I only have one Krag and know virtually nothing about them. I have tried to to a little internet research regarding the sights, handguards, etc., but would really appreciate some help. The receiver says it is an 1898 (SN 1636xx), but it has what I've researched to be an 1896 rear sight, and an 1896C ramped handguard? The barrel is 22" and is turned down at the muzzle for a bayonet. It has a 38" stock ending in a barrel band/bayonet lug. It has an inspectors mark one the left above the trigger that is a box with a J and other letters that have been obscured by damage. From what I've read, this may be a "school gun" miss-mash gun that were assigned to drill teams? Or was this a modern attempt to replicate a rare "unicorn" Phillipine Constabulatory Rifle? I've read accounts that virtually all of those PCRs were dumped in Manila Bay before they could be replaced with more modern 1903's.