It does chap my ass when I can't get representative velocities out of a cartridge. My 2 7-08's are both like that. I have to run way over book max to even kiss 2800 fps with 140's from my Mountain Rifle. My M7 ran 150's down in the high 2500's. That's annoying. [/quote]
I find Brian Pearce to be among the best at running cartridges at "representative velocities". I clip and save all his reloading articles for future reference.
