Merkel is one of the very few factories that can manufacture both modern firearms and handcrafted hunting guns. No matter which category a customer chooses, a Merkel carries the Suhl genes: reference to and heritage of the German Damascus. And this has its own basic principles:

Steel on steel: With Merkel locking mechanisms, the principle applies that steel is always locked on steel.

Merkel Top-Down: Merkel guns offer the customer the power reserves of the unique Merkel top-down principle. This means that the highest calibre of every gun class defines the breech of all the underlying versions. The breech of the Africa side-by-side rifle thus sets the standard for all the other side-by-side guns.

Handed-down quality: We have mastered the traditional manufacturing methods, which still, produce unequalled quality – we hand them down and develop them further. For example, we continue to practice the time-consuming process of brush oxidisation because it provides extra quality for our customers.