O.G. = Olaf Gibson 1898-1902
O.G. was inspector Olaf D. Gibson. Inspector from May 1. 1898 to May 31. 1902. That matches the 1898 marking, encouraging my suspicion that the engineers carbine was remarked when it was converted from the standard model.
For the pictures: edit/crop them to make JPEG files that are not larger than about 300kB per photo and try again.
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Sling at side = not Engineers Carbine
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Originally Posted by
roadjet
10 The original leather attachment sling is on the right side.
I mentioned in a previous post, that the Engineers Carbine had the sling on the bottom. Now you mention a sling on the side. That does not match up. I also mentioned at the outset that some carbines have been faked. It is conceivable that this example has been faked from an m/96. I hope not, but we need pictures to settle the matter.
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A feature that you can check: the grasping grooves on a genuine carbine stock are about as long as your hand is wide. On an m/96 rifle the grasping grooves are much longer - about the length of your hand. If the stock has been altered from an m/96, then the grooves are long (or have been partially filled) and there will be traces on the bottom where the sling swivel was removed.