After laying this rifle aside for the season I am once again in the hunt for a good load and have settled on 140 berger VLDs powered by RL22.

however I'm continuously stumped by the CBTO measurements I'm coming up with; even with an exceedingly long high BC bullet like the berger 6.5 VLD it is nearly falling out of the case mouth by the time it engages the lands. Even at berger's recommended max COL of 3.228 (and I've seen go up to 3.3 or so in other manuals) it appears that part of the boat-tail is still in the case neck rather down past the top of the shoulder.

This seems like a very long throat and I was wondering if this is par for the course for this rifle?