Have handled a few Merkels and found them well balanced. Especially the small gauges.Quality has been proven over time.
They will take excessive amounts of shooting that most will never put thru them.
A good example of you get what you pay for and there isn't $700 SXS that will run the long race with them. Some of the low to middle entries in the SxS market have figured out nice wood sells. Merkel gives you the insides. The wood is up to you.
Recent Urgarteckia (sp?) are good shotguns, but they are not a Merkel.
Last edited by battue; 08/09/15.
