'mcolter' - Welcome to the KCA Forum.

You will have to accept it on faith that your Krag's serial number is 352718. It is not unusual to encounter Krag numbers that are difficult to read. The way some are stamped, it is difficult to differentiate between 3s, 6s, and 8s. On some Krags, it is hard to differentiate between "model 1896" and "model 1898".

Less than 500,000 U.S. Krags were manufactured. The highest serial numbers are around 480000.

Your Krag receiver is stamped "model 1899".

Model 1899 Krags were built as carbines. Most model 1899 carbines will have numbers that fall between 223371 and 368774. (Also, many model 1898 rifles fall between those numbers).

Your Krag does not have a Krag carbine front-sight. I envision three possibilities:

1. Barrel is original carbine barrel, with Krag front-sight removed and replaced with 1905 Springfield 'banded' sight.

2. The original carbine barrel was removed, due to pitting, and replaced with a cut-down Krag rifle barrel and 1905 front-sight. (This is common and was privately done).

3. It is a 'so called' NRA/DCM carbine, as altered and sold at Benicia arsenal in the 1920s, and only provable with original Bill of Sale or Receipt.

Scenario #2 is the most likely.

It is a nice looking Krag and would make a fine shooter.

The Collector value is seriously hurt by front-sight alteration. The value is probably in the $600 to $700 range.