Originally Posted By: moses



Does the Merkel have the fleur de lis proof mark for steel shot & a 1350 bar proof. If so that would be the clincher
O.M


A gun made in 1989, unless reproofed, would not have the fleur de lys or "steel shot" as a proofmark. Those marks first appeared in 2005.

A 20ga double that weighs under 5#? Must not be a fisherman's scale. They always weigh heavy. I'm thinking that one weighs light.

If the W&S is one of the modern 700 series guns (likely, from the tons proofmarks), then it won't have separate strikers. My model 400 (predecessor of the 700 series) does have disc-set strikers. So it's possible this W&S has them also . . . IF it had been reproofed sometime between 1954 and the late 80's.