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04-30-2017 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by
highpower3006
The front sight is different from the normal '03 Springfield sight band you usually see.
I think that's still a 1903 Sprg sight, just that it's been butchered a bit. I'm pretty sure the stock is a rifle stock that's been shortened, it looks all out of scale. The front end is too short. The top wood looks to have been cut back too. Mine has a couple of issues but is a real carbine...here it is for comparison.
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OP's front-sight looks like a Stokes Kirk (not 1903 Springfield) after market sight.
The Stock does appear to be a model 1898 carbine Stock (with sling-bar), as 'highpower3006' stated. The barrel-band is correct for this stock, but, the rear sight is not.
The rear-sight intended for this stock and barrel-band is the model 1896 carbine sight.
The hand-guard may be an original carbine one, but, it is likely the sight opening has been altered.
The rear-sight now on this Krag is incorrect. It appears to be either a model 1898 or model 1902 sight base, with a 1902 leaf.
'browningautorifle' supplied a picture of a Krag carbine with the model 1899 carbine stock, which has a longer forearm and uses a different barrel-band.
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Originally Posted by
butlersrangers
a Stokes Kirk (not 1903 Springfield) after market sight.
I see...
Originally Posted by
butlersrangers
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browningautorifle' supplied a picture of a
Krag carbine with the model 1899 carbine stock, which has a longer forearm and uses a different barrel-band.
That was just to show the length of the stock for comparison. Like I said, mine had it's share of issues. They're not common around here at all...unless they're a cut down rifle.
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Jim - 'highpower3006' did well on his yard sale purchase.
The model 1898 carbine stock, sling-bar, and barrel-band are desirable and worth more than the $250 spent.
The model 1896 and model 1898 carbine stocks (as first issued) had a short forearm. The finger grooves (actually lightening cuts) are not as long as those on Krag rifle stocks. The carbine 'finger-grooves' extend almost to the sight protecting barrel-band.
The model 1899 carbine stock was lengthened, in part, to share wood machining operations with the rifle stock and simplify manufacture. The barrel-band was also changed.
Later replacement stocks for model 1896 carbines were made with the longer forearm and eliminated the sling-bar. Model 1898 carbines were fitted with model 1899 carbine stocks, when replaced.
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Thanks for the kind words butlersrangers. Like I said, I know just enough about Krag carbines to be dangerous to my wallet. When I first saw this one, I knew that the barrel was cut down from a rifle and the sling bar told me that the stock was probably a real carbine stock. I am not sure if I would have bought it if the price had been higher or the bore was bad, but when I looked down the tube, the bore looked like a brand new barrel inside. At first I was going to harvest the stock and sell off the bits and pieces and make a bit of money. But it has grown on me since then and now I am going to leave it alone and just enjoy it as a nice shooter.
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Originally Posted by
highpower3006
when I looked down the tube, the bore looked like a brand new barrel
That would have done me too, I'd be in.
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