Last year I watched The Highwaymen and developed an irrational case of the wants for a Model 11 riot gun. I recently found a Model 11 with a 28" barrel for a price I was willing to pay. Wood is mismatched but appears intact. It appears to be a 1918-production gun.
So I want to ruin a piece of history.
A concern I have is that, when I chop the barrel, the only real option within my capability is to drill a new bead. The current barrel has the bead mounted on a pedestal. With the shorter barrel, wouldn't the gun shoot quite a bit high moving to a bead-on-barrel setup?
Is the easy button option to just buy one of the rebuild spring kits and replace everything?
And lastly, while this is mostly a fun gun, I'd still like it to be at least a somewhat capable defensive arm. Low recoil flite control buckshot shouldn't hurt the thing, correct?