'Bash' - That should be a real enjoyable Kragicon for 'Hunting and plinking'. Such altered Krags deserve recognition for their role in keeping families fed, during the Depression Years, and selling a lot of American Hunters on the bolt action rifle.

FWIW - Your model 1898, #166968, was likely assembled around January, 1899. Your rifle's bolt has the 'headless cocking piece', which was an economy move approved in April, 1899, and discontinued in October, 1900. It actually proved to be more expensive than the more common 'Knobbed cocking piece'. The 'headless cocking piece' was used on rifles, and not just carbines, as once believed.

Your commercial receiver sight is the Redfield 102-K. This sight is very practical and required no extra holes or Gunsmith expertise to install. A loose 102-K sight sells for about $100 with its extra long side-plate mounting screw.