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You can seat on the factory cannelure for a COL of about 3.200", and 75 grains of AA-2230 will probably get you over 2200 fps.









The 480-gr DGX is an accurate bullet, and AA-2460 is another good powder to use with it.
Kissing cousin to AA-2230:



That is a 3-shot group at 50 yards. The DGX can't be all bad.
Taken to extreme in a Ruger No. 1 with 24" barrel,
480-gr DGX-Bonded loaded to 3.560" COL with 83.0 grains of AA-2460
5 shots at 80 degrees F, LabRadar: 2408, 2408, 2406, 2404, 2402 fps MV
mean = 2405.6 fps
ES = 6fps
st.dev. = 2.6 fps for the 5 shots