Understood. What I am asking is, are you physically confirming that the CG on the fully loaded rocket is where the sim says it is? I saw that you stated this in a post above:
“The actual total weight of the rocket with the motor added was exactly what OR predicted, so I didn’t physically check the CG after determining the CG without the motor and doing the override.”
Maybe your sims are right on, but I would definitely physically check the CG in reality to confirm. You can use fishing weights and modeling clay to make a simulated propellant load if you want to check in advance of loading the motor in the field. It is also a good idea to shake the fully loaded rocket downward a few times, to make all the recovery gear shift to the bottom, which it what happens when it takes off. Then check the CG.