For years I shot 1 ounce loads for all my 16 gauge target shooting and hunting. Then I started experimenting with 7/8 ounce and even 3/4 ounce loads for trap and skeet respectively. I broke just as many (if not more) targets and was quite happy to economize on shot accordingly. I figured I got a free shell with every 8 rounds by dropping to 7/8 ounce. Just that little bit less recoil wasn't turned down either. Green Dot was my powder of choice.
My shotgunning has waned but I still keep a couple 16's around for company for my 12's and 28's, and because of my reduced shooting I figure the closet full of 16 gauge 7/8 and 3/4 ounce loads should see me through to the end.
Note: 7/8 ounce loads work beautifully in the 12's to, even out to the mid-handicap trap distances. No small consideration in this day and age of usurious shot prices. More is not necessarily better, and less can be very satisfying.
