Germany · 1998–
Merkel Model 141 Sidelock
Specifications
- Maker
- Merkel
- Type
- Rifle
- Action
- Break action
- Era
- Modern (1946–1999)
- Produced
- 1998–
- Magazine
- None
- Swedish class
- 1
On a common factory load. Check the box against Naturvårdsverket's figures.
Chambered in
- 7×65R
- 8×57 IRS
- 9.3×74R
Stock
- Wood
What it is worth
Value unknown
No published price was found for this model. Rather than estimate one from a comparable gun, the compendium leaves it blank.
Chapter 01
Overview
Merkel has built guns at Suhl since 1898, and the Model 141 is its sidelock double rifle — the German answer to a London best, made in a town that has been making barrels since the sixteenth century.
Chapter 02
How it works
Two rifled barrels regulated to cross at a set distance, held by a Greener crossbolt, with the locks built on detachable sideplates that can be lifted out for service. A double rifle is two single-shot rifles sharing a stock, and the regulation is what makes them one gun.
Chapter 03
In the field
Driven boar in European forest, where two shots come faster from a double than from anything else and a third is rarely relevant. In 9.3×74R it is also a perfectly serious rifle for anything on the continent.
Sources
Written from: Merkel (firearms) — Wikipedia — read 2026-08-05
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