[Ruff Hunter]

In the process of doing a full restoration on a VHE, I just finished rebluing the barrels and noticed that there are very faint but unmistakable rib matting overruns beyond the cut off line that extend to the muzzle. They are easier to see in person than in the photo. This gun has barrels that measure exactly 30", touching tubes at the muzzles, intact keels and the expected tight chokes. I am comfortable saying that it is definitely original barrel length, and the faint matting over runs occurred at the factory. It appears that the matting engraver machine was not quite raised high enough off the rib when the stopping point was reached. I can not recall seeing this before. Has anyone else seen such an example?