Thanks for he kind words, Paul.

Todd:

Most of my Krags, including several carbines, may be seen at   (You need to Login

ALL of the srms shown on that site are - AFAIK - absolutely 100% "collector correct", though not all are in the upper grades of condition.

Krag carbine stocks were always new-made, with certain distinct features - never cut-down from rifles with a patch inserted, etc. Barrel bands are retained by a spring, never the pin used on rifles. There were two stock lengths, 30" and 32". The shorter ones were used on Model 1896 and Model 1898 carbines as originally built. Nearly all such stocks had the bar and ring. The 32" stock was used on Model 1899s, and for repairing/rebuilding earlier models, including very nearly 100% of the 5000 Model 1898s. It was never fitted with the bar & ring.

Nearly all carbines fall into fairly well defined blocks of serial numbers, but, until the Model 1899, receiver markings were identical between rifle and carbine production.

Hope that helps.