X marked former sniper rigs
I've got two former Russian sniper rigs, one a Tula 1933, very nice shape, mint bore and almost completely Tula, tapped for PE scope, the second is a nice 1944 Tula CH marked, Ukraine re build, neither gun has counter bores, but, both guns have an X marking. The early gun has a lightly stamped X on the top of the receiver and the war issue gun has a small X in a box between the star and serial number. Do any of you fellows know the meaning of these "X"s or have you seen them on your rifles? Many Thanks-SDH