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Originally Posted by gunluvr
The load specs you posted sounds a mite hot. OAL of 2.81 would be max mag length in a T3. A 150 gr. bullet with the same 46 gr. of Varget would still be close to max load. Check your distance to lands with either bullet. You can't go longer, and shorter would decrease case capacity, raising pressure.
I think 150 gr. bullets are optimum in a 308.
Start over with minimum load and work up in .5 gr. increments. But definitely find max OAL first, and allow at least 20 thou. jump.
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I just happen to have a Nosler book next to me and checked because it seemed that 46 grains of Varget seemed like a lot to me as well .
In there it shows that the load is 103% compressed at 2.810
I have no idea how that would work in a Tikka magazine but I have not used a compressed load for quite some time as I found no need for it - I shoot only 155’s out of my 308’s however ......
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