I also have a .30-40 Krag=Jorgensen officer's carbine which he carried in the Spanish-American war- and it shpoots the same rounds as does this M1895
Another mis-statement. Krag carbines were cavalry issue, not officers. An officer in 1898 carried his revolver in combat and (if he was dumb enough) a sword, and undoubtedly infantry rifles were grabbed and carried by discerning officers too. (And in truth, 1/2 of the service weapons used in Cuba were .45-70 Trapdoor Springfields.) The likelihood of an officer walking away with a rifle when he left the service was about as good then as it is now.
I wish I had a dollar for every gun tale I've heard where some old geezer bragged about the rifle he carried when in the service, when in truth he probably bought it at the local hardware store and proceeded to regale his offspring with false stories.
