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Hi Unregistered,
On July 29th, this site will be moving..! No, really - it's "moving" to another physical location - including servers, gateways, routers - everything - including my coffee cup...
So, from the date of July 29th through July 30 or 31 (shooting for these dates, but - as always, I'm at the mercy of my ISP who has to install the lines to the new location - and we actually get them running ;) ). But - this site, cloud servers and main web will be OFF LINE.
Now, please save these dates!! Please - don't be "that guy" who emails me on the 30th to tell me you "can't open the Parker Website". I'll already know it is offline - and also know that you are "that guy"...
I'll take this notice up and down over the next week or so - and leave it up during the final few days before shutting it off on the 29th..
John D.
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I was big time into Merkel's at one time before I switched over to Parkers and Foxes. Owned several because I was stationed in Germany at the time and they were amazingly inexpensive compared to here. Had a 20 gauge 47SL, a 28 and 20 gauge 122E, a 16 gauge 122E and a 1620. Also owned a couple of 47E models. None of them gave me a lick of trouble in any way. All were double trigger guns. Never had one with poor layout when it comes wood. German's IMO are much more into strength then figure as a rule. Some of the higher grade Merkel's still had so so walnut as far a figure went as compared a lot of other guns for sure, but they were strong. I think they basically took the same design and turned then into double rifles for shooting cape buffalo was why there were so stubborn on having great grain layout where it counts. Regarding breaking a Merkel in, it takes forever because the tolerances are so tight. My buddy still had two Merkel's that I bought from him circa 1995 and that's all he shoots. Still no problems ever. The 147E 28 gauge is fantastic. Half knob grip and killer walnut. That particular gun I special ordered for him when I ordered two others and requested they upgrade the wood and they sure did. IMO they are over built to some degree for sure. They however won't let you down. IMO the quality today isn't what it was in the early to mid 90's, which in itself was better then the GDR made guns.
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How are the pre/post GDR guns different? Are they marked differently?
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06-06-2020, 09:28 AM
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How are the pre/post GDR guns different? Are they marked differently?
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They are marked GDR on the barrels. I found the finish (metal and wood) to be a tad less nice overall. GDR's simply by being made during that time frame seem to bring less money. IMO they are still good buys because the basic design never changed.
PS. Simson was also made in that same factory in Suhl and they are clones of the Merkel's in just about every way possible. They can often be found for a good bit cheaper.
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