Bought a box of these a while back but have been so happy with the 178's havent gotten around to them until tonight. Went to load some up and could not find a lot of data on them for the 308 especially in the 2.900 OAL area. Settled on 40 Grains of Varget as a starting load and seated them to OAL of 2.900 so they would fit in DBM. After I seated the first one, using an arbor press and LE Wilson seating die, there was a significat Ring around the nose of the bullet, the bullet was also significantly harder to seat. I have gotten slight marks with the 178's but this was about twice or three times as bad.

Anyone had a similar experience?

Also looking for any load data on the 208's for .308 in the 2.900 OAL area. Rifle is a Savage 10 FCP

Thanks in advance for any help.

Doug