Keith,
Looking at your business
https://texashuntingsys.com it is evolution from the plantation days of mule drawn wagons.
I appreciate your prospective on your 20 gauge. I too have a few that fall into that category. One is the VH 12 gauge that Sherman Bell blew the barrels off of. He found that fluid steel Parkers are just as stout as Damascus. So with no barrels and shattered stock I patiently waited. My cousin gave Uncle Bill's, her father, 20 VH, a 16 VH with single trigger and no stock, plus a set of #2 frame Damascus Barrels.Being partial to straight stocks and checkered butts both the 16 and 12 received scraps.