Best option for value: leave alone
Next best option for usability and value: re-cut chokes right by someone who knows what they are doing.
Worst option for value: install screw in chokes.
Absolute worst option: shorten barrels.
I threw in the last in for comedy.
My personal thoughts on recutting chokes are as follows: if there are no factory records on a gun to say how the chokes were originally cut, and you get them recut properly, there is no way anyone would know the gun was altered. Realistically speaking.
Screw in chokes would add versatility, but it is pretty universally frowned upon by most who are into classic double guns. Now... If you have the opportunity to buy a gun that has already had screw in chokes installed, and the price is right, buy it for a shooter. But shame on the person who pays to have the chokes installed.
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