Yes its cerokoted. There is one chip where the bolt slides in to the action. Laker is right. Mine was very accurate with starting loads but had another issue.
With starting loads i was getting extremely difficult primary extraction. 2 out of 3 rounds i couldn't extract without pulling very hard and tapping with my palm. I tried some factory and all 5 rounds i shot i had issues with extraction. I was going to just deal with it on my hunt to Kodiak for brownies. Probably not a smart choice admittedly, going into Kodiak brown bear area with a rifle that is stiff to reload..... Anyways when covid hit my hunt got canceled and I sent the rifle back to Remington. They found an issue with the bolt and replaced it and its been back in my hands for about 2 weeks and i have not fired it.
Before all of that it was shooting easily under an inch but not quite half inch groups with 225grain TTSX's.
