Krag 1898- Rifle or carbine?

[Dick Hosmer]

FM Yes, I will second Rudy's comments. From your description it is definitely a cutdown rifle. Also note the M1898 carbines fall in the serial range 123161-130965. (Still a cool thing to have!) Salt Flat

Absolutely agree about the gun in question being a cutdown, and wish to note that it illustrates the problem with identifying 1898 Carbines. However, the range quoted is seriously in error. Legitimate, correct, specimens are known as low as 112xxx, but the big spikes in officially recorded numbers occur in the 118-119-120xxx range. Here is a picture of 131024, which has several close neighbors.