Don't do anything for at least five years. If you do anything, it will be wrong in five years. Maybe 15 or 20 years ago, I bought a field used VHE .410 Skeet. I have not done anything to it in 15 or 20 years. In that 15 or 20 years, I haven't seen an absolutely original field used VHE .410 Skeet. I think that mine may be the only one left. All the rest are refinished. What do you think the serious collector will be searching for? I would love to buy the .410 pictured by the original poster, but I guess a refinisher will end up with it. I have a 20 gauge VHE full optioned gun with similar wood and I have avoided refinishing that heat damaged wood on that mint gun for more than 20 years. It will be worth thousands more than a refinished gun when I choose to sell it. Refinished wood means refinished metal---who can tell?
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