Partagas;
I am cognizant you replied to Art, but hopefully I can be forgiven if I try to respond to your query.
If the surface on the action where the back of the bolt lugs make contact with have been damaged by a too hot load setting the lugs back into the surface, then depending upon how bad the damage is it may not show up with an unfired or new case - for the reasons you said.
I'd suggest that again depending upon how bad the damage is, it might be able to be machined true by a good 'smith, but then of course it's going to mean the barrel will have to be set back accordingly and the headspace adjusted.
Hopefully that made sense?
Dwayne
