First, the gun was not made to shoot steel shot. Why try to make it something that it is not.
European guns proofed for North American pressure steel shot cartridges have a Fleur de Lis proof mark.
Secondly, the chokes on a Spanish gun are usually marked in tenths of a mm. when compared to the bore diameter marking. A tenth of a mm is about .004 constriction. You can confirm the choke diameter with a micrometer caliper, but you then need to know the bore diameter to calculate the difference.
This should be a great gun for shooting upland and casual clay shooting, but I would not feed it a steady diet of max load North American cartridges. Unless it has the Spanish reinforced proof mark it is not proofed with the same margin of safety as NA guns, due to a discrepancy between European CIP proof standards and SAAMI North American cartridge pressures.
This does not say that the gun is in any way unsafe. It is wise to understand the difference in proof standards between NA and Europe.
I have a number of Spanish guns and respect their design and grace, but treat them with kindness.
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