Yep. I ground the barrels on most all my old SxS's. I'm a shooter, not a curator. And, truth be told, I shoot em pretty good. I don't expect to sell any of them and won't be around to hear anybody whine about the way they were butchered.

On my one and only grouse gun, I ground out the chokes to suit me but left the forcing cones short since I do use 1950's vintage (fiber wads) factory ammo.