Since #109128 represents the lowest "documented" serial number for a U.S. Of course, we have no way of double-checking the stamped numbers on a Krag receiver that was turned into scrap. I can recall at least one instance of a KCA member with a rifle # that was documented as "Destroyed". IMHO - The Depot Guards likely made some occasional clerical errors, when recording Krags destined for destruction. It is also easy to misread and confuse several serial number digits, (especially 3, 6 and 9, with 8). People, experienced with Krag models, know well, how easy it is to misread the 1896 stamp, as "1898". On the surface, this would appear to document a Model 1898 rifle with a serial number that is lower, than the two numbers posted by 'garksu'/Tom P. Krag, #109128, as a Model 1898 rifle, destroyed on May 17, 1929, by the Depot Guards at New Cumberland, Pa. FWIW - The tables in Frank Mallory's book, "The Krag Rifle Story", 2nd edition, (page 280), list U.S.
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