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Origins/early history of the Merkel OU ... #671271 02/11/26 05:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,872 Likes: 16 USA obsessed-with-doubles OP Sidelock
OP obsessed-with-doubles Sidelock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,872 Likes: 16 USA	Can anyone here tell me more about the origins and early history of the Merkel OU/Bockflinte? I'm curious to know the thinking behind their first guns, patents they drew on, etc. Thanks, OWD Good Gun Alerts & more: www.DogsandDoubles.com

Re: Origins/early history of the Merkel OU ... obsessed-with-doubles #671282 02/11/26 06:52 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,370 Likes: 467 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,370 Likes: 467 North Alabama	Beesley teed up & kicked off the O/U in circa 1912. Merkel developed the >>Weichlot<< method for joining and most O/Us wear the stamp. https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=162651 Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse

Re: Origins/early history of the Merkel OU ... obsessed-with-doubles #671288 02/11/26 09:09 PM
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OP obsessed-with-doubles Sidelock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,872 Likes: 16 USA	Thanks, Raimey. I'll look through that thread. Is there any info in their about the German named Julius Coster that Dallas mentions as having a roll in the origins of the triggerplate-style hammerless shotgun? OWD Good Gun Alerts & more: www.DogsandDoubles.com

Re: Origins/early history of the Merkel OU ... obsessed-with-doubles #671290 02/11/26 09:40 PM
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ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,370 Likes: 467 North Alabama	Ah, I don't know of a Julius Cöster right off, but I just do not think he was in Suhl. But chase >>Laufverbindung Patent<< and the name on Merkel O/Us should be Waffenfabrik Gebrüder Merkel post 1916. Gebrüder Merkel was well known for O/U platforms but so was Greifelt. Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse

Re: Origins/early history of the Merkel OU ... obsessed-with-doubles #671298 02/12/26 08:12 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,370 Likes: 467 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,370 Likes: 467 North Alabama	Marc gives 1905: >>Bockgewehre started in 1905.<< https://www.doublegunshop.com/forum...p;Board=9&main=47895&type=thread Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse

Re: Origins/early history of the Merkel OU ... obsessed-with-doubles #671299 02/12/26 08:15 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,370 Likes: 467 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,370 Likes: 467 North Alabama	I am fortunate to be the custodian of a „ATM“ French version: https://doublegunshop.com/forums/ub...p;Board=1&main=40742&type=thread And actually, it is contained in a Cabela's Travel Case that I reach for 1st when I plan to hunt..... I just wish I would take the time to have the sling swivel screw re-installed in the stock. Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse

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