Lot 112
  • 112

A USN marked Jenks Carbine with Merrill's Patent Breech, circa 1859

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Steel, Brass, Walnut wood
.54 caliber, browned barrel marked W. JENKS / U.S.N. / P / 1845 at breech, case-hardened breech-loading armature marked J. M. MERRILL BALTO / PAT. JULY 1858, lock-plate marked N.P. AMES / SPRINGFIELD / MASS, brass mountings, oil-finished walnut stock

25-inch barrel



It is estimated only 300 were produced.