A model 1896 carbine blade has to be taken out of the base to view the "C".

Note - An original sight pin is slightly tapered and should be driven from left to right, to remove.

Your pin appears a bit 'mushroomed' on both ends. It is likely a replacement/homemade pin.

Your blade may possibly just be a filed-down blade or homemade. You have to see the whole blade to tell.

hi from carbon outlaw ... how i get krag scope mounts is I go on EBAY and type in "vintage scope mount lot" and usually you can get them fairly cheep I look threw them and I always save the ones for krag and remington model 8 and resell the lot ... any sight that is identified as krag sells for a lot ...

hi back again ... the Redfield model 70kt and the model 102 I get on EBAY also type in "Redfield sight" and look though then or type in "krag" and look though those listings ... Here what I do if you find a Redfield Krag sight there really expensive 100 to 200 dollars most of the ones I find are under "vintage sights" or I buy ones that were dropped and all bent up and I straightened them out or get other model 70 or 102 and trade parts and fix them ... also I have got a few that were rusted and cleaned and polished them and had them re blued and sold them for a lot of money ... If you buy a sight make sure you get the longer screw with it there really hard to find ...

You wouldn't want to sell one of those would ya?

The Weaver #2 Base comes with screws and is often very cheap (brand new) on ebay.

The mount with rings, that 'clamps' to the #2 base, is harder to find and sells new for about $30 to $45.

Brass gun screws just don't look right to me.

Repro Krag and 1903 swivel-screws can be found on ebay and S&S Firearms. Shortening the screw and 'reducing' shaft diameter (above threads) makes a serviceable replacement for the Redfield 102-K and 70-K sights.

(IMHO - The Redfield 70 KT - 'target' and 70 KH - 'hunter' are nice looking sights, but, the 'micrometer adjustment' makes them cumbersome for gun cleaning, because there is no quick-release. It is easiest to simply remove the whole sight in order to remove the bolt).

It's been a while.  I bought a Redfield 102KT.  The seller sent me the wrong sight so I had to wait for a return and re send of the right one. 
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Once installed I noticed the sight sits down on the extractor hinge on the bolt.  Is this normal?  I still have the buckhorn rear sight that came with the rifle and the new rear peep doesn't line up with the buckhorn and front sight.  It's a tad bit higher.  Is there a fix or did I somehow install it wrong? 

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quietriot wrote on Sep 26^th, 2018 at 12:27am:

You can buy or make a taller front blade to allow zeroing with the higher line-of-sight provided by the receiver sight.

Mention was made of the Redfield sight that goes on the right side above.  I think when Redfield made the transition to alloy, circa 1965, they dumped the whole no drill and tap idea, with its complex cuts and extra hardware and went with a couple models of alloy sights, one with coin slotted 1/4 minute knobs, "The Trophy" and another, "The Record" with set screws to lock the adjustment.  They went on the right, like a Lyman and required drilling and tapping.  They didn't last long after that switch to alloy, until 72.  There was a period, just before the change to alloy, that they made a steel model 102NK, that fit the Norwegian Krag on the right side.