You guys may be over thinking this. One ounce 16-gauge loads have been virtually a "standard" since UMC first offered factory loaded smokeless powder shotgun shells in 1891.
Back in the day, 25 or so years ago, Byron Sterling who ran the shop for Randy Shuman up in Newville, PA, tipped me off to the fact that Winchester/Western were putting up their 16-gauge Dove & Quail loads in a compression formed hull like the AA. I bought several flats and have been reloading them for decades. I first loaded them with a Winchester 209 primer, 20.5 grains of WSF, the WAA-16 wad and one ounce of shot. When Olin discontinued the WAA-16 wad, I bought up all of them Green Top Sporting Goods in Richmond had, which lasted me quite a while. Just as I was about to run out of 16-gauge reloads, Claybuster came to the rescue with their CB-16 wad and I'm still using those compression formed hulls. About the same time Down Range introduced their DR 16 wad and I got a 7/8 ounce load from the 16-gauge society for use in the Federal hull which I had a good supply of -- Winchester 209, 16.2 grains of American Select, the DR 16 wad and 7/8 ounce of shot.
Several years ago I bought some flats of those black 16-gauge Remington Game Loads that were one ounce at 1200 fps, the same as the Winchester Ball Powder Loading Guide says my reloads are, and I found those Remingtons exceedingly harsh!?!
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