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There are letters stamped above the serial number on the barrel of my rifle, what do they mean?

April 26, 2017Barrel letters mean Rifle serial stamped

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There are letters stamped above the serial number on the barrel of my rifle, what do they mean?

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A. These are translations of the Cyrillic characters in the serial number put there by the importer. The BATF does not allow Cyrillic characters in the serial number and requires this. Recently many importers have begun to use a new unique serial number so that the translation is not necessary.