Model 700 bolt issue

The OP's bolt face almost looks like someone tried to rework the bolt head to change caliber. Factories can and do make mistakes, but that looks like a bad end mill job that got away. In any case, if I were still a gunsmith I certainly would not take it for repair except to return it to the factory. Note that if returned, send the whole rifle; due to headspacing concerns they will not, repeat not, take just the bolt.

Jim
 
Update: bolt closes home nicely and no more of those shavings of brass after I replaced the extractor... $13.00 mail order part :)

I had not done this repair before, but afterwards I fired 40 rounds of three different types of ammo, fed a bunch of unfired thru it... works great.

Now will it happen again? Could. Some wrote that I have bigger bolt problems. Definitely looking into that some more. Thanks to everyone, lots of great input here.
 
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