Unfortunately, it's gotten to be part of the embedded mythology in some circles that a JJCo stamp automatically means a bitser. Not so. Jovino also imported a large number of perfectly legit rifles from Down Under. As Demo says, it sounds like a perfectly good rifle. On of the usual tells with a JJCo bitser is a serial number that doesn't match any known Australianicon numbering scheme (4 digit s/n with an 'A' suffix for example).