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Ok so maybe there is something wrong with the bolt or it is incorrect in some capacity. The bolt is marked with the U.S. ordnance flaming bomb and a J on top of the bolt knob, with an E underneath the knob making it an Eddystone bolt so I know it is not the original to the rifle which is a Remington. I'm not 100% certain but the bolt and extractor look to be parkerized and from what I've seen that was not prevalent until sometime around WWII. That makes me believe this was either an arsenal rework or it just had a different bolt thrown in it sometime over its 100+ year life which is extremely likely to happen given that amount of time. I can try to get another bolt but from what I heard it is a craps shoot on if it will headspace properly or I could try to modify this one to work but I'm not sure where the critical threshold of removing too much material to affect function/safety would be. I'm also guessing drawings for the bolt are next to non-existent since these rifles are so old, so checking various dimensions without something like a second bolt would probably be a hard task. I guess I have some thinking to do on where I want to go next with this rifle. Thanks again for the input gentlemen!