Regardless we still get people asking here how they can get black powder loads so they can shoot their 1895 Parker damascus and we still get forum participants telling others to keep pressure "low". Of course what they really mean is low recoil for weak stocks but some stocks aren't weak at all. And some tell others to stay under 6000 or 8000psi because that is what damascus guns were designed for , with no authority cited.
Like you I do not feel that these super duper heavy loads are needed, but my point is that these old Parkers are strong guns and built to take some stout loads, then and now.
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