I finally have everything working right. I bought some new redding dies and they arrived last night. I was wondering if I was having problems with my old dies (lee rgb), so I went ahead and bought some good dies, (after sticking a case in my lee' s). They arrived last night and after carefully reading their instructions and going through each procedure in the reloading process, it was now time to try and fit the completed cartridge into my gun. Same problem as before, trouble closing the bolt. After trying this I eleminated my dies as the cause, and started thinking what it could possibly be. After examining the bullet on the cartridge, I noticed some marks on my bullet. I went back to my reseating die and seated my bullet a little deeper until I could easily close the bolt. They work perfect now. I was setting my OAL to what the reloading books was recommending, and I never thought to second guess them. It was a very simple fix after hours of headach and also spending extra money on new dies.
I am glad everything is working right now. Now maybe I could start to try and enjoy reloading. Thanks for everyones help.


troy r.
I have a ruger m77 MarkII, .270.