I am the second owner of this Krag which I bought it 1980. A man in his eighties sold it to me who got it from his father in 1911, when he was a teen ager. His father bought a crate of them for his gun club at $1.75 each. I have his bill of sale testifying to it. It is not a rare model, being an 1898 made in 1902, but the condition is very nice. The fellow who sold it to me said that he doubted that he put 10 rounds through it.
I would imagine this is as close to "mint" as one could expect. DSC_0044.jpgDSC_0035.jpgDSC_0050.jpgDSC_0048.jpg
Of course, if you consider that the US Government was the first owner, then I guess I am the third.