Original U.S. Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" First Pattern Breech Loading Percussion Carbine MG 34 Reciever Assembly matte-surfaced materials

matte-surfaced materials

The 13-inch rod works better with Thompsons fitted with the compensator

but unfortunately we cannot read it accurately

Insignia: Submarine Service

reflecting the latest European naval developments

Original U.S. Navy W.J. Jenks Side Hammer "Mule-Ear" First Pattern Breech Loading Percussion Carbine MG 34 Reciever Assembly matte-surfaced materialsOriginal Item: Only One Available. From the Civil War era this is one of the hardest Carbines to find, and this is indeed only the second example we have ever had of a W. J. Jenks "Mule Ear" Carbine. First developed in the early 1840s, the U. S. Navy ordered these in various different configurations, both rifled and smoothbore. Access to the breech is accomplished by lifting bolt lever, and a paper cartridge would be inserted and rammed forward when