Stiff closing bolt

[Haftard]

Ok so I made sure I was fully over caming the press. Also I seated the bullets alittle deeper, cleaned the gun, and fished off the rounds in the walnut media. Seemed to fix my issues. It's still tight but more like "yeah good and tight" and mot "who is the dumb *********" tight. Thank you guys for the help.

 

[red442joe]

So I'm not forcing the bolt close. But it is definitely a tight fit. The gun is a Remington 700 7rem mag. What are some of the causes of a stiff bolt or the case not fitting?

The load extract with no issue and shoot well.

Sissy?
Just kidding!

Joe

 

[Deavis]

Ok so I made sure I was fully over caming the press. Also I seated the bullets alittle deeper, cleaned the gun, and fished off the rounds in the walnut media. Seemed to fix my issues. It's still tight but more like "yeah good and tight" and mot "who is the dumb *********" tight. Thank you guys for the help.

You tumbled loaded ammo?

Also I think brass flow making a thicker neck can be a culprit.

 

[ma96782]

Sorry these are reloads . Factory round close just fine

Aloha, Mark

 

[Certaindeaf]

It could be a whole lot of things.
The first round tells the story of the batch so don't load the second one until it's fixed.

 

[Haftard]

You tumbled loaded ammo?

Also I think brass flow making a thicker neck can be a culprit.

Yeah I've never had a problem with it.

 

[osprey]

Reloading is a rabbit hole and having good tools to measure with is essential to reloading safe accurate ammo. Your issue is most likely a headspace problem which is easily measured and adjusted with the proper tools. Happy reloading and be safe.