I've been reading that thread and purposely did not reply. Only the Stock Book is available for this gun and it verifys 28" barrels. If the gun was returned to either Meriden or Illion, it's not in the order books. To me, the gun looks worked on and not just the barrels but without more detailed pictures of the forend including the reinforcing rod, water table, and sides of the receiver, it's not an absolute. To my eye, the butt stock looks original but the case colors on the bottom of the receiver look too splotchy. That's why I'd like to see the water table.
If that's all the pictures the seller sent to Del Grego, Del Grego didn't have much to base an opinion on. From what I'm told, they don't keep track of guns worked on by the serial number, they keep track of the name of the person who sent them the gun. If I'm wrong, someone can correct me on this.
Either way, from what I've seen, it's a nice gun but until I would get further proof to originality, I wouldn't pay as if original.
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