This Krag sporter sold today on GunBroker. It is more interesting than most 'cut-downs'.
(Sold by John Miller Parts, it went for just under $500, with shipping).

I was mildly interested, but, stayed out of the auction, when I noticed a fellow KCA member had the top bid. (I don't know who ultimately won the item).

Hoot brought this amazing rear-sight to our attention, back in September, 2019. Pictures of it were posted on doublegunshop.com and we marveled at the labor that went into it.

Actually, the whole "cut-down" Krag is a nice looking package with some valuable parts.

The 1894 dated Receiver was never 'notched' for a Bolt 'hold-open' pin. (There is a novel small groove at the magazine cut-off 'niche' to stabilize the 'peep' sight).

The bolt and extractor are model 1892 parts. The bolt-sleeve is model 1892.

The whole rig is too cute and well thought out to pillage for parts!

(I keep looking. I believe that is a 'long wrist' Stock)?

I got outbid at $440, I think.
It would have looked nice with my 1903 Sporters.
I wouldn’t call this a “sporter” exactly but a nicely done sporterized rifle. 
Even without the sight I’d like, but that sight is too cool.  I may one day regret not bidding more haha.

The sight has an advantage over the striker mounts as it does not move when the trigger is pulled. Like the rest I hope it stays together. The designing and machine work to build such a thing would cost way over $1000.00 at today's normal hourly rates.
Would guess a machinist or gunsmith made it for himself.

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This is the thread I think BR referred too. The pictures could have been his own or copied from another link?


Further down that same page is another odd sight.
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Looks to be a no drill sight, not sure who made it. The cocking piece looks to be modified also.

Certainly a unique sight but for all that went into it does it do much more than the simpler Rice sight? It appears to attach at the same point - the extractor bolt hole or rivet hole on later models - but requires the hockey stick-like projections on each side to keep it in line with the bore and two screws to each side just to keep the sticks in place.  The Rice sight is one piece and uses the windage "ears" for the dual purpose of windage adjustment and to maintain sight alignment. The Rice sight looks to have greater windage adjustment but the Mystery sight appears to have the advantage of dialing in repeatable elevation settings.  Being one-of-a-kind the Mystery sight is the better conversation piece but in my opinion the Rice sight is the more ingenious design of the two.

Close up of a Rice sight from an older thread that screws into the extractor bolt hole and the one on my sporter that uses a bolt and nut to replace the rivet (bolt and nut are not original to this sight).