I concur with Butlersrangers in all regards. The gun is NOT right, and no amount of wishing so, or arguing, will make it true. When I said it was a "possible" (simply because it falls into the accepted range for 1898 Carbines) I had not yet seen the cut-down stock, wrong front sight, and "funny" rear sight. While the receiver MAY have once been on a carbine (and no one can say for sure about that) the rest of the gun is a hump job by an ignorant person who was looking to score some extra bucks.

This whole scenario perfectly illustrates my long-held conviction that novice Krag collectors should stay away from "1898 Carbines", period. That model is a minefield, way too easy to fake, even badly like the seller of this one, who did not even bother to use a carbine stock.