When I ran my ladder test I was using my Magnetospeed, so i figure the readings were accurate but 2,804 with 41.7 grains seems awful fast for a factory savage barrel. I was using Hornady once fired brass, annealed, with WLR primers. I was jumping .025. I missed quoted earlier I am running a 26" factory barrel. Thinking about Loading up a few more rounds and run it up to 42.5 or so and see if I can find a high node or start to see pressure. I figure I will end up loading at or around 40.5. I loaded 10 rounds at 40.5 and got a decent group under, just over a half inch but most of the group was horizontal. And it had an SD of 9. Best group I shot so far was Hornady Precision Hunter 143 it shot a 10 shot group, 100 yd, that I covered up completely with a dime. but the SD was mid 30s with a ES in high 70s or 80s but it was running about the same FPS as my 40.5 loads, 2650 avg