 28-inch barrel 16-gauge Remington Hammerless Doubles weigh right at 7 pounds. So I don't see 7 pounds 3 ounces out of line at all for a 32-inch gun. Obviously someone has been inside and put those trigger plate screws back in the wrong holes, but to my eye the finishes on that gun look 100% original for 119 years of sitting in the corner of the closet.
Remington Arms Co. added the 16-gauge to their hammerless double offerings in 1897, with 28-, 30- and 32-inch barrels in all grades and also 26-inch barrels in the higher grades. With the introduction of the new style action circa 1905-06 Remington dropped the 32-inch 16-gauge barrels from their catalogue offerings.
I sure wish Steve would give us the full serial numbers and pictures of the watertable, barrel flats and bottom of the barrel markings like Jay does so I could add guns to my tables of observed specimens.
