Fit was good, no noticeable gaps between wood and metal, and the wood actually looked much better than I've seen on most Rossi lever guns. No canted sights, gate was stiff but loaded fine (I imagine it'll loosen up some with use). Cycled and ejected just fine, and the action was already very smooth. No barrel or magazine issues, and recoil pad and screws for it were all fine.
That's the good news, and having checked all the things I thought might be an issue, I went through with the transfer. Then I got home and was cycling it some more and familiarizing myself with it when I noticed that the hammer didn't seem centered in the bolt and appeared to be rubbing on the right hand side in the cutout for the firing pin, as the bluing was wearing off only on that side. And on the top of the hammer, it was only wearing on the left side as the bolt pushed the hammer back, rather than rubbing right down the center, it was only touching to the left of center.
When I looked more closely I noticed 2 things. First, the bolt itself isn't in the receiver straight; it's turned a little counter-clockwise, causing the hammer to impact the ride edge of the bolt when coming down. And second, the bolt itself isn't cut out evenly where the firing pin is housed; there is more metal on the right hand side and less space between the firing pin and side wall of the cutout, further causing the hammer to rub and impact/rub the right side of the bolt when coming down.
When I noticed some metal filing dust from the rubbing I just let it be to see if anyone had experienced this and if there was a way to turn the bolt clockwise a little, and if either the hammer and/or bolt could be adjusted some so it clears that edge... I'm concerned that it might actually slow the hammer down enough to prevent a hard enough primer strike to fire the round.
Camera pics are lousy, but should be good enough to show what's going on...
In these pictures you can see how the hammer is about to hit the right side, how there is more metal on the right than the left, and how the bolt is turned to the left.
In these pictures you'll see how much space there is on each side of the hammer when down. Notice in the first picture you can tell even more clearly that the bolt isn't straight because there's a wide gap at the top and a narrower gap at the bottom. And then on the ride side of the hammer there no room between the hammer and bolt side at all.
And in this picture, if you look closely you can the the difference in the amount of space between the firing pin and bolt walls on both sides. On the left side there's a noticeable gap between the pin and wall, and on the right side it appears the pin is nearly touching the wall.
Please tell me this can be addressed without sending the gun back, because I really like all other aspects of the gun and don't want to wait a month or so to get a brand new gun fixed, or worse yet possibly get a replacement that turns out to be worse in some of those other areas.
"standards" 
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