I do not know why it would need to be restored . It looks nice to me as is.
Here is my regular bird gun, an 1881 year on a 1 frame so it is lighter built than yours. You have a stout built shot gun and unless you find that the bores have been bored out excessively , I would load it and fire away. These are not delicate wall hangers.
Here is a Parker recommended load chart contemporaneous with your gun. I have several Parker hammer guns, some older some newer than yours and they get shot regularly . The first photo has black powder loads which which can be converted to drams equivalent .
The second table is from 1910 with DuPont smokeless powder loads .
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