GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
VERY HIGH QUALITY SIDELOCK OVER-UNDER RIFLE/ SHOTGUN COMBINATION BY GEBRUDER MERKEL WITH SCOPE.G. MERKELOU RIFLE/SHOTGUN1536516/8 x 57RW/SCOPEMODERN; C&RCal. 16 ga / 8 x 57R. 2-1/2" Chamber. 26-3/8" Demi-bloc bbls are fitted with raised, matted, solid rib fitted with flip-over rear rifle/ shotgun sight and silver bead front, rear portion with claw bases. Breech portion of bbls is engraved "Suhler Waffenwerk" and "Gebruder Merkel" "Suhl"; right side with retailer "Otto Buhl & Sohn" "Kirchheimbolanden". Bottoms of bbls are stamped with German nitro proofs. Sling loop is soldered to bottom bbl. Case hardened Blitz OU double Kersten action features tang safety, pin type cocking indicators, and dbl triggers (front set). Action is engraved with sprays of scroll, with makers name and address on bottom. Scroll surrounds game scenes on sides; roebuck and doe on left, and a fox flushing a pair of ducks on right. Trigger guard is of horn. Relatively plain European walnut capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-1/2" over embossed patterned horn buttplate with Merkel logo, and features shadow line right hand cheekpiece, nicely cut point pattern checkering at grip. Sling loop and silver oval are on toe line. Matching 3-pc piece forend has Deeley release. Shotgun bore diameter: .675. Bore restrictions: .026 (mod). Wall thickness: .031. Drop at heel: 2-11/16", drop at comb: 1-13/16". Cast about 3/8" off. Weight: 7 lbs. 2 oz. LOP: 14-1/2". Gun is fitted with Gerard 4 X (?) scope with three post reticle, and is in soldered on claw rings, rear with windage adjustment. CONDITION: Very good as partially refinished. Bbls have nearly all of a re-blue. Action has traces of orig color, perhaps as much as 15%. Stocks have nearly all of an oil finish, checkering cleaned up. Shotgun bore is excellent, as is rifle bore. Action is tight. Trigger works. Scope re-blued, optically clear. 51872-38 MGM188 (2,000-4,000)