Barnes 175 lrx, crush powder or jam into lands

[uncledillers]

So I bought some barnes 175g LRX, and started to load the up for a ladder test. So from what I read these barnes solid metal bullets like to be loaded .050 jump. And I was going to do a test between 42-45grn of Varget.
My savage seems to have a short throat, 2.235 from base to ojive. So with a .050 jump that puts the bullet at 2.185. The problem is that when loading to the 2.185 I start to really crush powder at 43grn.

So is crunching powder ok, or should I load them with a lot less powder , or even just load them jammed?

 

[9x19p]

Ok, I gotta ask, what round are you loading?
The bullets and charge sound like .308, but 2.185 can't be for .308....

 

[uncledillers]

Yes 308.
2.185 is base to ojive. COAL is 2.865 when seat with the .050 jump.

 

[Suputin]

Compressed loads are OK. Just watch how much compressing occurs as the bullet can be pushed out over time by compressed powder.