Please console me

[catnthehatt]

There are a couple version of the events. One has Krieghoff buying the rights to the Model 32 directly from Remington in the late 40's. The other is that it was Hal DuPont who owned rights to the Model 32 as a result of his family (DuPont of chemical fame) buying a piece of Remington in the 30's. This version has Hal Dupont going to Europe in the 50's to find a maker for the Model 32 because Remington had stopped production during the war.

The original Model 32 was designed by Crawford Loomis based on top sliding lock from a French designer (Didier?). I'm not sure if Valmet every owned the patents to the Model 32 although they did build a gun with a similar top lock design.

I have a Tikka 412S ( the recoil pad says "Valmet") and a Spanish gun that have the same type of sliding top lock.
I like the system, it locks up strong, for sure.
Cat

 

[wardog3006]

the problem with Kreighoffs...

the problem is, if you bought a gun like that, you would still be paying for it, instead of having all the other guns you have

 

[Win/64]

the problem is, if you bought a gun like that, you would still be paying for it, instead of having all the other guns you have

So what's your point?

 

[Covey Ridge]

Even if you could, it would (almost) be a shame to take them out of the safe and subject them to potential damage.

The only potential damage one should think about is the clay