#177061

[Mike]

Harold did you check to see if the barrels are touching at the end or if the lines on the rib top extend all the way to the end? There should be a small area at the tip of the rib that is plain.

[Harold Pickens]

The barrels appear to be uncut, however the chokes may have been opened up. I think open chokes were not all that uncommon--I had 2 dealers in old doubles tell me my DHE 16 O frame had cut barrels and/or non-original chokes because they check out at cyl/mod. Factory letter said 26" and cyl/mod.
I think that mi9ght be an interesting thread--who has open choked guns that can be documented with factory letters.