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As per my post #10 above, I think it is a trade gun from the 1830s to 1850s.
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your link must be sending me to a different item then because the one i seeing your link isnt a carbine , its a 1/2 stock fowler ,. could be a trade gun or at least a gun of trade which includes any number of guns both smooth and rifled .
without seeing it and looking for the tell tail signs , its pretty hard to say if it was cut down or not . as i said , it could be . however the transition from O to R is real short and normally when a piece is cut down that transition isnt changed .
But im thinking again its a Calvary carbine
in other words something built for the same purpuse as this was built for
http://collectorebooks.com/jamesauct...lwar/31337.htm