I don't know if you brass was well used or once fired, but if it was once fired, I can see some head stamp flattening even though the primers are not flattened.
That could be caused by hotter than normal loads when the primer is tightly seated and the bolt face is tight against the brass, so the primers didn't back out of the pockets and flatten against the bolt.
I also notice that the extractor seems to have gouged deeper from the top left brass to bottom right.
If that was the order the rounds were fired in, I would say the problem is getting worse with firing.
That would disturb me more than if the effects were random because that says the problem is getting worse with each firing.
One thing you can conclude is that this rifle is going to be very hard on brass if you push for velocity.
You didn't say what length the barrel of your AR-10 was.
Federal Premium Gold Medal Match with SMKs 168 grain ammo has an mv of 2650 fps with a 24-inch barrel.
In a 20-inch barrel, that drops to 2550.
In an 18-inch barrel, that drops to 2485 so I would think your barrel might be 18 inches.
To get 2597 fps out of an 18-inch barrel with 168 gr A-Max bullets, I estimate that you probably were loading just about at PMax.
The gouging of the extractor and the flattening of the head stamp may be caused by the brass being forced back into the bolt face by the high pressure.
I had that occur with my 18-inch Les Baer .223 when I got close to Pmax trying to achieve a specific bullet exit time with the certain powders.
I think it would be prudent to back off at least 0.5 grains of powder and see if the flattening and extractor gouging goes away.
Shooting at high velocity close to PMax will not only reduce the life of your brass with this rifle a lot, but it also isn't doing your bolt any favors either.
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