...thanks for your views...i really like the merkel smooth bores, and think that they are a step higher than comparable krieghoff smooth bores...my premium dealer (of brit doubles, perazzis, a+s, etc.) fully agrees, and says that you really cannot get much better than a merkel in a production grade offering...

...i also understand that merkel's barrels are used by kreighoff, and that its actions are used by rigbys...

...that said, i really cannot see how the merkel double rifles can be as bad as posters have indicated in recent posts...