Something about how it was done and the wear and such but I doubt I'll ever know for sure. I was told by someone fluent in trapdoor that my 1873 was likely cut down very soon after being sold by the government. I don't know how one tells the difference between a gun cut down way back when by owners and local gunsmiths from those cut down by the Bannerman company and such. The carbine length guns were faster sellers because they were easier to carry and shoot so they cut down a lot of them. The long guns were harder to sell because people were buying them at the time to use, not for collecting. When they ran out of factory built rifles and carbines they started assembling them out of the spare parts they bought. Later in years Bannerman bought tons of the surplused guns and resold them. In my opinion an early cut down carbine has a lot of neat history behind it and shouldn't be considered a "bubba'd" second class gun. A rifle cut down to a carbine was extremely handy for hunting as well as defending the home in what was still wild country in much of America. The long guns were heavy, unweildy and not that great for civilian use. As soon as these rifles were sold as surplus folks started cutting them down.
Some were "bubba'd" but others were cut down by professional gunsmiths years ago.
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