The photos in the early 1899 catalogs picture what is obviously 1895's with long cheek pieces, reverse curve forearms, 1895 buttstocks and the SRC has a barrel band. The 1895 SRC has a 22" barrel and the 1899 is 20". In the pictures in the early 1899 catalogs (1900 and 1903) the SRC (BB) barrels look longer than than the SRC barrels (non BB) pictured in the 1905 and later catalogs. If anyone has an 1899 barrel band carbine I'd like to know about to include it in my book. Thanks, David
wyo1895
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