Several years ago I inherited a pair of Krags from an uncle. A rifle and a carbine. Both M1898. The rifle is a "family heirloom" that a great-great uncle brought home after the S/A War. His story was that he absconded with it when he mustered out. Seems unlikely that the Army would be so careless but that was his tale. When my uncle inherited it he decided he wanted a carbine to go with it and eventually came across this one in the '60s. The fellow he bought it from said he thought it was probably an NRA gun and that it was NOT a real M1898 carbine. At a gun show last weekend I saw a couple of carbines and a rifle which aroused my curiosity in this one again. Looking around on the internet brought me to this site and I'm hopeful that some of you will offer your opinions as to whether or not this is indeed an NRA gun. It has a lot of carbine attributes that I hope are visible in the pictures. I'm looking forward to learning more about my carbine. Thanks in advance.