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You can sometimes find them on Ebay – both originals (occasionally) as well as reproductions.

Zaboaa said

Picked up this beauty, been searching for a nice saddle ring. It was issued to the US army Signal Corp for guarding/building the Washington-Alaska Military Telegraph and Cable System in the early 1900’s. I found it in an antique shop in Anchorage. Excellent condition and a really good barrel. For sure taking this to the range. 
  

Just for my education, were these rifles marked in a way to identify they were used by this organization?

Zebulon said
Morning, Chuck. I wondered that myself. 
The  early Texas Rangers bought their own weapons, typically from Petmecky’s store in downtown Austin. They were not issued by their State agency. For that reason – and because their “jewelry” was put to deadly use far more than the average law officers’ — the Rangers traded up as soon as better guns were available. They were very quick to understand the advantages of the 30 WCF over the 44WC. Frank Hamer and his fellow officers bought the first Remington 25 and 35 automatics Petmecky got in. Hamer called it his “pear burner.” 
Either right before or after Bonnie and Clyde were “captured”, Remington built Hamer a 35 with detachable extended magazine. It’s in the Ranger Museum at Waco.  
And most of them ditched the old Peacemaker for fancy Government Models, pretty early. The Rangers were nobody’s fools when it came to hardware. Still aren’t. 
  

Interesting rifles though.  

I have a single action that letters to Petmecky in Austin from the 1880’s.  Bonnie and Clyde were never going to be captured.  The Governor wanted them dead.  During the research on the Graves Peeler shotgun I own I found that he worked with Hamer a few time and was asked to be involved with the Bonnie and Clyde apprehension.  He declined when he found out they were to be shot on sight. 

I believe you are correct. If memory serves, the Krag-Jorgensen rifle was occasionally chambered fot calibers other than 30/40 Krag but most were chambered for the latter and became known as the “30 Army as your carbine is marked..

I do not know this of my own knowledge but I’ve been told that, at the time of adoption by the U. S. Army the 30/40 was called the “30 Government”. In 1903 when the 30/08 was adopted,  in 1906 becoming the 30/06,  1895 rifles so chambered were marked ” 30 Government” and any further 30/40 1895 Winchester rifles were marked  “30 Army”

I believe Bert H told me that. I would suppose if an 1895 were made around the time of changeover, a chambered cast might be a good idea.

Bert, Thanks.

If I have this straight;

Winchester 1895 rifles and carbines chambered in 30/40 Krag were marked “.30 U.S.”before the Army adopted the .30 Springfield.

Afterward, those chambered in 30/40 were marked “.30 Army”.

I should write this a hundred times.