Original U.S. Civil War Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" Breech Loading Percussion Carbine - dated 1845 Vintage Signs 1939 (Heft 23)

1939 (Heft 23)

the Kriegsmarine grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s

There is a cork type ring on the smaller glass vial which seals the larger glass bottle when the Bakelite cap is screwed tight

Funk walked around the building and into their midst

but it looks like other makers used them as well

Original U.S. Civil War Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" Breech Loading Percussion Carbine - dated 1845 Vintage Signs 1939 (Heft 23)Original Item: Only One Available. From the Civil War era this is one of the hardest Carbines to find, and this is indeed the only example we have ever had of a W. J. Jenks "Mule Ear" Carbine. It is in rifled . 54 caliber. Access to the breech is accomplished by lifting bolt lever, and a paper cartridge would be inserted and rammed forward when the breech is closed. The carbine is then discharged with the use of a SIDE HAMMER percussion system, the so