Originally Posted by
Kragrifle
A few more things-the 1896 style sight used on the 1899 carbines will only have the 1900 dated cartouche and will be around 280K-300K (look in Mallory's book for a better range). When this style sight was used this later group of carbines (and rifles) the binding knob was increased in size so that most of the 1896 carbine sights out there will not be correct for the 1899 carbine. Finally, of the 15-20 carbines of this style that I have seen, all have had the lighter colored walnut or even a few with the "Italian Walnut" wood.