Fact is chokes mean little if one points well....Exception being the extremes of cylinder and full....And if we don't point well they mean little again....
Fact.
I don't hunt upland much or at all, anymore. But used to LIVE for pheasant over my pointing dogs. At that time, I ran 2 3/4" 12 gauge imp. cyl. with #7 1/2 shot as most shots were at my leisure......whatever yardage I chose to pull the trigger. I chose I.C. only for minimizing meat damage. On a rare (LOL !!) occasion that I happened to miss the first shot..........follow-ups at distance were very effective so long as I pointed well.
