The cut down barrel may have been done during the service life of the pistol. There are numerous examples of LP08s with shortened barrels. It is thought that barrels with damaged muzzles or frozen adjustable front sights were cut off and the front sight repositioned as on your gun. So it my have been an actual armorer modification. I once owned an artillery holster that was made for a 7" barrel. I didn't discover it until I tried to put my LP08 into it and the lid wouldn't close!
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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