mike: what you say is generally true for modern guns. however, when it comes to antiques, it has been my experience that the overall original condition of an item is the most important factor.
An antique double gun with cut barrels is severely discounted for those cut barrels. If the rest of the antique double gun is all original finishes in high condition it is still severely discounted by the market for the cut barrels.
...as to the barrel length on the Remington in question, no one really knows for sure if the barrels are original length or not.ery unusual for a gun this old.
We believe we do know that they were cut. There were numerous reasons given in this thread as to why we beilieve that. If they are not cut there is no factory letter to prove that. So the market will always view them as "cut" because that is exactly what the appear to be. The market will always discount the gun substantially because the market will always perceive this gun as having cut barrels.
