For light factory loads that work well I've been shooting B&P High Pheasant loads 1 oz at 1160 fps and PSI in the 6000 range. They have proven to be very effective on wild pheasants and are a pleasure to shoot out of my 5 lb 15 oz sxs 12ga with a hard buttplate. They are 2 1/2" loads designed for light game guns. If you buy any of them be sure you get the 1 oz as they have a 1 1/16th oz load at a 100 fps faster that has much more felt recoil.
RST also make factory low pressure light loads.
I strongly recoment finding a used MEC 600 before buying a Lee. I have a couple of Lee's on the shelf that I replaced with MEC's and it make reloading a real pleasure.
My target loads are 7/8 oz over Greendot in 2 1/2" 12ga and my watwerfowl loads are 7/8oz ITX shot over PB in 2 1/2" 12ga.
All I ever load anymore are 2 1/2" shells as that is what a lot of my guns shoot and they work just fine in my 2 3/4" guns and I don't have to deal with a bunch of different shells.
