How much difference does it make down range?
I've been shooting a few rounds of trap each week for a couple of months now, beginning to make good on a back burner resolution of mine to become a better wing shooter. Been having a lot of fun, met some good folks and have enjoyed a pretty steep improvement curve, Saturday I hit 17 out of 25, a personal best, with my little Stevens 5100 16 gauge.
I'm about to start handloading for it even though I have quite a few factory shells. Picking a load, how much difference is a 7/8 ounce load from a one ounce load generally speaking? Seems like it ought to not mean much, and the 7/8 ounce load (shot isn't really cheap) would be like getting every eight shell for free. Recoil isn't really an issue, just wondering what kind of down range difference I might see, particularly since I'm a marginal shooter anyway.