I will double check but I swear I was .010 off the lands. I checked prior to loading and that was the max OAL I could get to feed through my Magazine and I wanted to know how far off the lands the bullet was. needless to say I will run them a tad shorter now.
Converted 98 Mauser to 35 whelen with Magazine work.
Load OAL 3.350
250 gr. bullet touches lands OAL at 3.360
Max saami OAL is 3.340 maybe they were too close but I am pretty sure the were not jammed against the lands.
This all reinforces my point that if you try hard enough you can do damage.