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Old 01-05-2015, 09:54 AM   #1
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A new K32?
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Old 01-05-2015, 10:07 AM   #2
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A new K32?
Yep , along about 85 or 86 I bought it . Allem had bought all the remaining new K-32's that Hal DuPont had except for the Crowns and Super Crowns .
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The "leftover" K-32s were spread around to several dealers. Kolar, Bingham and Parks, Southwest and a couple of others were selling them for $1900 to $2000 each. Some were cut down trap guns made into skeet guns and some were unmodified. I was considering buying one for skeet, but got caught up in the 3200 Remington frenzy when Matt Dryke won the Olympic Gold Medal shooting the 3200. It took years for me to buy my first K-32, for $775.
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Yes as Larry said above Angelo Bee did the work and it is consistent with the Belgium Browning style. He has done quite a few projects for me in the past, I'll attach a few pictures of grade IV Superposed he just finished for me, the wood for the Perazzi and model 21 Angelo did for me. He is one heck of a guy. I went to Liege Belgium with him a couple years ago and he introduced me to a few of the other Browning engravers Jean Diet and Rocco Capece. They are wonderful people and I was very fortunate to make the trip with him.

Next on the agenda is a MX-8 side plate 31 1/2" gun. The plates are installed but the engraving will not be done till Summer most likely.
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That is one great Grade 4 Superposed. Can we see a view with the wood included?
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Sorry about the quality of these, its all I have right now.
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Well the MX8 is done
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Very nice finished product. The Grade IV Superposed is a better piece of work than any factory Grade IV I have seen. The oak leaves are deeper, at least they appear to be.
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If you have the Superposed book it was copied from an elaborate Grade IV pictured over 4 pages. I believe Funken did the original.
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