Once you know it is being done for enjoyment, not investment, it doesn't really matter anymore.
It isn't the Holy Grail. It's a shotgun that isn't new anymore. If it is not a high value, rare, unique, investment quality gun, then Who cares? Enjoy it, play with it, shoot it, but understand no one cares but you.
Here's an Ithaca I stuck $1200 into because I wanted to. No other sensible reason. Still need the barrels done right.
Before

after

Out there doing it best I can.