Varget 308 load question

[divingin]

I have not had a drink in months either

I think I might see the problem...

 

[Fire Dog]

2750 magic number for 175 .
All Varget is not equal. Lot to lot a grain different is normal .
4895 will give you a bigger recoil?
I run Peterson SP Brass 450M, 44.0 grains of this lot of Varget 185 Bugers chamber throated for 185’s 2810 .
30” 1-10 F/ Class rifle .
Without the throating not possible.

If not Varget 4064 or 4320 will make you Happy
175 Burger OTM even Happier .

Almost my exact load as well, Peterson "Palma" brass {I have their first run before they had to stop using "Palma"} but I use that 44grains behind 186gr Hornady A-Max that goes better in my Steyr Pro Varmint than the Bergers. It will consistently put in 1/2"-5/8" groups at 100mt and I have had a 4 shot one hole group with 5th shot 1/4" out.

 

[DRG1953]

I worked up some loads for my Savage FCP-K that I shoot suppressed in the spring of 2017. I am using Lapua brass, CCI BR2 primers and 175gr SMK's. At that time using the Hodgdon website I started at 41.8gr and went up .3gr to 43.9 grains. If I remember correctly, the max load was about 45grs.
I ended up using 43.3 grs and while using a Caldwell chrony I was getting velocities up around 2750 fps when the Hodgdon website said I should have been around 2690 if I remember correctly. I also was getting signs of pressure with raised extractor marks on the cash head and had one case head separation. The brass at that time had no more than 3 to 4 loads on them.
I have decided to work up loads again. Now looking up the loads on Hodgdon's website now shows that the 308 using 175gr bullet and Varget powder shows starting loads at 44grs at 2759fps and max at 47grs at 2909fps. Can this be correct? What am I missing?

Barry

This is an old thread but if the answer I am going to provide was given, I missed it

44grs at 2759fps and max at 47grs at 2909fps. Can this be correct? What am I missing?

What you are missing, and may have discovered your error by now is 44grs at 2759fps and max at 47grs at 2909fps is the EXACT load data for the 155 SMK not the 175 SMK