Springfield Armory altered 1911A1 with commercial slide and Springfields number '7046' by the ejection port along. For your consideration is a Springfield Model 1898 Krag Jorgensen. "May you find it the start of a beautiful relationship"!īTW - Model 1898 Krag rifles saw some use during the Philippine Insurrection and campaigns against the Moro's. Serial 62835 One of the scarcest and most sought after of all Civil War era Sharps carbines are. This is the type of Krag many members of this forum started with and still enjoy. It still has a lot of use and fun value as a shooter & utility rifle. (I am not trashing your Krag just identifying what I see). 1902, serial number 382372, walnut stock, receiver marked U.S./MODEL 1898. 1906-07, serial number 475954, walnut stock with a light cartouche, and a circle P below the triggerguard, receiver Model 1898 Krag Carbine, c.
It also looks like you have screw holes, metal removed from the side-plate, the magazine cut-off is removed and a notch cut in the stock, to accommodate a Lyman 'peep'-sight, like the one in the attached picture. Model 1898 Krag Gallery Practice Rifle, c.Model 1898 Krag Gallery Practice Rifle, c.
The receiver appears to have some 'plugged' holes, that likely were for a commercial off-set scope-mount. These serial numbers are credited to Albert Frasca, PH.D. Your stock and metal have been refinished. This carbine is in the middle of the known Model 1898 Carbine serial number range. The 'banded' front-sight appears to be a 1903 Springfield sight this was a common practice on cut-down barrels. Observed carbine serial numbers range from 118,894 to 134,256. It has the model 1902 ('Dickson') rifle rear-sight. Springfield Model 1898 Krag Bolt Action CarbineCarbine length barrel with the receiver marked 'U.S./MODEL 1898, SPRINGFIELD ARMORY' followed by the serial number (129300) that falls into of the Model 1898 carbine serial range (125,000-135,000). It was cut-down from a 30 inch infantry barrel and the rifle stock was shortened to carbine length. BenW - Your Krag was altered long ago for Hunting by a civilian.
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