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Engraved and Inlaid Gebruder Merkel Sidelock Over/Under Shotgun 16ga
Description:
Blued steel barrels fitted with a matted, slightly tapered solid rib and a single white bead front sight.
Breech area adorned with attractive oak leaf engraving extending onto the barrel wings, connected by a string-of-pearls motif and surrounding the "GEBRUDER MERKEL/SUHL" marking on the left side.
German proofed and dated 1955.
2 3/4-inch chambers with automatic ejectors.
Coin-finished, bolster hand-detachable sidelock action equipped with double crossbolts.
Action features extensive relief-cut Germanic oak leaf engraving covering nearly the entire surface.
Underside marked "GEBRUDER MERKEL/SUHL."
Left lockplate depicts a fox flushing a flock of mallards from a pond; right lockplate depicts a setter flushing a covey of quail.
Game scenes are executed in exceptional detail with semi-relief gold inlays.
Double triggers with articulated front trigger.
Tang-mounted automatic safety.
Nicely figured three-piece forend with multi-point checkering and engraved iron hardware.
Pistol grip stock featuring deep oak leaf carving behind the lockplates.