Thanks Ned, apparently according to that, the 92 rifles on hand at the arsenal never left the arsenal as 92 rifles but were altered to 96's there.  I wonder how many that was? I wonder what date the stock cartouche would be?
The reason I asked is I did see a 92/96 with a 97 stock cartouche for sale at a show but again I was under the impression they converted later then that at the time. Not sure if the stock was original to the rifle though.

I wonder what date the cartouches, if any,  would be on an 96's ungraded post 1900?

Just wondering how to tell one converted in 97 from one converted post war. Ray