I called the guy on the 3200. It was a beautiful gun, but it had not been back for the upgrades. Great gun, great wood, beautiful, as 3200's go, but not having the upgrades stopped me cold. I called Liab's about the upgrades, they will do them for $400.00. Not alot of money really, but abit to much for my tastes.
While talking with Pat and Tom I decided to go with the barrel upgrade to 30". They do an awful lot of work for the money they charge. New barrels fit to my action, choked any way I want, POI's adjusted to my liking, and since the barrels have been rattling around in factory boxes for more than 30 years, they will reblue them.
I just know I'll pick up a couple birds towards that first 100 straight .... even if I don't ...... who cares, my favorite gun will have 30" barrels, I'll have it all in my limited way. I can even pretend to be superior to the interchangeable choke tube guys. When they ask why I am sticking with an old fixed choke gun, I can step them back and proudly say, "I had these barrels specially fitted and choked for my gun and my gun only, its the way I want it to be." Then I can baffle them with bull, by saying something like, "a fixed choke has a superior pattern". Sure I know its all hype, but what the heck, you've gotta have fun where you can find it.