Originally Posted by james-l
It wasn't just junkers this was done to, I once had a BHE Parker that had the same stock treatment and and the barrels cut in front of the forend. Had it mono-blocked by John Foster and restocked. Later discovered that it was originally a 34" gun, as it had no safety, deep floral and scroll engraving it was indeed very rare gun at one time.

I chased a Diana Grade Superposed at a police auction a few years ago. It was the O/U version of the gun in the OP.
It didn't go as cheaply as I was hoping.

Mike