Rem 700 actions too tight

[b23]

Also, I think it's a good idea to keep track of how many times your brass has been reloaded/fired.  Not only would I keep the brass separate for the individual gun but I'd keep the brass separated and into groups based on how many times each piece has been reloaded/fired.  Say you have 25 pieces of new brass for each gun, don't reload a piece a second time until you've cycled all the way through them one time.

I know guys that'll use the same 10 or so pieces of brass to work up a load and they'll have no clue how many times those ten pieces were shot, then once they get the load they want they load up however many and mix those ten right in with the rest that are virgin brass or maybe only been shot once and can't figure out why their gun is all of a sudden shooting all over the place or some are tight and some aren't.

[Mongo Hunter]

I had a similar problem with my 700 in 7mm. My grandfather loaded some rounds and tested them in his Ruger 7mm, cycled perfect. Tried using them in my gun and I couldn't close the bolt at all. if I remember correctly we had to go back, pull the bullets, resize and seat the bullets more. it wasn't a lot but it was enough to jam the gun up. My newer 700 just had a tighter chamber than his old Ruger. now I have bullets loaded to my specific chamber, still tight when closing the bolt but I can stack the rounds on top of each other  .

Always good to double check your reloads in the gun you plan on using them in. Factory loads are normally a little generous so they will work in 99.9% of factory guns. just double check your measurements next time, no biggie.

[hunter399]

 
That's what I was thinking to seat the bullet enough , to match factory ammo.as a starting point anyway.