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You may have done better than you know. It looks from your picture that your rifle shows a refurb mark on the tang. If so, the armory may have replaced the barrel ( replaced barrels were always Hammerli ). So, you may have a '44 rifle with a new barrel. If that is the case, you have done very well, indeed.
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There is indeed a "56" stamped on the tang! There's also a "P" which from what I've been told means that the soldier choose to keep the rifle upon retirement. According to Simpson's LTD the muzzle measured 7.54, which I think is pretty good? The 3 numbers on the barrel match the last 3 of the serial number of the rifle... is there any way to tell if it was rebarreled?