I found a couple krags at a local gun shop. All have been sporterized,but the one that caught my eye is marked 1898 serial no.324881 it has a barrel that is close 22 inches I didn't have a tape measure with me to say for sure it was setting close a sportsman 78 and appeared to be the same length. It still has what appears to be the military sights and hasn't been drilled for a scope. It is in a sporter stock so none of that is correct. My question is can it be a real carbine? How would I tell for sure if it is?And if it is how hard is it to find the correct stock so I can put it back? I also found one in another shop still in the military stock for about 100 dollars more but has lyman sights If I remember right and is a rifle. I want one of them but I don't know much about them and was trying to decide what is the better one to have. Or if I should keep looking. I would prefer a carbine but the rifle isn't out of the question.
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