Gordon,
Was the dead bird laying on a box looking contraption? If so, it was probably a pigeon laying on a pigeon trap. There's been a lifter gun being shown at the Michigan Antique Arms Show with that kind of engraving. The gun is a beater, the engraving is the only thing that makes it interesting, guy apparently wants a fortune for it. Might be the same gun actually, can't be too many like that out there.
Destry
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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