for the information on reduced loads, but I have another question. I have heard you shouldn't use reduced load brass for full power loads. Will someone explain the reasons? TIA.

Never heard that one before...

No!! Never heard of it!!??
BUT, i've heared that you shall NEVER use a brand new rifle on long ranges.............
(bad joke!!)

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Shoot well, and hit hard.

Arild.

I couldn't think of any reason either,but sometimes that's what you get for thinking. Some articles mention marking the cases with some type of dye or other identifyer so as not to get them mixed up with "regular" cases. Appreciate the replies.

BEJ,

I have heard this one before.

The excuse given was that you MIGHT forget a case with a reduced charge in it, and then put some more powder as a normal load.

This might cause a dangerous situation.

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www.accuratereloading.com

There is a warning not to use reduced loads with slow powders as unpredictable things may happen including blowing up your gun.
Therefore only fast powders like N110 should be used. I addition, a filler like cotton or capok should be used to keep the powder in posizion. For load calculation, the weight of the filler has to be added to the bullet weight.

For reduced loads, there is an special case (Samereier) available which has a reduced volume which means the walls of the body are massive brass which will not expand as usual - only the neck seals against pressure thus blowback tendency is increased.

For load calculation, these cases are incorporated in Quickload.