Beware of the man with one gun who has the proper gun [ or shall we say chokes ] for the game he's shooting. With choke tubes you'd have that. All my guns have fixed chokes and they're LM in both barrels. At my ability I don't feel too handicapped shooting skeet, and they're fine for anything out to 35 to 40 yards, like most SC's targets I shoot. If the cost is not too prohibited, a new shooter should be given every advantage to shoot good scores and at skeet that would be SK/SK or even CYL Bore. Same with trap - Mod choke. If you're a newbe, you're not out to impress others with smoke balls, but shoot a decent score and learn something. You can always screw in the full chokes latter and show off. JMHO