For about 20 years I exclusively used a Dickson (box lock) 28 for all my hunting. It is bored cylinder and light full. The open/tight combination has served me well in the grouse and woodcock coverts as well as on prairie Bobs. The 28 will swat pheasants over pointing dogs, too.
I have another 28 that is a two barrel set: one cylinder/full and the other skeet 1/skeet 2. After shooting it for several years, I found that the skeet 1/skeet 2 barrels were the only set I used on quail and grouse.
Don't forget that the shells you use will make a difference in your patterns, and you can sometimes get nearly the equivalent of a choke size by the speed and pressure of the load.
FWIW, I found heavy 28 gauge loads to not pattern nearly as well as 3/4 oz. loads. Spending some time at the pattern board before you open those chokes might be revealing. Good luck with your decision...and in your hunting over pointing dogs (the only way to go as far as I'm concerned).
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