An estimated 500,000 rifles were produced at Springfield Armory. Springfield would produce several different variants of the Krag from 1892 to 1899 at their plant in Massachusetts. The US Army adopted the Krag rifle in 1892. Making them the mostly highly sought after and prized rifle of all Krag models by gun collectors and Springfield Armory 1898 Serial Numbers Less than a handful of these Philippine Constabulary Krag Carbines exist today. The Krag Carbine was also short lived, they would later be replaced by Springfield M1903 rifles by 1910(but Krags would still be in service until 1917). Unique to only the Philippines, the Krag full length rifles were modified and cut down to a shorter size at the POD(Philippine Ordnance Depot) in Intramurous. The Springfield Trapdoors were later replaced by the Krag Carbines in early 1906. As many PC inspectors complained: the Trapdoor rifle became a one shot club. After the first initial shot, reloading another round became near impossible. During the pacification of the islands after the Phil-Am War, the Trapdoor rifle proved to be inferior when fighting in the dense terrains of the Visayas and Mindanao regions where combatants would rush out in hoards. The Philippine Constabulary were originally issued old US military stock Springfield Trapdoor single-shot 45 rifles from the Indian Wars. It should be noted the PC’s were not soldiers as many confused them to be they were law enforcement officers paid the Civil Philippine Commission. The Philippine Constabulary were the native police established in 1902 by Tafts Philippine Commission which oversaw civil affairs of the Philippine Islands.
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