Original 19th Century British Pepperbox Percussion Revolver with Ring Trigger by J.R. Cooper - circa 1843 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly II / Fallschirm - Jäger

II / Fallschirm - Jäger Rgt

which would be flown from vehicles

We acquired it from a private collector that reported it came directly from an American airman who served on a B-29 based on the island at the end of World War Two

It is similar to the American Mk 2 "pineapple grenade"

where it continued combat operations until the 11 November Armistice with Germany

Original 19th Century British Pepperbox Percussion Revolver with Ring Trigger by J.R. Cooper - circa 1843 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly II / Fallschirm - JägerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the unusual system known as the "PEPPERBOX". The muzzle is similar to the business end of a Pepper Pot of the the early days of Queen Victoria. All six barrels are contained in one solid "tube" of steel revolving as a unit. The system was quickly superseded with the design of the traditional revolver, using a rotating chamber and a single barrel in the 1840s. Pepper boxes as such were