Need more information. Where is the gouge? Where is the circle? Was the bolt tough to lift? Did you have any trouble removing the case from the chamber?If the gouge is on the side of the head it may be something as simple as a burr on the extractor. Circles in the Primers are not uncommon. Sometimes there are tooling marks on the face of the bolt. when the cartridge is fired the metal molds into those tooling marks. Any gunsmith could check these things out for you. If the chamber is okay then the problem may be your ammo. Maybe Federal has it loaded a bit hot. Too many variable to tell. I wouldn't think that it would be unfair to Remington if you got mad if they weren't able to return your gun in less than 2 weeks. Have a gunsmith look at it, he may be able to fix your problem for very little money.