Barrel wall thickness

[OH Osthaus]

may we also add that the proof was done in original condition and many if not most damascus and even early steel barrels have been "cleaned up"

so what they were proofed for and what they are now safe with are likely two different things. one of my letters states it went back to have barrel work including opening the chokes and back again years later to be "cleaned out", comparing the condition of the outside to the shiny insides when I found it I have no doubt it was done a third time.

all this left a minimum of 30 thousands in the front half. comfortable by most folks standards.

people new to damascus have concerns, they should be taken seriously, then educated