I'd say for sure the barrels were cut. I've never seen a Sauer that had anything nearly that crude as the finish of the muzzel. In the picture it also looks as though the front bead is epoxied in place. I'd also check to see if the chamber has been recut. That said it looks like the rest of the gun is typical high quality Sauer work.
As I said in the PM to builder. This gun interests me because I picked up a Sauer 2 years ago that someone had actually filed off most of the "clamshells". The rest of the gun is in good shape. The barrels are 32" full and fuller and good shape. So I'd be interested in it just to get one of the 2 back to a nice and shootable condition.
Bill
