Product Details
GEBRUDER MERKEL
A 12-BORE / 7X65R DOUBLE-TRIGGER SIDEPLATED OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR COMBINATION GUN / RIFLE, serial no. 13935, with additional 12-bore shot barrels,
25 1/2in. nitro reproved combination barrels (in 2020, partially struck off) with ramped raised matt top-rib, flip-up open sights and ramped bead fore-sight, the breech end mounted with a Hensoldt Diatal 4x32 telescopic sight, serial no. 189859, in quickly-detachable mounts, three-piece fore-end with wooden side fillets, 2 3/4in. shot chamber, bored approx. 3/4 choke;
28 1/4in. 12-bore shot barrels with broad raised solid matt top-rib, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. full choke in both, some internal pits and ring bulges at muzzles;
quadruple-grip action with ornately carved side bolsters, ears of wheat to the right and bullrushes to the left, manual safety, pin cocking-indicators, set front trigger, border and Germanic scroll engraving, the sideplates carved with a wetland scene of a sedge of herons to the left and a woodland scene of a nye of pheasants to the right, old silver finish, 14 1/2in. semi-pistolgrip stock with horn insert drop points and including 3/4in. horn buttplate, shared fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release, horn insert finial, crack to wood at iron from ejector mechanism, weight 8lb. 3oz. (combination barrels, unscoped), 9lb. (combination barrels, with scope) and 7lb. 7oz. (shot barrels)
Please click HERE to view Terms & Conditions.
Estimate £1,500-2,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act