jryoung: I saw your post on this Mt. Rifle...cool beans..
I would listen to Seafire on this one, he knows his way around a loading bench.
I'm no help, cause I shoot heavier bullets in the 7x57 ( 160 gr +..) But Ive shot them out of a Rem Mt. Rifle and a Win M70 Fwt....and
leaned on them....