Just remembered that I once bought a pretty mean GH 0-frame, 16-bore Damascus gun that a previous owner had chosen to eliminate the safety on thereby converting it not into a 'live bird gun' but into a gun that better suited his needs and purposes. The plate with the initial "T" in Olde English Script (or the numeral "5") could be brass or it could be gold... never had it tested. But it's certainly not a "Live Bird Gun" beyond the fact that he hunted live upland birds.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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