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Lou Gallo

I had a 300 win mag on fn Mauser action few years back. The barrel is match grade Shilen, bans er stick out together by resoected smith. The rifle was chambered with a long throat. For ex a 180 partition has .2" jump when loaded to magazine limits. I did not think to specify this at the time but magazine limits me to an oal of approximately 3.35. I've tried several different bullets with rl22 and the rifle averages 1.25-1.5" with best loads. I am hoping to find few suitable loads 1" or better as I prefer better accuracy levels for confidence at longer ranges - not extreme mind you but out beyond 300 yards. I can't mess with seating depth give magazine and cartridge limitations so am looking for advice on what are best bets to find more accurate loads. I've ran into this issue with different guns before but either gun shot accurate enough with a lot of jump or accuracy was sufficient for purposes. Should be noted this is hunting rifle - mostly deer and wild hogs. For ex I've tried 180 nosler partitions, accubonds, hornady il, 185 Berger vld Hunter, 165 Berger vld with varying charges of rl22 ( historically go to 300 win powder for me) plus few factory loads The rifle hated the 165 vlds but others as noted shot ok. In any case am hoping for advice / lessons learned to speed up process. For ex would I be better off trying different bullets, heavier bullets, same bullets w/ different powder etc as best chance for tightening groups up?

Thanks

Lou