Thread: Bullet Seating depth and pressure (6.5 Grendel)

Yes, seating deeper increases pressure. But 0.020" won't cause a safe load to become dangerously unsafe.

Seating longer can also increase pressure. Without a run up to the rifling, more pressure builds up in the chamber before the bullet gets moving.

My load is 27.6gr of BM8208 with the 123gr ELD-M. I get faint ejector marks too. I've gone up to 28.5gr and it was very accurate but the bolt was starting to get sticky.