Lot Essay
The gun is of particularly high quality and was completed in March 1966. It appears to have been little used
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE DE-LUXE QUALITY 12-BORE (2¾IN) OVER-AND-UNDER SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR TRAP-GUN BY GEBRÜDER MERKEL, NO. 62786
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A FINE DE-LUXE QUALITY 12-BORE (2¾IN) OVER-AND-UNDER SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR TRAP-GUN BY GEBRÜDER MERKEL, NO. 62786
The quadruple-grip action-body with side-bolsters, hand-detachable lockplates with recessed flush lever, fully-selective single-trigger with barrel-selector switch, best bold foliate-scroll engraving on a matt ground, bright finish, finely-figured stock with palm swell and ventilated recoil-pad, three-piece elongated forend, the Böhler-steel barrels with matt ventilated top-rib, wooden side-fillets and intermediate bead-sight
Weight: 9lb., 14½in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¾ & extra-full choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
The quadruple-grip action-body with side-bolsters, hand-detachable lockplates with recessed flush lever, fully-selective single-trigger with barrel-selector switch, best bold foliate-scroll engraving on a matt ground, bright finish, finely-figured stock with palm swell and ventilated recoil-pad, three-piece elongated forend, the Böhler-steel barrels with matt ventilated top-rib, wooden side-fillets and intermediate bead-sight
Weight: 9lb., 14½in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¾ & extra-full choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof