Well, the Serialization book says it left Meriden with 28" barrels so they were obviously 'trimmed' most likely because of damage the muzzles had sustained and it doesn't look like the muzzles were finished like that at the factory, though it was done with some care in 'softening' the edges of the cut metal - it certainly wasn't done to reduce choke constriction as that would require at least a half-inch to be removed.
I like the gun a lot and I'm truly sorry I didn't get to Amoskeag for a preview.
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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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