Well the small based die worked! Not a hint of a sticky bolt what so ever. BIG TIME thanks to y'all for the input (E"s I and SG1 nailed it).
Shot six 5 shot groups working up from 41 gr to 42.3 of IMR 4064 using 175 SMK's w/ an OAL of 2.80.

Accuracy was best w/ the 41gr @ .698" grouping going between 2599 and 2637 FPS and 41.7gr @ .76" grouping going between 2705 and 2774 FPS (seems like and awful big spread).

Everything else (41.3, 41.5, 42gr) was just over an inch. Well that's not quite accurate, the 42gr looked as if I had loaded bird shot. I did not even to bother to measure the "group" and my velocities were from 2800 to 2852fps. I still was not getting pressure signs other than a hint of flat primers and I figured I'd better not push the 42.3's into 2900 fps territory.

I just want to say thanks to all again!

Still looking for tighter groups though. Will peruse the forum for more valuable information.