I recently brokered the sale of 3 12 gauge side-by-side double guns, for an estate settlement. A Parker GH- 30" uncut Special Steel barrels, DT, non ejector- M&F chokes, 2.625" chambers made in Meriden in 1926-- And two OO grade L.C. Smith doubles, both in 85% condition and with Armor steel barrels- DT, ext. field stocks- one had uncut 30" barrels- the other had the barrels cut to 27&58"- the Smith with the "unmolested" barrels sold for almost 4 times what the "butchered" OO grade fetched- Any idiot that cuts the barrels down on any good shotgun deserves to have the fleas of a thousand camels infest his crotch for the next 10 years--Only other disaster would be to take a Pigeon grade pre-1950 Model 12 Trap gun with the older style milled rib, and cut it down for either a Poly-Choke or a Cutts Compensator- both "God-damn pickles" as my late Grandfather would say. Never share a duck blind or a goose pit with someone using such a "FUBARed" pumpgun.
