Bending the bolt is not recommended, I would imagine the wobble associated with screwing it in or out will cause more undesirable, or even dangerous sloppiness. You may have a mis-matched stock (not factory original) that is not inlet properly for your receiver, or your gun has taken some amount of (over)use to beat the tang seating out of shape. The wood around the bottom tang (that the bolt threads into) is the likely culprit, often abuse shows up as a crack behind the top tang though. Ultimately the solution will be to retool the inletting so it fits properly. With 99's a little bit of change to the wood will make a big difference in the fit, so go slowly.
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