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I noticed a couple of weird looking stains inside the action of my 2 months old Browning X-Bolt Hell's Canyon Speed (308 Win). I purchased the rifle brand new at Cabela's on March 13, 2021 (I guess "13" in the purchase date brought me a bad luck. I took some close up pictures of these weird stains and could not see any structural problems. Moreover, the rifle works smoothly and shoots accurately. However, I took pictures of these stains with a scope on the rifle, so the images were not that good to make a final judgment. Thus, this evening I removed the scope and took better pictures from a different angle. I now can see that my rifle is cracked in two directions just behind bolt lugs (not a place to have any structural issue with rifle action). I attached a high-res image. Now I have to send the rifle back to Browning to have the receiver replaced or whole rifle replaced. I do not believe that this cracks could be fixed without replacing the whole action.