Repost from CMP forum.  Also another said it had a commercial rear sight.  Just a FYI:

"I just saw the best of American Pickers whose theme is militaria.
One guy inherited from his dad a Krag carbine sn 13 or 15XXX which puts it at the time period of the Rough Riders or close to it.

The stock was reworked a little for hunting purposes.
Mike Wolfe sent photos to his military expert for an appraisal.

I estimated the value to be $1200 tops with an unaltered stock. His expert says the rifle in its altered state would bring $2K.
Mike bought the rifle for $1200 and is asking $2000 for it.
Without pics to see the rifle, as I described it, is $2K about market price for a Krag carbine?"

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