DB Bill,
I agree with you but if he said the 1 ouncers would be 12.5% better, his math would be as off as yours, it is 14.28% (8 divided by 7).

3/4 oz. nickel #5, PC wads and 800x.

1 oz. loads are good in big bores, not 28 & 20's.

My personal, no cost opinion backed up by numerous dead birds.

federal plastic cases paper base wad pold crimp
blue dot 20.0 fed 209a 2 28ga bp .125 cards
1 28ga bp 1/2" fiber =1112 fps

H110 35.0 fed 209a 1 28ga bp .125 card = 1319 fps
1 28ga bp 1/2" fiber

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From the Hodgdon 2004 Annual reloading manual:
Fiocchi plastic target hulls:23gr.Lil Gun,Ched.209 primers,BPHV28 wads.
Same hull,powder,23.5 gr.Lil Gun,Fio.616 primer and same wad.Both loads give 1200fps.
Dont you love the 28?

Bravo five one.

I'm curious with no hidden agenda but why would you want a 1oz load for a 28ga...how much better could it be than a 7/8oz load....and please don't say 12.5%.

I shoot the 28ga quite a bit and find the secret is not to increase the amount of shot, but rather to increase the amount of choke as you go to larger shot.

I'm with DB Bill on this one also. If you want a 1oz load use a 20,16 or 12. I shoot a lot of skeet and upland birds with the 28. For Grouse, Quail, and Woodcock the std skeet load with 7 1/2 or 8's is fine.

Yeah, me too. I use a 7/8th oz. load in a 12 for clays and quail........And in a 20 also.

DBBill has it right. If you really need more shot, then you need a bigger ga. Multiple tests over the years have shown that the 3/4 ounce load is really the most balanced for the 28 with the 7/8 working fairly well. An analogy would be someone trying to get .300 Win Maq ballistics out of a .308. It ain't gonna happen without something being strained (or blown in this example ). 28 is a wonderful ga. but it ain't a 12 or even a 20. However, I'd be the first to admit that a good man with a 28 will embarrass most guys with a 12.

My opinion, save worrying about the wt of the shot charge and shoot it enough to be expert with the ga.

I just got back from SD on a pheasant hunt. I was using my superposed 28 for the first time. I found some Fiocchi 28 ga "golden Pheasant" loads, #6 shot, nickel plated and was ecstatic with the performance. they killed as well as the 20 ga loads I had been using. Believe me, they were not too light a load for the birds.