Yes, but their rifles also properly headspace off the shoulder, not off the bullet itself, and the bullets ogive is set to just BARILY touch the lands, not to provide enough force to hold the cartridge against the boltface and the force of the firing pin. Secondly, just cramming a case full of any old slow burning powder is assinine. Powder burn rates and pressure levels can vary dramatically with different case volumes, pressure curves and charges. And your contention that the slow burning powders can't produce excessive pressure is bogus on its face. These powders are regularly used in magnum rifles to produce 65,000psi, and with an overcharge can produce much more than that with ease. And that's in a large volume, over bored magnum case and uncompressed charges. Now take that same powder and pack as much as you can into a small volume case, then not only seat the bullet to touching, but cram the bullet into the rifling with the force of the firing pin, and you're just asking for some spectacular pressure spikes. I'll say one thing, if anyone is unwise enough to try this rather than spending a little cash to have a 'smith turn back the barrel and really fix the problem, I certainly hope that they have the decency to let the guys at the adjacent benches know what they're going to do so you don't take them out with you.

KareImp,

Take your rifle to a 'smith and have him check the headspace and set back the barrel if necessary. I would guess that this should not cost you more than $125. Another option might be to send the rifle back to the factory and have them check it. If it's a new rifle and still under warrantee they will probably reset the headspace for free and you'll never have to worry about headspace related case failures again. It's better to do the job right the first time than rely on potentially unsafe workarounds or suffer an inevitable head separation that blows the magazine out of your rifle or worse.

Be safe.

Mike