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Mike

I've loaded RST hulls with 1 oz loads, but I don't remember off hand, the recipe I used. I believe I used a Gulandi wad and IMR 7625 powder. I'll see what I can come up with.

I've also loaded 1 oz loads using new 2.5" cheddite hulls with a roll crimp.

The information you are looking for is supplied free of charge by the powder manufacturers and is printable online from their various websites. Various hulls, various powder, various wads, primers and various shot loads. Just not much on 16 gauge 2.5" loadings.

The shot cups I pictured above, ARE 1 oz. wad shot cups and you can load 1 oz. in those wad cups with ease in the Cheddite 2.5" hulls. You can increase the powder one shot bushing number or you can leave it at #25 with 1 oz., depending on what you are trying to accomplish.

The #25 bushing is a perfect low pressure load as noted above, that I've used for many years and it breaks clays, kills rabbits, quail, and dove and other upland game with ease in the 16 bore at over 40 yards all day long, from FULL choke 30" bores out West.....

Most of us have pet loads that we've used for many years that we've perfected with trial and error. A lot of us have learned over the years that 1 ounce does no more than 7/8 ounce in the 16 bore and the 12 bore as well. In fact we love the 7/8 ounce loads, to each his own though.

Doug; I'm sure you are right about the 7/8 oz 16 ga load, but I'm a Grouse hunter and I'm getting older and unfortunately don't have the eyes and also don't have the lightning speed and deadly accuracy I once had.....'the old grey mare ain't what she used to be'! So, the more shot the better at least for me. I'm shooting my last few boxes of B&ps 1 1/16 oz shells this week on grouse out of my 16 if that tells you my tale. But I will try your 7/8 oz load on clays and quail and am looking forward to it. Buzz

Buzz, this is pure heresy: the eyes, yes generally, but cataract removal really moved me into hard-to-believe category. Waning speed I'm not so sure. My legs aren't what they were but I think mounting is as fast and maybe a bit faster now. I think mounting is finally fixed between the ears. For any load, I'm a Doug-believer. I'm either on or not, more pellets won't help. This is just intuitive, can't prove it.

Here's a couple I had tested. I was trying for lower pressure loads. I squished the wads all the way down before adding shot gained maybe 1/16" space. I don't think you can find a 1 0z 2 1/2" published data.

RST 2 1/2" 6 fold
Ched 209
Longshot
Sg 16
All loads 7 1/2 shot.

1 oz with 19.0 LS w/BPI extreme spreader
fps 1132 8700 psi

1 oz with 18.2 LS (note 18.2)
fps 1135 6900 psi

15/16 oz 19.0 LS w/BPI spreader
fps 1138 6700 psi

15/16 oz 19.0 LS
fps 1140 6700 psi

Load at your own risk....mileage may vary