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Unread 04-08-2022, 09:25 AM   #11
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The now extinct flying turnip? Seldom have I been impressed by the engraving on the sides of Parker D's or C receivers, but never have I seen engraving on a floor plate with birds of a species that are identifiable.
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Peacocks or possibly the elusive winged-turnip.
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Red crested rip-snorters.
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Possibly the hairy-chested nut-scratcher or the reclusive double-breasted mattress-thrasher?
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I think I ran into one of them thrashers in a bar on the lower Eastern shore of MD.
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You guys kill me when you talk aesthetics.
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They have a resemblance to guinea fowl, perhaps ordered for an African hunt?Or on second thought African turnips.
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Peacocks or possibly the elusive winged-turnip.
nope - not a peacock - it looks nothing like the big one I could barely miss hitting with the truck a few days ago on a back road in upstate NY

glad I didn't kill it - but on the other hand - would have been a lot of tying material
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Generic “flying creatures”
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Hahaha thanks everyone! The tuffs on the top of the head are distinct and the artist made sure to make the wings very distinct as well with the speculums almost like ducks (but obviously not ducks).


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Austin, I think those birds on wonderful, and somewhat unique. If that DH is otherwise good, I'd go for it just because of those birds. Do you know the timeframe for the gun? I have a guess.
1894 is the manufacturing date.
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