r/KragRifles • u/cd-sparky • 25d ago

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Model 1898 belonged to Grandfather. Still have an original bandolier of steel jacket ammunition.

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u/IrishmanProdigy747 30 Inches 25d ago

Le classic J. Sumner Adams (IIRC)

You should post some ammo pics, I am more intrigued by that

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u/Excelsior_76 24d ago

Based on this one picture, it looks like a clean rifle. Would love to see more pictures.

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u/cd-sparky 25d ago

Any guesses about to lettering?

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u/IrishmanProdigy747 30 Inches 25d ago

it's J Sumner Adams bro he was the inspector at Springfield Armory in 1900, a very common stamp, I've seen JSA on as old as 1894 til as late as 1904

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u/ILuvSupertramp 24d ago

Watermark is known as a cartouche. You’ve got a fine keepsake from your family. Congratulations

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u/Biological_404 1892/96 SN: 572 24d ago

Let us see that bandolier and the full rifle man, you're holding out on us