I've been a fan of the Krag since my youth as my dad had one and it was the first high-power rifle I ever shot.  I've always wanted to pick one up and ran across this M1898 Rifle.  The only modification I can find is the sights were changed out, as I was told the former owner used it for silhouette comp.  The rear sight (minus base) was included along with the rifle and six boxes of ammo.  It was sold on consignment at a gun shop and the store owner contacted the previous rifle owner for me and unfortunately he could not find the front sight or rest of the rear sight parts (darn!).

I'm a very amateur firearms collector but like to shoot and hunt.  I don't think I could appropriately grade this rifle condition though think it would fit in good to very good category, save for the above noted modification.  The chamber, bore, rifling and crown all look excellent to me.  The stock is solid with a few minor dings, the receiver and action are solid and function perfectly.  I have yet to fire this rifle, though the prior owner shot it competitively at the same club the gun store owner shoots at, so I'm not worried about its function and accuracy.

Its SN is 3875XX (1902 mfgr), the cartouche is 1900, the rear sight I believe is 1901 variation.  Not knowing anymore about its history, I understand this could all be consistent with an armory rebuild, though have no idea what anybody did to this rifle other than the sight switchout.  In the pictures below I assume the "60C" stamped in the buttplate is probably some kind of rifle rack identifier or such.  I am curious if the "A. L." in the stock between the proofmark and trigger guard is some form of original Armory mark or just somebody's add-on afterwards.  The sling is a repro I bought.

I would like to restore this to original sights.  Does that seem like a feasible and worthwhile project?  I would have to find parts and would need a gunsmith to remove the ersatz front site and braze an original.

Pics below.