I purchased a Parker Reproductions Steel Shot Special when they first became available (English Grip, Splinter FE,Single Trigger)& shot it for several years at casual sporting clays & as my go to pheasant gun. I shot 7/8 oz handloads @ clays & Winchester 1 1/4 oz 3 1/4 DE pigeon loads for pheasant & recoil was not an issue.
I don't remember the specific choke constrictions but they were close to IC & Mod so worked well with lead for upland use & were supposed to be ideal for steel but I have no experience with steel.
I thought it was a really nice gun for the $$ & my only gripes were the so called "case color" which quickly wore off & the short L.O.P. The Parker style skeleton butt plate with "widows peak" @ the heel makes squaring up the butt to add a 1" recoil pad while gaining a meaningful increase in L.O.P. difficult.
I tried a slip on leather pad to increase L.O.P. but did not care for it as the increased weight spoiled the gun't balance so If you go that route take care to find something as light as possible.
