I just purchased a byf 43 98k. It is a rework rifle but it does not have the Russianicon "X" on the receiver. The serial number is marked on the receiver but not on the barrel. The barrel has the swastika and eagle acceptance mark and the marks around the circumference of the barrel show a 1943 date and the WaA135 mark, but the barrel does not have the caliber mark on the top directly in front of the receiver. The receiver has the marks that should be present, but just to the right of WaA135 on top of the receiver is a small number "2", and midway between the "byf" mark and the "43" mark there is the number zero or possibly the letter "O", can't tell which.

Do I have a rifle that was rebarrelled by the Germans? What does the "2" mark indicate? And what does the zero or "O" mark indicate? Should there be other marks indicating the rifle has been rebarrelled?

Thanks!
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