Everyone has a different opinion on this subject....I like nicely restored guns as long as they are professional and completed as original......, no barrel changing work, choke changing, forcing cone changes, rubber pads added, beaver tail forends added or extra holes......some people like all these changes.......to me, those guns are butchered forever......change the ammunition, not the gun.....if you need all that barrel work, buy another gun......
Patina is rust, I don't like rust...a little care prevents rust......blueing is rust also, but applied by choice.....
The gun pictured was made in 1914 and was cared for properly....I re-blued the barrels, trigger guard etc. and refinished the wood because that is the way I like my guns...., but I also do all my own work.....so very little cost......
This choice depends on your personal opinion---Do What You Want That Suits You, even barrel work if that is what you want, it is your gun---...others will disagree here for sure...., but then again I would not drive around in a '37 Ford Convertible covered with patina or shoot rusty guns either......JMO.....to each his own.....it's a matter of individual personal taste.......
