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Just for shootability, would a barrel relining make something like that safe to shoot?
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The only hope would be to take the measurements off the old one, create a working drawing, and send it off to a barrel manufacturer to have a new one made. The problem is, you will lose any proof marks that was on the original, etc., unless those could be copied and recreated by a CNC engraver, but then, you run the risk of breaking the law by forging proof marks. You would have to always state it was unauthentic.
The other, would be to have a good barrel house bore that out, paper thin at the muzzle, and maybe make a stepped insert barrel, a larger step at the chamber, that could be slid in from the breech, and silver soldered in place. That would probably be the most expensive method, since you're still making a new barrel, and using the old one as a skin. I think this has been done on some old Broomhandles.
IMO, though, that barrel is toast.