Serial numbers inset

[Mike P]

Interestingly enough, I talked to the guy selling this gun. The serial numbers on the forearm iron and trigger guard match the 20-5038 that he put on the listing (I saw pictures confirming this), but both sets of barrels are 20-01334 (and have the same milling marks). There was some thought that he may have been mixed up the barrels with another 20ga repro at some point but I never heard a conclusion either confirming or rejecting that idea. And at that point, what little interest I had in the gun was gone.

It seems odd that someone would modify the serial numbers on the barrels that doesn't match the rest of the gun, which lends some credit to the theory that the barrels were swapped between guns at some point (after the serial number change on the barrels). I would love to know the whole story, but the seller didn't have any additional history he could provide, so I doubt we'll ever find out.