LA in 1889 boasted a population of about 50,000 (for reference, Charleston, SC had a population of about 54,000). There was a goodly amount of land surrounding it that held game of many types. The gun's weight and dimensions probably give a good clue, but placing it in its time would be necessary to help determine what type(s) of game the gun might have been built for (unless, of course, it was a trap/pigeon gun).
I love the B grade guns. I think they are perhaps the best combination of features and price among the higher grade guns. I hope you find some definite clues to your gun.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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