Ross,

The more I thought about those geese, the more I realized they seemed familiar.

In Elliot's book on Lefever, pp 226 & 85, there is a Thousand Dollar Grade that according to the serial numbers was likely produced around 1896. The engraving is very similiar.
I am hardly an expert, but it appears to me to be by the same hand.
I know that in 1890 Albert E. Spangler and his brother Milton were engravers working for Lefever. He did several high grade Lefevers.
Other engravers in the Lefever shop at the time include Jacob Glahn & sons, as well as Kornbrath.

I wonder if any of them worked for Remington?

Pete