Merkel     Model 203-E      12ga, 2 3/4"     Built in 1944.

28 1/2 " O/U solid-rib barrels of Bohler steel choked extra full and extra full, 14 3/8"pull from articulated front trigger to original horn buttplate, 2 5/8" - 2 3/4" drop. No cast-off. Figured, oil-finished walnut with three-piece Deeley-release field forend, horn-capped pistol grip, swivels and beaded pancake cheekpiece. Full-coverage, scroll-engraved receiver with hand-detachable sidelocks, cocking indicators, intercepting sears, holdopen toplever and double Kersten locks. Eagle/N proofed in May, 1944. (Who did you have to be to be able to buy a fine new sporting gun in Nazi Germany in 1944 when the bombs were dropping all around?) Weight: 6lbs, 14oz. 99%blue. Little used.   $6975.

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