A corollary to load weight is the old saw that for an ounce of shot, one needed 6 lbs of gun weight; therefore for the typical load of 1 1/8 oz of the 16, the gun need be no more than 6 lbs, 2 oz. Of course, those in the clay sports would prob find recoil too much with hundreds of shots a day.
But, for me that is right on for the uplands. Very few guns meet this quasi standard as we all know.
Another....Extreme FPS loadings are mostly good for recoil and little else....
https://www.shotgunlife.com/shotguns/tom-roster/does-speed-kill.html
