The document discusses experimental tests conducted on full-scale masonry walls to evaluate stress reduction factors under axial and eccentric loading. Tests were conducted on bricks, mortar, masonry prisms and two axially loaded walls and two eccentrically loaded walls. Stress reduction factors were computed using a secant formula and compared to code provisions. The stress reduction factor obtained from experiments was 0.40, which compared reasonably well with Eurocode and British code provisions but not with the Indian code.