I had a Winchester primer leak in the corner of the primer cup a couple weeks ago in my Model 70 7-08. This was with a moderate load. It is a couple grains below max. I shot silhouette with the rifle yesterday and had three more do the same thing. This was also with moderate loads that have never given any trouble. After I saw it I looked at the bolt and found a pit in the bolt face.
I would like to know what the best way to fix it is.
Like another said, a pit won't really affect a thing.
It looks like it would clean up with about .010" taken off the bolt face.
That must be
some pit.. I have doubts it's that big; not saying it isn't, but .010 is a LOT.
Is that good way to go or would it be better to weld the pit and reface the bolt?
BT99's right - it takes a lathe and a bolt fixture to machine a new face on the bolt.. And that WILL affect headspace - which means the barrel will have to be set back and the chamber deepened.. You're looking at quite an expense to correct what is, for the most part, a mere aesthetic anomaly..
