Serial number 108967 would that be a Krag rifle or a Krag carbine serial number? Thanks
Dick
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Serial number 108967 would that be a Krag rifle or a Krag carbine serial number? Thanks
Dick
Did you see "sticky" link at the top of the forum with links to sites with serial number data? ;)
It doesn't seem to separate into rifles and carbines, but there is this much .......
Regards,Quote:
The year of manufacture for serial number 108967 is 1898.
Krag Model Production Summary:
1892 Rifle - 24562
1892 Carbine - 2
1896 Rifle - 61897
1896 Carbine - 22493
1898 Rifle - 324283
1898 Carbine - 5002
1899 Carbine - 36051
1896 Cadet Rifle - 404
Parkhurst Rifles & Carbines (included in 1898 rifle and 1899 carbine totals above) - 200
Sniper Rifle - 6
Board Ordnance & Fortification Rifle (26) - 100
Cal. 22 Gallery Practice - 465
Reference: Franklin B. Mallory & Ludwig E. Olson, The Krag Rifle Story, (Second Edition), Silver Spring, MD, 2001.
Badger
Mallory is showing his age.
Regardless, 108967 is a very late 1896 rifle. Highest known 1896 serial: 109232. Lowest 1898 is 109292.
"Summer of 1898" for production.
1896 carbines are in the blocks 246XX - 355xx and 67xxx-79xxx.
Cheers.