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Due to my crash a few years ago I have had to give up my side by side. My whole chest was crushed and my right shoulder and arm can't take the recoil and I struggle ot lift it now for any length of time. I am OK for 2 or 3 shots, but it then really hurts still, so my shooting has been very limited and I have hardly used the shotgun as a result. When the light returns I will photograph it and put it up for sale, but it is wet and miserable and grey and dull outside so that will have to wait. I have bought a semiauto, single barrel 12g. It is a Beretta of some sort, hardly used, from a friend who prefers his up and under. I can't fetch it yet because my shotgun certificate is still going through the mill - 3 months late already and I am still under the extension letters they send out, so I can't add it to my certificate until that is done. However, in preparation for when I can get it, and hopefully in time for the spring drillings, it has multi chokes. Just out of interest, in a modern gun like this, what kind of chokes would people recommend for general shooting? I tend to use pretty standard cartridges, 2 1/2" 1oz 1/8th 6s or 1 ounce 7.5s for woodcock flighting. My old English gun (Midland action, Thomas Hawkes) was bored and regulated imp and 1/4 by Tony White, which suits most situations. I have never used an auto before, but I have been assured by several people that the auto will be kinder on me as most of the recoil is taken up cycling the next cartridge. Does this reduce the power of the pellets? Will I have to use bigger cartridges to compensate for the recoil system? And consequently have to use tighter chokes to compensate for the bigger pellets, or does everything just work the same? Any help to get back into shotgun gratefully received.