My second krag

[a64hoo]

Wow I almost got taken in the carbine I was purchasing was listed by the seller as having the correct carbine rear sight I was able to enlarge the pictures and saw that the sight was in fact an 1896 rifle sight that had a C mark added to it and that the leaf did not show the 20 mark on the left side leaf.

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[browningautorifle]

I almost got taken in the carbine I was purchasing

But you didn't, so that's good enough. Sounds like deception avoided.

[a64hoo]

But you didn't, so that's good enough. Sounds like deception avoided.

Upon closer inspection of the photos it appears the the serial number 77629 is a forgery,the numbers 7 & 7 appear to be larger and not of the same dies as the 629, this one would have been about 2 months younger than mine and produced in Sept.1897.the carbine I have has a 72 SN and all the numbers are consistent in shape and size,really dodged a bullet on this one

[ssgross]

it appears the the serial number 77629 is a forgery

Sad. Another new post in this forum reported a serial number well outside the range of known Krag manufacturing.
EDIT: His leading "8" was confirmed to be a "3" so I misspoke