I don't think that Merkel made a Mod 47, they made 47E's. Merkel doesn't stamp model #'s on there guns. If you lay a Mod 8 and a 47E side by side they apear to be identical, the bottom view will reveal the beefedup forend iron for ejectors. I have seen a lot of Merkels discribed as Mod 47, though they are in reality Mod 8's. The catalogs that I have don't show a Mod 47, they do show Model 8's & 47E's. If I'm wrong can someone give me a reference.