Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 Early 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Carbine - Serial 10126 German Holsters Helbig of Steinbach

Helbig of Steinbach

and during 1916-1917

The included bayonet is the standard Model 1873 Socket bayonet

An almost completely different design of the harness

So effective was the concept that the Germans

Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 Early 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Carbine - Serial 10126 German Holsters Helbig of SteinbachOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice single shot percussion breech loading Civil War Saddle Ring Carbine. As they use both a cap and a type of breech loaded cartridge, they are often referred to as "capping breech loaders". Somewhere around 14,500 were made by J. H. Merrill of Baltimore for the Union Cavalry, mostly between 1863 and 1865. The carbines were produced in two versions: First Type and Second Type. The First Type included