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great storey my hats off to men like your father....charlie
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05-10-2023, 04:05 PM | #14 | ||||||
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The gun in question is what I know as a 200E. The 201E in the catalog picture looks identical to a 200E. What is the difference? I don't know. Maybe the engraving is slightly different.
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05-10-2023, 05:20 PM | #15 | ||||||
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The 200e was the base gun with simple english style engraving. The 201e has deep relief german style hunting scene engraving. Both were very well done on all of them I have seen. They appear on Gunbroker occasionally. For a long time last year, someone had a 200e in 16 gauge with a non adjustable rear sight for sale. Not beat up but well used, and a little odd for shotgun use with the sight. Not rifled though so not really a cape gun style firearm. It went begging at $2100. I think it would have sold quickly if a conventional O/U.
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05-12-2023, 12:29 PM | #16 | ||||||
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Art, the catalog picture of the 201E does not show any high relief or game scene engraving. In fact, it looks almost identical to the OP's 200E.
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05-12-2023, 03:38 PM | #17 | ||||||
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A copy of the build card from Merkel will tell if it is a 200 or 201
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https://www.hallowellco.com/traditio...kel_grades.htm leads to a link at Hallowell that shows the difference and describes them. Don't know what to conclude about the catalog, but there is a lot of information that says otherwise. The only variant I found was a game scene engraved gun for sale listed as a 200E, which I had to suspect was actually a mis-identified 201E by a poster with limited knowledge. A second search turns up numerous listings too, which consistently show scroll engraving. |
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05-13-2023, 10:50 AM | #19 | ||||||
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The catalog was from the early 1930s. The 200 is listed as having line engraving. The 201 is listed as having English style engraving (no mention of game scenes but it could have been special ordered).
It appears that the Hallowell photos are Merkels made post WWII as if shows a superior quality mark on the left side when the action is opened. |
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Thanks to all who replied. The gun is most definitely a 200E. It is at a bargain price but the loose forend, cut stock and Pachmyr pad, and excessive chokes in a 2 3/4" gun would make it useless to me.
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