Title: Re: DCM NRA carbine
Post by Dutch51 on Sep 30th, 2017 at 10:28pm
butlersrangers wrote on Sep 30th, 2017 at 7:51pm:'Dutch51' - Welcome to the KCA Forum!
You have a nice looking and useful altered Krag.
The "DCM/NRA" carbine is problematic, because it can only be confirmed by an actual bill of sale or shipping paperwork from Benicia Arsenal.
An 'NRA carbine' copy could be made (and often was) by anyone with a little talent, some tools, and surplus parts.
U.S. model 1898 Krag, #225698, does not appear in SRS data.
It is bracketed by #225683 (a model 1898 rifle, issued 07-01-1918, to Co. B, 34th Engineers, Ft. Benjamin Harrison) and #225705 (a model 1899 carbine, issued 03-22-1907 to Senator J.B. Foraker - Senate committee on military affairs).
Your model 1898 Krag was most likely built as a rifle. Its serial number is outside the range for model 1898 carbines. The presence of the 1905 banded-sight, rather than a carbine front-sight, suggests a shortened rifle barrel.
There are known model 1899 carbines with serial numbers lower than yours. But, your serial number indicates manufacture around August or September 1899. (That is near the start of model 1899 carbine production).
Your Krag does have a rather nice model 1899 carbine stock and 1901 carbine sight. (Any cartouche & date)?
It is curious that someone drilled a hole through your front blade-block. I haven't seen that before. |
Thank you for the information. The stock cartouche is barely there. Dutch
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