Seafire, I know you don't like H4895 for reduced loads, but I also know that you've used it in the past, so I have a question for you: I was shooting a few practice loads using Hodgdon's 60-percent rule behind a 100 grain bullet, and two of the fired cases showed soot all the way down the case body to the extractor groove. Is that normal with H4895 when using it for reduced loads? What a mess.

Thanks

"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown