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To answer your question, meplat trimming is more for target shooting than for hunting. I only know of target shooters using meplat trimmers to increase their BC. I don't know or have heard of anybody using it on hunting loads.
I do exactly what jblomenburg16 does minus seating depth. I load for magazine length of 2.800 OAL for my R700 .308. It seems to like it so I never messed with seat depths. I really like my standard deviation at ~ 10 fps. I shot in a 3x600 yard match last week and all my shots were along the...
Don't worry about the overall length of the projectile. Since your not measuring the ogive they'll all be different. That's because the meplat on SMK are always different. I weigh the SMK and pull the 175.1 and 175.2 for my match load since a bulk of the lot fell between that weight.
Oh Kut, I think you get it! I think many of us have thought of this when ever we see one of your post. You don't have to be a Hoosier to figure this one out.