The 26 inch barrels are basically worthless. Except the the shooter that wants them. Try to sell just the barrels and tube set together!!! These old sub-gauge tubes are near worthless as well. If something breaks your ship out of luck. Every company who made them is gone, except Briley. Who may not have made them to start with? They can't be repaired in most cases. You can't hunt or shoot trap or Sporting clays with the barrels as well. They have fixed skeet chokes remember. If you mess with the chokes you can't use the sub-gauge tube set anymore. They have been fitted to the end of the barrel. So what you have is little more than a receiver that you don't have any idea what work needs to be done to it. So paying more is a gamble IMO. Now if our OP wants and likes the 26 inch barrels thats fine. But IMO he can use this to get the price down at the gun shop. It does not hurt to try. It will not be selling anytime soon.Resale on 26” barrels isn’t great, but I wouldn’t say it’s nothing. Someone might want them for hunting or a youth gun.
Where is the serial number line for most desirable 32’s ???As others have said you are basically buying the iron. The serial number is high enough the trigger should not be a problem. I recently was looking for a set of 32 iron, finally found some had been recently serviced. Gave over $1800.00 for it. I am having double releases installed as a backup if needed. You should be able to build you a really nice gun and have about $3500.00 when completed. It will last you a lifetime if taken care of. The current barrel and tube will be lucky to bring 800.00 however you may go back and check this site just last month someone was looking for a set of 26" barrels, you could get lucky. At that price Unless it is really rough I don't think you could loose anything.
Buster
Thanks will keep your offer of help in mind.Rick I am also left handed. I also built my. Krieghoff from a model 32 receiver. You can see it on this site, Omega is finished. It really turned out nice, and I had a lot of fun finding barrels, grip caps etc. If you take your time you can build one at a reasonable price. I probably have to much in this gun, but it is my last competition gun so I wanted to get it finished quickly so I could enjoy it. Sometime if you would like to contact me and visit about k guns, pm me and I will give you my phone number.
Buster