Might have been cut for a Cutts. Seems to me that 90% of that era guns seem to have Cutts. I know that is well above the real number. When I see a short barrel gun like that I think of a Cutts gun that has been returned to non Cutts status.
No offense intended, but I don't know about it being a true Cutts gun. A true Cutts- Model 12 (from what I always understood) is not supposed to have any choke markings stamped on the barrel. That is one of the ways you know it is a true Cutts gun. This one (looks like it) has the original WS-1 stamp on the barrel. And I don't know why someone around here would change a Cutts gun. Model 12s with Cutts around here right now are a really hot item in this area. It is really odd. But a nice gun. I am so tempted.
