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Firearms >> U.S. Military Krags >> "1895" marked receivers? http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1449852613 Message started by butlersrangers on Dec 11^th, 2015 at 4:50pm

Title: Re: "1895" marked receivers?
Post by Culpeper on Dec 12^th, 2015 at 1:42am

I am confused. My krag 25175 has 1895 on it and it is a 1896? I had to dig it out of the pile to have a look at it. It is in a cutdown rifle stock. The front sight is not an aftermarket or M1903 sight, looks like a regular krag front sight. I have been treating it as a 1895 rifle.