Dave: In your post, you state " I don't think they've been cut" The Meriden Firearms did something that I wish every gunmaker had done. They stamped the barrel length and the type of barrel steel, on the water table. You should find a letter and 2 digits on the water table to identify the barrel steel and the factory length, such as K32, for a 32' Krupp barrel, D28 for a 28" Damascus, S30 for 30" Fluid Steel, and T26 for a 26" Twist Steel barrel... MDC