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General >> Older threads >> Springfield 1898 Krag 30-40 Unissued?????? Value.. http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1327979445 Message started by Mitch on Jan 31^st, 2012 at 3:10am

Title: Re: Springfield 1898 Krag 30-40 Unissued?????? Value..
Post by 5MadFarmers on Jan 31^st, 2012 at 11:27pm

1901 cartouche, yet 1902 rear sight, indicates a rear sight upgrade. Not unusual. Hand guard, as Dick mentioned, doesn't match stock. The 1902 rear sight uses a different hand guard than the 1901 sights so when sights were swapped the hand guards were also.

Nice rifle. Not unissued and not "as made" but nice nonetheless.