I have owned 7 16 gauge hammer guns with Damascus barrels, all of them on the 0-frame, but I’ve only ever seen 4 that were 1-frame guns. Jimmy Hall had a beautiful high-condition one on the 1-frame about 10 years ago but I don’t know how long the barrels were.
Judging by my own experience I would guess that 50% of the guns in question were made on the 0-frame, 40% were made on the 1-frame while the remaining 10% were on mixed frame sizes other than the 0 and 1 sizes.
JMHO - no actual science involved.
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