So much for my remembering how many USV Krags were listed - it's closer to 200; and I see your number DOES appear. I think you made a great buy! There cannot be too many left around. Very nice!

Having said that, a couple of things "disturb" me. The receiver shows heavy wear - possibly even a welded repair - yet other parts (barrel band, sight slide, rods, and magazine box, to name a few) are almost as crisp and new as the day they were made. Can you shed any light on that?

I further suspect the rear sight - in this case, I think the "C" is the "condemned" stamp. It is not quite in the right place, and carbine sights were graduated to "20" from the git-go. It is hard to see, turned over, but I THINK the slide is from a rifle as well. The area around the sighting notch should be depressed by about 1/32", and that one LOOKS like it runs straight across.

The stock appears to be the early thin-wrist style, which would be correct, but it is odd to think that the carbine would have been rebuilt (as appears to be the case) without changing the stock, which was a well-known problem.

As they say, "if only they could talk!"

I realize that I have offered opinions that were not asked for, and I ask your forgiveness for my frankness - after 72 years of life - and 40+ years of collecting Krags, I tend to call things as I see them. No personal malice intended.