I love cylinder chokes for almost all my upland shooting. One ounce out to around 30 yards produces game getting patterns. And remember, a lot of driven birds in England were shot with cylinder in the early years. Shot cups have improved performance dramatically too. Use it before attempting anything else. I shoot a 1870's Charles Daly hammer gun with cylinder in both and I call it my "Infallible" on flushing quail! And its hell on skeet too. Also have a W & C Scott 10 gauge from about 1870 that is pure cylinder and with 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 ounce shot is deadly on decoyed geese. And remember, the most common boring I've seen in English guns is cylinder right and some degree of choke in the left. Choke is way overblown in American folklore. Guess it goes along with our mentality for magnum this and that--more, MORE, MORE!
I agree, at this point 90% of my shooting, which is over a setter, is CYL/SKEET. That said other types of shooting really do benefit from choke
