I use an old belgium browning auto full choke made in 1928. Its an old gun but still in pretty good shape. I have a ten year old brittney that I bough as a pup and has a better pedagree than mine lol. ukc, akc and afsd- american field stud regestered that i bought in the rural area in southern iowa a few miles from missouri. I load my own shells after loosing to many pheasants to going away shots. Got ahold of a guy i knew at the fin and feather sporting goods store and we put together a recepie for some very hot and potent loads, they don’t get away anymore even at 45 to 50 yrds. 2 3/4″ loads, 2 3/4″ casing, 1 1/2 oz of 4 shot, 37 1/3 grains of hs7, double a red wad sized and crimped at 60 pounds. They pack a wholop at 50 yrds. 12 cents a round two years ago. Thats less than 4 bucks a box compared to 12 bucks a box on the shelf and have the same dram equivalant as a 31/2 nitro mag. I really want to go to south dakota this fall to hunt pheasants, lucky day.