You can start off with reduced loads and increase the power with age.
Nothing like buying a V8 and then ripping some spark plugs to make it "better" for your teenager....
I have to wonder how many that suggest reduced loads have ever really used them themselves. Having done it, I find it sucks. In comparison to just going with a cartridge that recoils less with proper loads, it's a poor bandaid.
I would rather hunt every creature on earth with a 223 with me picking the bullet, than any 7-08/308 with reduced ammo.
