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The Soviets were in a hurry in 1943, and looks didn't count, only getting functional rifles to the front. You'll find some pretty rough machine work on rifles made during WWI and the Russian Civil War too. That rifle is actually a neat insight into how receivers were machined; the small area where yours is pointed in the center is often flat on other rifles from the war years, as though someone ground that pointed strip of metal down with one pass of the grinder.
About the crest on your 1935 - can you post a photo to show what you mean?
It is an ultra rare "Humpback" Mosin . Put it on Gunbroker for a min bid of $25k!
The date on the underside of the tang matches the barrel date, 1943.