G'day there, just chasing some help with an old LE I've had laying around for a while waiting for some enthusiasm to do something with it, and now the time has come.

First off the butt bolt I believe to be bent, because as you turn it, in either direction, it waves around in a circle around the axis of the bolt, and thus cannot be seated into the socket correctly. Is there any way to remove the bolt and straighten it out, or should I be looking at finding a replacement bolt?
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Other thing is that the reciever is marked "DP" and also with a "">|<" mark. I suppose it is a Drill Purpose rifle, demoted from actual service instead of receiving the conversion to III and III* spec, but the ">|<" mark seems familiar: Does it mean something along the lines of having a compromised reciever or something?
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What is cool is that this rifle still has the cut-off, and dust-cover on the bolt, but is missing the aperture sights front and back yet still has the plate up front. It's also got a heavy barrel -_-.
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