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Lot 551S2

A pair of 12-bore single-trigger over-and-under sidelock ejector guns by Gebrüder Merkel, no. 15411/2

18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

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A pair of 12-bore single-trigger over-and-under sidelock ejector guns by Gebrüder Merkel, no. 15411/2

The toplevers, ribs and forend-irons numbered 'I' and 'II' in gold, non-selective single-triggers, the quadruple-grip action bodies with rose and scroll engraved side bolsters, the hand-detachable lockplates with cocking-indicators, border-scroll engraving, the underside of the actions engraved Suhler Waffenwerk, Gerbrüder Merkel, Suhl, the well-figured stocks (cast-on, No. 2 cracked through the hand) with ebonite extension (No. 1) and rubber recoil-pad (No. 2), the Bohler Antinit steel barrels engraved Harald Nyborg on the left and Odense on the right with long wooden side-fillets and matt ventilated top-ribs with intermediate bead-sights
Weight 7lb. 15oz. (No. 1) and 8lb. 1oz. (No. 2), 14⅛in. pull (13¼in. stock)(No. 1) and 14¼in. pull (13½in. stock)(No. 2), 29½in. barrels, approx. ⅞ & ½ choke (No. 1) both approx. ¾ choke (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, German nitro proof

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The guns were completed in 1927

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