It is a John Browning design that has been in production since 1937. Made in Ithaca, NY for years but CO. has been sold a few times in last 20 years. New they are now about 1200.00. I would trade for a short barrel rather than cut a barrel that is worth about 300.00. Older production barrels...
The 725 has a shorter receiver and is a totally different gun that the CXS "Citori." I have both. The 725 has manual triggers...not recoil operated. Either will last several lifetimes.