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olderthansome KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 131 Location: Michigan Joined: Mar 10^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #30 - Jun 22^nd, 2019 at 4:51pm	Print Post
	The stock looks very good - maybe refinished. With better photos, we may be able to be more helpful. In the meantime, I will be happy to say that if the stock is original and even is refinished carefully, it probably is worth the whole that you've invested so far. The rest of the parts (less the sight) are the icing on your cake. I think you've done well, grasshopper. The serial number is out of the range most of us think of as "correct", but the subject is always not certain. In Mallory's book, 2nd Edition, he lists a few carbines beyond "the range" and, as I recall, one was even beyond 200,000. Regardless, if all the parts are married, the stock's value is the same whether with a proper number or not. It only needs to be "original" which brings us back to the subjective conversation.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #31 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 1:17am	Print Post
	'King Karp": Knurling on sight-knob is wrong. Front-Sight hood/protector is correct.


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #32 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 1:22am	Print Post
	Thanks to everyone for their help. Could someone with access to krag serial numbers check and see if 156484 shows up in the records. Thanks, kc


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #33 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 1:43am	Print Post
	It is not listed in any of the 4 editions of the Springfield Research Service.


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #34 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 7:47pm	Print Post
	Upon taking this krag apart I found that it has a new after market barrel installed. I wondered why the rifling was so good! I guess that takes any collector value out of it. Well, I wanted a shooter I guess I have one. I will make a chamber cast and hopefully it will be 30-40 krag. Here are some pics of the stock i was asked for. Was the hole under the oiler, cleaning rod hole made to lighten the stock or for extra storage? Thanks again everyone, kc


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #35 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 7:48pm	Print Post
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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #36 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 7:48pm	Print Post
	Stock


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #37 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 7:48pm	Print Post
	Pic


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #38 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 7:49pm	Print Post
	Swivel hole filled in.


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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #39 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 7:49pm	Print Post
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King carp KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 296 Joined: Apr 1^st, 2019 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #40 - Jun 23^rd, 2019 at 7:50pm	Print Post
	Saddle ring and but plate


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #41 - Jun 24^th, 2019 at 12:55am	Print Post
	'King carp' - That is a very nice model 1898 carbine stock! The stock alone is probably worth what you paid for the whole 'carbine'. IMHO - You have a very nice looking 'replica' carbine for shooting! p.s. - The holes in the stock butt were to lighten the arm. An added benefit was convenient storage for rod sections and oiler.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #42 - Jun 24^th, 2019 at 2:05am	Print Post
	'King carp' - I took the liberty of altering some of your sight pictures, as well as, 'Parashooter' and 'Wigs' pictures, inorder to contrast your sight with legitimate ones. You can see the #20 is very different and not the correct size and spacing. The knob and slide-screw head are also wrong on Carp's sight.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #43 - Jun 24^th, 2019 at 2:17am	Print Post
	Two more views that reveal Carp's sight to be Fake. "C" on right side of base is too large and different style. Range Numbers on left-side of Carp's base look to be individually stamped by hand. (4 & 6 are a bit cocked) The 'style' or font of the numbers is wrong.


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Help with rear sight Reply #44 - Jun 24^th, 2019 at 8:47am	Print Post
	Those pictures make it much easier to compare. Good job, Butlers. Very fake! I wonder who's doing this crap!


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