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Kerz KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 307 Location: KY Joined: Jan 13^th, 2017 Gender:	SRS help Aug 25^th, 2017 at 4:01pm	Print Post
	Any info available on 455447 M1898? Many tkx Vic

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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: SRS help Reply #1 - Aug 25^th, 2017 at 6:54pm	Print Post
	Nothing too close in Mallory's, "KRS", 2nd edition, appendix. Rifles #454960 and 455507 were apparently stolen from the Colorado National Guard, 11-20-1906, and 454960 was recovered. Don't worry. Being close, but not mentioned, almost guarantees your Krag was not there.
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Kerz KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 307 Location: KY Joined: Jan 13^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: SRS help Reply #2 - Aug 26^th, 2017 at 9:40am	Print Post
	Yelp, certainly good news! That would've been a helluva note to have purchased a 100+ year-old stolen gun. Thanks for looking. It is scheduled to arrive today at the FFL. Pics looked nice and got it at a fair price. Vic

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Kerz KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 307 Location: KY Joined: Jan 13^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: SRS help Reply #3 - Aug 30^th, 2017 at 5:23pm	Print Post
	Picked up the 1898 Krag yesterday. Looks very nice overall. Bore is clean, shiny and very good rifling. Pics attached. Cartouche looks like 1903. Need to install correct rear sight or this is correct sight on backwards and wrong handguard. What to the characters stamped into buttstock heel represent: 2F6 (or may a 5)? Vic
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Kerz KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 307 Location: KY Joined: Jan 13^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: SRS help Reply #4 - Aug 30^th, 2017 at 5:25pm	Print Post
	additional pics

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1911Ron KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 59 Location: Buckeye,Az Joined: May 16^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: SRS help Reply #5 - Aug 30^th, 2017 at 7:40pm	Print Post
	To my untrained eye the rear sight appears to be on backwards. Nice looking rifle BTW congrats!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: SRS help Reply #6 - Aug 30^th, 2017 at 10:01pm	Print Post
	'kerz' - That is a very niece looking model 1898 Krag that you received today. Your sight problem has two aspects. You have a model 1901 hand-guard and a model 1902 rear-sight. The sight is on backwards because it is an incompatible matchup. Krag hand-guards are sight specific. The sight openings in the wood are different for 1896, 1898/1902, and 1901 sights. You need a rifle version of the 1901 rear-sight. (The one sitting on a book in my picture). It is easier and cheaper to get a 1901 sight than a 1902 hand-guard. The marking on your stock is likely a 'rack number'.


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MPF KCA Forum Member Offline Can dead men vote twice at Easter? Posts: 60 Location: S.F. Bay Area Joined: Aug 2^nd, 2014 Gender:	Re: SRS help Reply #7 - Aug 31^st, 2017 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	My first Krag had the opposite set-up. A 1901 sight installed backwards in a 1902 hand guard. I replaced the sight as the hand guard finish matches the stock. I will be installing the 1901 sight in my (hopefully) soon to be completed BoOF tribute rifle.


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Kerz KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 307 Location: KY Joined: Jan 13^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: SRS help Reply #8 - Sep 6^th, 2017 at 9:52am	Print Post
	Replaced the 1902 with a 1901 rear sight.

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