Krag serial # ?

[vrichard]

Serial number 108967 would that be a Krag rifle or a Krag carbine serial number? Thanks
Dick

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[Badger]

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 .......

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.

Regards,
Badger

[5MadFarmers]

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.