Yes, it's had the barrels cut evidenced by the barrel length which shows to have been 30" in the Serialization book and by the lack of steel keels beneath the ribs leaving only lead solder in those spaces.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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