Well I guess I have to sell my early nineties Merkels now that they are crap.Seriously though,I compared my 1992 201e to a few 1950`s guns,and except for the Boehler barrel,its the same gun.
Maybe there is a markup for that sense of hand fit dirty apron romance under the Weimar republic.I never seen a machining mark on a Merkel.
The scrollwork is the same,more if it on the older guns .
They all are tight,seem shot very little.
IIRC,Colt and Winchester passed hands a few times also,I cant say the older guns were any better without the use of cnc technologies.
In fact the Browning Japan copies are far superior.
