Destry,
Your comment is correct. To my benefit, about 30 years ago, one of my favorite dealers had a beautiful double on his rack. I spotted it right away and admired the deep relief engraving, fine checkering, smoothness of the action and the handsome barrels. It also was very light. As I inspected the double the shop owner stated "your a good customer of mine and I want you to understand you must not fire this shotgun because of the laminate barrels. If you want to buy it I will let you have it for $300." It was so well made I had to take it home with me. I new nothing about old doubles at the time. The double is a Francotte. It does have wear on checkering, 20% colors, but overall it is in nice shape for its age. It also created my interest in Parkers and others. My father told me when I was young to stay away from damascas barrels.
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