I don't see any indication that it may have been made to "shoot live pigeons in the ring".
It is a Parker without a safety - no more, no less. A lot of Parkers were likely ordered by gentlemen who hunted quail and other upland birds where the hunter watched for the point, loaded his piece, walked to the dogs, shot the birds when they flushed, opened his gun and removed the shells and didn't reload until the next point. What ever would such a hunter need a safety for? More likely a safety would be the cause of missed birds and great embarassment.
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