Recently I won two 96/11's and a K31 on an on-line auction. The rifles arrived at my FFL today and I stopped by to start the paperwork and get the 10 day "cooling off" period started. All of the rifles have excellent bores (as expected for a Swissicon rifle) but I noticed that the numbering on the barrel of one of the 96/11's seemed to be a little different script than the serial number on the receiver. Further, it appeared to be slightly out of line form the receiver numbering


For comparison, here is the other 96/11 that I received



The difference is subtle but definite. Does this indicate that the barrel was changed and the serial number stamped on the new barrel, or is it a normal variation on an original barrel?

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