Remington 3200 value?

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Looking at an older Remington 3200. In good condition , had a stock repair , over under ribbed barrel. What would be a fair price to pay ?
 
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Not much from the information you provided.
What kind of repair?
Who did the repair and with what?
What are they worth new ?
What are you willing to pay?
In the end it all depends on what you are comfortable with paying for a used repaired firearm.
Post up some pictures if they are available to you and you will get a better opinion than mine.
Rob
 
Ball park?? Repair was plug in stock done by smith. I don't want to overpay. Hard to find a comparable value or original cost as its a 70s piece
 
Impossible to do ball park here. Need details
Example
Was the gun recalled and factory refitted if not add $800-1000 plus to have it done and there's only a handful of smiths that will do the work, most US based. Be very, very careful purchasing the model 3200 and the more details the better. You have to know exactly what it is

They are also a heavy gun and not suited for upland hunting and not an easy resale in 2016
Cheers
 
robab, I will apologize now for what I am about to say and eventually quote.

I have used the Blue Book of Gun Values (twenty sixth edition) for many years for values, numbers made and general information.
I now have a more recent out date book (thirty second ed.) and have been criticized and maybe even corrected for using said Book Values.

But, I find it a good comparison between the many site sponsors prices and what one can find by simply using Google by typing in the information on said model.

So, from the 26th Edition a 1970's 3200 in 100 % condition a suggested value of $1100.00 down to $475.00 for a 60% field grade 3200.
Now for the 32nd Edition suggested value on a 3200 Field gun in 100% value of 1250.00 and @ 60% a value of $750.00.

Of course all the other Grades and the newer ones with be higher priced.
I am not a collector, nor am I trying to supplement my food stamp fund (yet) ...I am a guy who likes to shoot guns that interest me for what they are and what they are designed for.

So, a 3200 O/U in 12g would be a shooter for Grouse and the odd round of trap/skeet or Sporting Clays and of course the crows would be in trouble if they where to fly by with in range.

What I would be willing to pay would depend on a few things like flavor of the month and whether I worked enough overtime this month to buy something unique .

Now, with a gunsmith repaired stock or was it fore end I dont think I would be paying the $1100.00 dollars for it either in US $ or Cnd $.

Take my opinion for what it is....
Rob
 
They were very nice gun with a very good trigger. The regular grade go from about $900-1200 for what I have seen. They had to have upgrades, if I remember the forend had a tendency to crack. The person who used to do the upgrade was Pat Laib, a gunsmith in the States. He knows them inside out. I would not touch a gun that did not have the upgrades.
 
jacpor said:
They were very nice gun with a very good trigger. The regular grade go from about $900-1200 for what I have seen. They had to have upgrades, if I remember the forend had a tendency to crack. The person who used to do the upgrade was Pat Laib, a gunsmith in the States. He knows them inside out. I would not touch a gun that did not have the upgrades.
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Agree 100%
Cheers
 
Very good info thanks all. I can't confirm of any upgrades done as seller hasn't owned since new. It's been used as a rabbit gun but it's a 60-70% condition. I'm thinking at this point there's too many variables here and sounds like what could be a nightmare. I'll just keep my eyes open for another o/u. Unless the seller comes back with an outstanding low price.
 
AN easy check for upgrades is to look at the bottom of the breechface for two allen head bolts and two pins in the side of the receiver rather than one. The Remington upgraded ones have a center punch mark in the serial number but that would be pretty easy to fake. Fore end cracks are common. There were three of us shooting 3200's in Vancouver at the PITA BC Provincials and one cracked the fore end. I paid 900.00 for mine from the EE last spring and one customized 3200 sold on the EE a month ago for 3000.00.
 
The main upgrade is the receiver. If you look at the breach face with the barrels off, you will see two allen screws in both bottom corners. Pat Laib also did an upgrade to the fore stock. Primarily both were to prevent cracking in the wood. They are an excellent gun and many great shooters have shot winning scores with the 3200s. You need to check the bores and chokes with a bore gauge, so you know what you are getting. Many of those guns have had the chokes and bores "adjusted". Many of the top shooters that I have mentioned have moved on from the 3200s as they become undependable with a lot of wear and it is getting hard to get parts for them. There are only a hand full of places that parts can be purchased. All that being said ... if you find a beautiful safe queen Trap gun with very little use and the updates (mainly the receiver), I'd be willing to pay $1,500. If you can't confirm the bores and chokes, I wouldn't want it at any price.
 
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The main upgrade is the receiver. If you look at the breach face with the barrels off, you will see two allen screws in both bottom corners. Pat Laib also did an upgrade to the fore stock. Primarily both were to prevent cracking in the wood. They are an excellent gun and many great shooters have shot winning scores with the 3200s. You need to check the bores and chokes with a bore gauge, so you know what you are getting. Many of those guns have had the chokes and bores "adjusted". Many of the top shooters that I have mentioned have moved on from the 3200s as they become undependable with a lot of wear and it is getting hard to get parts for them. There are only a hand full of places that parts can be purchased. All that being said ... if you find a beautiful safe queen Trap gun with very little use and the updates (mainly the receiver), I'd be willing to pay $1,500. If you can't confirm the bores and chokes, I wouldn't want it at any price.
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I sure hope it was not a good one being used as a rabbit gun :(
 
No odds now it's sold anyway. The owner never knew if it was upgraded or not either and I didn't get the opportunity to check.
 
I've owned several 3200's the nicest of which was a Live Pigeon tubed set.

Having a look at the pics the price was fair but nothing special given the condition. Nasty crack in the forstock on the right side typical of not having the recall updates done and high volume shooting.

If you had one or more 3200's it would have been a worthwhile purchase for the parts but to buy as a shooter / fixer upper is iffy.
 
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