Here are the muzzles of my 24" PHE16 that letters with 28" bbls. It has no choke in either bbl. No way to tell for sure if they're factory cut. One forum member has said he thinks so; no one else has ventured an opinion. Looks like it could be factory work.
Dean mentions the bead below. I just looked at my VH and VHE 20's of similar vintage and they have a smaller diameter steel colored bead vs this brass bead.
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