I re-load 3/4-ounce loads for my 12-ga LC Smith and 12-ga Browning 725. The Smith is choked full and full and, as said above by Kutter, with tight chokes 3/4 ounces is plenty for most 5 stand targets. I use the 725 with skeet chokes to shoot skeet and do fine depending on how well I point the gun. Recoil is minimal. I use #8 shot for clays with these light loads and #9 would be even better for skeet. Last fall I used the LC Smith for high flying late season doves, using 7/8-ounce loads, #8 with a spreader in the right barrel and #7.5 in the left barrel. Worked well. I use Extra-Lite powder, Cheddite primers, CB 0175 and 0178 wads, Remington or Win AA hulls. Alliant's website has plenty of loads listed for Extra-Lite.