When I was a young Military Policeman at Ft. McNair, DC (1984), we had a little old lady come in the the Provost Marshal's Office one day and say: "My husband recently passed away. He had all these guns in the house. Would you like to have them?" Of course we would. Everyone present that day got a gun. I ended up with a 1896 Krag carbine. It actually is a NRA (what would now be CMP) cut down Krag rifle modified by the Army. I have the 1968 DC paperwork grandfathering it into the District when they followed the 1968 GCA outlawing firearms. My roomate and I tossed a coin between the Krag and a brand new 1903A3, He ended up with the '03, both were purchased through the military at Ft. Sill in 1934. Others in the colection included a S&W M1917, a General Officer's Colt M1903 .380 and 1911 not a 1911A1 (both were Army issued weapons when the old man earned stars. The M1903 went to the 1st Sergeant and the 1911 went to the PM.), a couple .22 Gallery guns and a Colt Police Positive. I still have the Krag. It is one of the jewels of my collection and a hoot to shoot.