King carp - I would accept your model 1898 carbine sight as the "Real Deal'. There are several points about the ('Dickson') 1898 carbine sight that make it difficult to fake.

1. The 1898 carbine version had the lowest curve on its base of the 1898 and 1902 sights.

2. The lock-screw on the right side of the slide will have no slot.

3. The left side of the slide has no 'drain' hole. The left side of the leaf has no serrations.

4. The "C" stamped on the right side of the base and center-top of the eye-piece should show no disruption of metal.

6. Unlike the 1898 Rifle eye-piece, the three Carbine sighting notches have no compensation for bullet-drift. The middle notch is centered. The left and right notches are equidistant from their respective edges.

A rifle eye-piece will have all three notches very slightly off-set to the right. This is a 'Red Flag' that makes faked rifle eye-pieces obvious.

Your 1898 carbine sight passes all these fine points. It is real!

IMG 1976 - 1898 rifle sight and faked carbine leaf. Both eye-pieces have notches off-set slightly to the right. "C" disrupts metal.

IMG 1984a - left side of 1898 rifle and 1902 rifle sights, displaying how left edge of slides are different.

Krag-1898c-1 - Photo shows low carbine base/ramp.

Krag - 1898-c2 - Photo shows carbine notch spacing. Note center notch lines up with center of eye-piece.

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