What should it be?

[mattgunguy]

There has been some argument about that within the household. The overall direction to go that is. I'm more of a hunt down everything original & restore as a rifle. The wife is wanting it done as a saddle ring carbine. She's got a fetish for SRC guns, so I'm not overly surprised by this. Been nagging me to get her 1863 Sharps back together.

Thank you for the stock site. I'd never heard of them before.

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[oldfoneguy]

There has been some argument about that within the household. The overall direction to go that is. I'm more of a hunt down everything original & restore as a rifle. The wife is wanting it done as a saddle ring carbine. She's got a fetish for SRC guns, so I'm not overly surprised by this. Been nagging me to get her 1863 Sharps back together.

Thank you for the stock site. I'd never heard of them before.

To be the bearer of bad news the Model 1898 Krag Carbine didn't have a saddle ring. That feature was dropped after the Model 1896 Carbine production was finished. In the scope of originality it wouldn't be correct but there's no reason you can't put one on in pursuit of domestic tranquility.

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Here are a couple more parts outlets. It's pretty obvious you're going to need a lot of parts
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=76707
This is a little eye candy of my 1903 Model 1898 rifle. You can use this for inspiration.

[browningautorifle]

in pursuit of domestic tranquility.

I sort of took it she just wants a representative carbine that looks like she wants. It can never be correct anyway, just look really neat. I hope OP keeps us abreast of the rebuild. I want to see the end product.