Original U.S. Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" Breech Loading Percussion Carbine - dated 1845 Empire Edged Weapons This fine example is covered

This fine example is covered with markings and proofs

the background is off-white with water in blue and mountains and elevated areas in shades of yellow and orange

Not a tourist item

with the machine gun serving a support role

As it happened the Americans always used just three ram rod pipes

Original U.S. Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" Breech Loading Percussion Carbine - dated 1845 Empire Edged Weapons This fine example is coveredOriginal 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