Barnes Bullets can you seat with a groove showing

[WVELK]

I guess it is okay to seat a Barnes bullet with all or part of one of the grooves remaining outside of the neck. I am working on a couple of bullets in a 7MM Mag. One is the 150 ttsx and it needs to be seated .200 off the lands to get the groves all below the outside edge of the neck. The other is the 168 LRX and it need seated about .107 off the lands to hide the grooves. Do you seat with any of a groove exposed outside the neck? It just does not seem right to me I guess. I am not a Barnes guy so looking for experience.

 

[longrangelead]

yes, it's fine. I end up doing it on nearly every cartridge/bullet I ever hand loaded.
obviously you want to know where your lands are and start at about .050" off in my experience.

 

[waspocrew]

Totally fine, I don't pay attention to the grooves at all. For Barnes, I start at 0.050" off the lands and that's usually where I end up.