From a price standpoint most Husqvarna shotguns are not very expensive. I own one with almost 90% Case colors, beautiful blue, and a nice piece of wood. It was choked Full and Full. For a $100 bill I had my gunsmith open them up to IC and LM. Now I have a great clays gun and hunting gun. From a purest view I get not wanting to alter the gun's originality. With guns, I generally equate cost of work done versus return on investment. Would I bore out a $10,000 Purdey? Would I add a piece of wood to the comb of my Boss? Probably not. But maybe, if money was not object. There are many examples in our hobby where a beautiful double has been butchered (at least in our own opinion) and we exclaim, "I can't believe someone would do such a thing!" Well, we also do not know the reason behind it. Did the owner start having physical issues as to necessitate the gun be altered? Were the barrels shortened because they moved to a place where the terrain was so overgrown that a longer set of barrels just got in the way? Did they develop a handicap where the gun was too heavy and now they needed less weight so they could shoulder the gun? Many times a gun is altered out of necessity. Many of the classic guns we own were used to put food on the table. Sometimes there were altered for no other reason than to suit the owners particular taste and style. Sometimes they were altered because they could not afford another gun! Stove bolts were often used to replace broken screws. Barrel lugs were crudely welded to keep the gun in working condition. Stocks were cut when the gun changed hands to fit the new owner, etc., etc. Back then, the owners were not overly concerned about future value. Sometime we look at these relics with a distorted lens by applying our values to a gone by era that would not understand them. In your example I would have a competent gunsmith change the choking and I would not mess with a second set of barrels. In the end, it's your project if it floats your boat do it!
