M1899 Carbine for sale- good deal

[Whig]

I am not selling nor connected in any way to this listing.

There is a nice looking M1899 Krag carbine, arsenal rebuild, for sale at a great price, with no current bids, on Gun Broker. Ends tomorrow. It is wearing an appropriate M1901 carbine rear sight and is not sporterized. Not perfect but a nice stock and hand guard also. Check it out.

Might be a good deal at current price for anyone looking to add an M1899 carbine to their collection.

I don't need it. I've been watching this and thought someone at KCA might want to bid on it.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/837106452

[98src]

Is the front sight correct?

[Whig]

I can't tell why it is higher than usual. I thought it was just an incorrect blade. The base looks dovetailed but I can't tell for sure. I would e-mail and ask the seller and ask for some better pictures of the front sight. I wouldn't want to mislead anyone. Check it out further. Do your due diligence. If unsure, I'd pass.

This Krag started life as a carbine but certainly could have had alterations including a new barrel that is not correct. We have seen that many times.

I've enhanced a couple pictures a little.

[Mike4MSU]

Did you look at picture 27? I dont like that extra cut near the guard. Seems it may be a repro stock as well - no markings and doesnt seem quite right to me.

[Ned Butts]

Looking at pictures 10,16 &24 and zooming in the base does not look right. Trigger guard cut is strange also as Mike stated.

[Whig]

Does the hand guard look too small for the stock underneath it? The front cut of the hand guard looks wrong too.

I agree. Looks suspiciously wrong in a number of ways. That's a weird front trigger guard cut. A lot of work in that stock if it is a repro.

I guess that's why there are no bids including mine!

Nice detective work. It would be nice to take it a part in person but I'm not doing that.

Heck, if the carbine is wrong, I wonder if that rear sight is fake? If not, those M1901 carbine sights are still valuable.

Also, the bottom of the butt plate doesn't fit the stock correctly. Picture 40.

[leadhead]

That front sight base looks really, really high to me.
Denny