Back to Gebruder Merkel, the Gebrüder Merkel ledgers gives that all O/U Merkel platforms were under the Gebrüder Merkel Umbrella and virtually none were released to other makers until 1915. Those in the Know, just do not know.

It is a very interesting time when Sporting Weapons Platforms were money makers and then the onset of War which always advances technology, interrupting the money making. I will continue to dig.....


Hochachtungsvoll,

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