Long story short, old job of mine was run by a rich douche with no care for anything. Guy cleaned out his dad's house and emptied the garage remnants in the huge dumpster at work. One thing included was a rusted, stuck solid 1897 Takedown, from 1912. I took it home, he didnt want it. Got it apart, made sure it was clear (it was). Years later its been sitting in my closet. Decided to play with it. Originally was a 30" full choke barrel, end of the barrel was in rough shape so I cut it to 18.75". Bore is shiny now! Just need to drill/tap for the original bead.
The stock was cut down at some point with a horrible rubber pad job, so I gave it some field medicine with a DIY rubber pad and some medical bandage (i think it looks cool until I can find a new stock for it)
Cleaned it up best as I could for now, tore the whole action apart and cleaned/lubed it. It is butter smooth! Test fired a few rounds of bird shot, shot great. Put a couple rounds of winchester 00 buck through it today at at yards and im quite happy with the spread.
I dig it so far, its been a fun project.