308 Berger hybrid target 155 - seating depth??

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Seating depth for these bullets that has worked?

Did not have much luck at the range yesterday. Loaded a workup from 45.5-46.5 gr varget using lapua brass and 210Ms. Thinking my ogive is way off from the norm. Rifle I'm using is an HS HTR 1:12 20" .
 
.015 off the lands with 45.3 of XBR or 47.1 varget in wincester brass worked well for me. This ended up approximately 2.95 oal, fed fine from AW mags but not much bullet left in the neck. Drop charges at least a grain if using lapua instead of wincester brass.
 
This is not a very good way to choose an OAL. You need to get the proper tools and measure. You risk running into the lands and pressure spiking, when you blindly extend your OAL. 1 grain is not a big enough window in a .308 to be load work up. Unless you already know your node and are testing it with a new lot of bullets or powder.
 
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