luv2safari,

Thanks for the info. I hadn't had a chance to do any research yet.
Mine does have the nice deep relief game scene engraving.

4seventy - as per my original post/reply, I had also heard some not so good,
HOWEVER I have YET to find 1 person who has ever seen a bad one
(and I talk and meet a hell of a lot of double rifle owners all over the world
every year so I am more likely to find someone than most.

I hate to say it but I think it might be one of those "stories" that gets started and then
repeated by people. It was probably jealousy that started it so many years ago !!!

Merkel - here's another one I see repeated - Merkels "Off the Face"

I own 2 and neither has yet come off the face - AND I have put a minimum of 100+ rounds through
each while doing load development / bullet testing and some of the loads were up their with the best !!!
(velocity etc)

Has anyone here actually SEEN one of these Merkel's that are off the face ?

500 Nitro