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A slight enlargement of the 'thread-protector' on Tom's Parkhurst carbine.

(I could not see the knurling on the initial pictures).

Was WW1/WW2 type bore-cleaner still being used to clean the M60 machine gun?

I mean the pungent thick liquid stuff that was used to remove corrosive chlorate-primer salts.

Why? The smell will gag a maggot!

Hot soapy water works just as well and doesn't stench-up your work space.
Windex, with ammonia, probably works, too.

Any of these 'solvents' need to be flushed out, wiped & dried out.
Follow-up is with patches wet with deep penetrating weapons oil.

Some Maxim Catalog views from 1920s.

Tom - Searching the internet I found a couple of examples of Krag carbines with threaded muzzles. 'Parkerswede' posted pictures of a model 1899 Krag (#280905) on 'Gunboards' in August 2021. I also found pictures of an '1895 marked' carbine, serial number 30258. This may give some credibility to civi...

This Springfield Armory - NP Historic Site display shows a 'Parkhurst carbine', configured like Tom's, except for his 'threaded-muzzle' and stock toe escutcheon plate.

That is pretty wonderful, Tom!
Everything seems right for a second block model 1899 carbine, built around September-October of 1900.

The biggest mystery is the threaded muzzle, Maxim silencer?

The 'shield shaped' escutcheon at the toe of the stock suggests a past civilian owner?

How to answer the eternal question of .... Who rang that bell? !!!

It sounds like a Krag carbine stock and barrel-band retaining spring.

Model 1896, model 1898, and model 1899 carbines used specific stocks and barrel-bands.
The barrel-bands were solid and retained with a flat spring.

If you post a picture, we can tell you what you have.

I will have to go back with a better camera and measuring tape, to better 'record' the two cannon barrels. They appear to be 4.5 inch, cast iron Siege Rifles, marked with the initials of the "Fort Pitt Foundry - Pittsburgh - 1863", IIRC. These rifled cannons were used by the U.S. field art...