Lot Essay
The gun was completed in 1929 and is of the highest possible quality. A copy of the original ledger entry for the gun will be made available to the buyer of the Lot. The gun appears to have been little used
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A FINE AND ORNATE 12-BORE (2¾IN) 'MODEL 303 DE-LUXE' OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY GEBRÜDER MERKEL, No. 16804
'Prima Qualität', quadruple-grip action-body, the hand-detachable lockplates with recessed flush release-levers, articulated front trigger, gold-washed lockwork, cocking-limbs and triggers, gold cocking-indicators, the lockplates engraved with best game scenes of pointers and duck within naturalistic landscapes, the whole surrounded by bold foliate-scrollwork, with flowers, fruit and foliage, the maker's name gold-inlaid on the underside of the action-body, figured stock with recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the Böhler-Antinit steel barrels with matt ventilated top-rib, intermediate bead-sight and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 8lb. 1oz., 14.5/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¾ & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
'Prima Qualität', quadruple-grip action-body, the hand-detachable lockplates with recessed flush release-levers, articulated front trigger, gold-washed lockwork, cocking-limbs and triggers, gold cocking-indicators, the lockplates engraved with best game scenes of pointers and duck within naturalistic landscapes, the whole surrounded by bold foliate-scrollwork, with flowers, fruit and foliage, the maker's name gold-inlaid on the underside of the action-body, figured stock with recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the Böhler-Antinit steel barrels with matt ventilated top-rib, intermediate bead-sight and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 8lb. 1oz., 14.5/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¾ & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof