Robert,
I wish I had been there to discuss it with you. Did you notice how thin the barrel walls were at the muzzle? My cheap choke gauge dropped right in past 12ga IC. I didn't get to measure the barrel length, but only guessed they were 26". So they were most likely cut, but from what length? They must have been cut many inches to completely remove the choke. That gun seemed like a "brush" gun with the straight grip, grouse engraving and choke bore.
I did measure the LOP and it measured 14" from the front trigger. Did you notice how much light you could see through the stock head?
Did you feel there were decent colors under some thick tacky grime on the action? If not what was I seeing there?
Thanks for the additional observations and assessment of the seller.
