Thanks- Not being an "Under and Over" man, I thought perhaps it was a Browning. Not surprised at the F&F choking- those birds look way up to my old eyes.
I learned my water-fowl shooting from an old market hunter, who knew the live decoys and no 3-shot plug days quite well. He shot a 30" full choke M97 (which I now own)- I asked him once "How close do you want the birds to be when you shoot?" His answer: "When I can see the color of their eyeballs".
He also taught me" When a duck is droppin', shoot his toenails off, when he is climbin', shoot his bill off!" This works for puddle ducks working the decoys, and also geese- howsome-ever, divers are a "whole 'nother ball game" indeed.
