I have a life long friend who hunted from his teenage years into his sixties with a 12ga Winchester model 97 with a 28 inch barrel and no choke. He had a Springer and shot a lot of pheasants. Just before he retired he got himself a Beretta Sporting clays gun with 32 inch barrels and put open choke tubes in it. He still kills a lot of (pen raised) birds but complains of pain between the shoulder blades. He bought a Franchi SL in 12 gauge with 28" barrels but has never used it. Just the Beretta. He's left eye dominant and right handed an shoots that way. I appreciate how much he enjoys his gun.