Thanks Dave, that's what I thought I had read at some point, though I didn't realize they could also be shorter as well. I'll get to find out for myself as I bought the gun.
I really should know better by now but I couldn't help myself on this one. The gun was advertised as a 12 gauge. When I asked about barrel length and choke, I got 29.5" and "appears to be full choke". I don't know how they measured the barrels/chokes.
The serialization book shows it to be a: 1877 Grade 0, straight stock 10 gauge with 29" barrels. From the pictures it looked in a decent(but worn) original shape. The stock does not have checkering, which makes sense for a grade 0. The forearm has a crack though I don't know how serious. The screws I could see looked much nicer than I usually see on a grade 0 gun. I guess the serialization book could have the gauge wrong? All the serial numbers matched. I didn't see many 29" barrels in the serialization book. I guess part of me was thinking that they did know what the gun really was.
We'll see what I get. Either way(a 12 or a 10) I wanted this for some reason. I'll post some pictures when I get it next week. Jay
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