There are plenty of guns made with long throats. They do this on purpose to ensure that you are "not" going to touch the lands with your bullets to keep pressures down. Weatherby designed his magnums with long throats and loaded them up hot. I do not think he thought loading off the lands was a handicap. Throat shape is very important to bullet accuracy. It needs to be of the proper size to start with and taper down at the correct angle to the rifling (lands). I have found that some guns actually shoot better off the lands than into them. I also have some, like you, I can not comfortably reach the lands and found them to generally shoot better that way. When I use a longer bullet to reach the lands in those cases, they do not seem to have the accuracy I am after. And still others that shoot better into the lands. If you can not comfortably reach the lands (have enough bullet in the case), do not worry about it. Work with your loads as would for any gun, you will find some thing that works. Just a theory - if your bullets are not real square (little run out) a longer throat is better for accuracy to help straighten up the bullet before it hits the lands. Good Luck and Good Shooting
