Well, personally, I use tight chokes on all my waterfowl guns but having just bought a rather rare #3 frame 34" DHE that someone put Brileys in as well as owning a Purdey pigeon gun someone did the same to (2 barrel set, though...) I like the versitility of being able to use Hevi-shot or Remington HD (or even steel if you are stuck without proper ammo in Alberta say...)in these old tube choked guns. While I doubt I would have tubed either of these guns myself in the first place, I am not as much a purist as Brothers Day and Eis. Your gun is likely not a collector's item. Do with it as you will. I would suggest .015/.030 as a starting point for decoyed ducks. In fact, that would be Mod/Full in many 12 gauge Model 21s. After spending the day on Friday shooting my 28" DH damascus 20 gauge whose chokes are .012/.024 I am sending it to Mike Orlen this week to take them to .005/.015 my standard 20g bird chokes. Will it diminish the value of the gun? No, it won't but I don't care if it did...
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