Krag Collectors Association Forum

I would hold to the 'broken' Die Theory, because the first digit appears to be in a 'taller' font, than the following digits, which are all of equal height. Something had to be 'floating' or moving around, when the serial number was rolled or stamped. (The only other explanation, I can think of, is...

The Cartouche is there , hard to read , i think its 1901, S/N makes it a 1902 I think , the length of the butt measured 13 inches from the trigger to the end of the butt , you can see the plug on top of the butt, if it could be removed i think you could just screw on the metal plate .

I found a Carbine in a pawn shop, it has the C on the front and rear sights , bbl is 22 inches , hump sight protector, 2300 yard on the sight. The S/N is weird, the first number looks like an 8, should probably be a 3 . Now the bad , the stock looks maybe to be sanded, or possibly verry worn, stock ...