Might as well give my 2 cents worth. From my experience and just like other people said, trydifferent choke tubes and ammo to find out what your gun likes. As far as buckshot, living here in Virginia in some counties it is all you can use.Being from the midwest and coming to Virginia I thought it was the strangest thing in the world. Now using dogs and buckshot has grown on me.It is effective to a point and the best option when shooting at deer in the cutover that are hauling freight.