Seating a bullet long isn’t going to cause you to blow up a gun. Unless you seat directly on the lands and your load is already particularly hot.

Usually what limits your COAL length is the Magazine or the action length. With this particular load you might also think about how much bullet shank is in the neck of the case.

I once did a load with 32 Cal 100gr XTP in my Brit 303. I could drive those suckers to 3100fps with Superformance. Trouble was there really wasn’t enough bullet shank sticking in the neck of the case to hold the bullet. I haven’t given up on the load, it think it would be a hell of a varmint load. However the same issue may apply here. You push the bullet out to far and you’ll find there’s not enough neck tension to keep it in place on chambering or under recoil.

Now if you’re in the habit of seating bullets deep, you can get yourself into trouble with pressure. So be careful going below the SAAMI COAL.


Reloading...it’s like knitting for men.