Thread: safe to compress powder during reload?

I've loaded this 303 case with 46.5 grains of AR2209.
Is this normal here? See photo attached.
The powder takes almost up to halfway in the neck.
46.9 grains is supposed to be the maximum load for this cartridge and projectile, so im getting close.
Am using 174 grain projectiles.
I have compared my load on 2 sets of scales and the second scale reads even less, but they are so damn sensitive that a single granule of powder is enough to change the reading, making it impossible to get both zeroed the same.
I read that some heavier brass can't always fit a load, this is HXP.