I have a couple of Dixie's poor boys, they were originally .50s. I re-barreled them to .54s and refinished them, they had more wood then needed almost everywhere, I don't know if that is the case with your .32. For the poor boys I removed a whole bunch more than the finish, you might want to do the same. Mine were supposedly oriental cherry and they stained nicely (my opinion) with aqua fortis.