Hmm... in the same area as the repair, I have what looks like a brass rod through the stock of my beat-up 12 gauge. I don't have plate, though, just a pin through the stock. Maybe a similar repair? Possibly this was common practice back in the day?
I would have a gunsmith look over it before I'd shoot it, but you should at least make sure there's no looseness at the barrel/receiver. Use a feeler gauge at the barrel/receiver junction. If it's out, check in the threads I have about my two Parkers, as one of the guys put up a procedure, with pics, on how to shim this out.
I have a 1901 16 gauge the guys couldn't find in the book and it has 24 inch barrels, as well. Yours look similar to mine, head-on. Using an internal mic of the barrels, they landed at a reading which equaled Improved Cylinder choke. I can't remember the values offhand; they're written down at home.
Shane
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