I don't reload, I just want to take it easy on some of my older guns. I'm a firm adherent to the school that feels anything can be killed with the proper non magnum rifle cartridge and try to expand that to my shotgunning.
I want to shoot loads that will be easy on the likes of 80 year old Ithacas, Nitros, Parkers, etc.
I saw that Remington offered 1oz & 1-1/8oz 16 ga gane loads and was hoping for a simple rule of thumb, the 1oz load would be less punishing.
I'm learning it's not as simple as that. Even if we knew chamber pressures, it doesn't necessarily correlate to recoil which beats up the wood on old guns.
I see that RST has light loads that only seem to be reduced payload, 7/8oz 16 ga shells.
Rob
