Welcome to the forums. I am not an expert like most on here, but I believe a 1frame 16 ga VH parker like yours is a very desirable gun. Hopefully the stock dimensions and chokes are suitable for you and your hunting pursuits. You can pattern it on paper to see what the chokes are like, or you could measure the constrictions to determine choke. It would be good to know what the chokes are.
And, hopefully you got it for less than collector value which leaves some meat on the bone for you to spend on fixing the metal. You might be at or a little over resale value at that point, but no matter since you don't plan to sell it.
I am just like you in that I would have the metal that should be case colored done and the metal that should be blued re-done. Then you'd have an excellent skeet, sporting clays and hunting gun that will withstand all the shooting you want to do and it will still be ready for your son after that.
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