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Kraig Carbine question.
slumlord44
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I picked up what was supposed to be an orginal Kraig Carbine. 22" barrel, U on all the parts. Correct sights. Correct stock. 1901 cartouch on the stock. 1898 on the reciever. No sadle ring. Seems to be correct but the problem is that the serial # falls in the range of the 1898 rifles, not carbines. I'm thinking it was converted to a carbine at some point. Can any Krag Carbine experts enlighten me? I plan to call the seller tomorrow.
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What does the front sight look like?
Good question, Hawk. Genuine carbine front sights looked like Picture #1; banded front sights (Pic #2) are cut-down rifles.
Because of these descriptiveness. Wouldn't be paying top dollar for it. Doesn't appear to be a original 1898 carbine.
EDIT #1,
According to my references. A original 1898 Krag carbine, would be worth $3500/$4500? One that isn't original, with mismatched parts. Not even close. No matter, if its Bannerman, or U.S. military. Even so any Krag carbine in original condition. That hasn't been dicked with, is pretty pricy nowadays.
Flayderman notes, that there were 5,000 1898 Krag carbines. Unfortunately they had saddle rings, And the stocks were dated 1898.
Because of these descriptiveness. Wouldn't be paying top dollar for it. Doesn't appear to be a original 1898 carbine.
Yep, not a "true" '98 carbine. It's either an 1898 with an 1899 stock or an 1899 with an 1898 receiver. Most likely the former.
1899 with 1898 reciever makes some sense. Questio is since all the parts other than the reciever are correct why would somone switch recievers after the fact? All the parts have similar finish. Its not unusual for gun manufacturs to use parts avaliable to build guns even if they were not "correct". They were building guns, not building for future collectors like us. Winchester did it for sure and as a Stevens collector I know they built a lot of uncataloged stuff. Leaning towards returning it because I'm not sure if it can really be documemted.
IMHO, it would be best to return it. Unless the seller, is cutting you a screaming BIL deal. Big buck collectors want, things absolutely correct. This definitely isn't. With the 1901 date and missing saddle ring.
The later ones didn't have saddle rings.
That might be true but Model 1898's weren't made in 1901.