Geno, your thought makes sense as I wondered about the lenghty inscription on the rib; Manufacture Liegeoise D'Armes A Feu Liege Fondee 1866. Grand Prix Paris 1900. in a separate panel near the breech; Acier Universel. Possible that Grand Prix Paris 1900 was a live pigeon shoot won with a gun made by ML? Jim

I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong