Tom Butts wrote on Sep 7^th, 2019 at 12:00am:

Yes, Whig, you are right the buyer is satisfied.     ;D  I bought this rifle, not for the story of being in the attic, but for the fact that it has the CV cartouche,  Charles Valentine. In all my years of collecting Krags I have never seen one anywhere with this cartouche.  I was very happy to make the deal to add this rare Krag rifle to my collection.    I haven't shot it yet, but probably will get it out there soon. Has anyone else seen or own a Krag with a CV cartouvhe?

Thom or Ned, whichever one of you got this, it went to the right guy! Terrific.