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Unread 11-17-2012, 02:38 PM   #22
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I was blown away by Drew's post wherein old shotshell loads was outlined. Those guys were shooting cannons. I guess they didn't buy into the, lighter loads of shot pattern better, philosophy.

I'm sure most of those old, heavy loads were being shot through damascus/twist tubes. So, why should we worry? As stated above, if a gun was going to let go, by now it would have.

For my entire life I have been told, or have heard over and over again that damascus shotguns were unsafe to shoot, and I still hear it all of the time. I've passed on some very nice damascus guns over the years that were pretty inexpensive because I thought them unsafe.

If damascus guns are indeed unsafe we'd be hearing of explosions and failures. We are not. Still, however; I shoot Polywad.
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