I think I'll go hug my original fluid and damascus barrels again and assure them that I won't let anybody touch them. I've shot some stout duck loads out of the damascus guns I own with nary a problem.
The gunsmith who sleeved these barrels didn't have a choice between good barrel steels and non ductile or bad barrel steels. He used what he got from some trade supplier who provides barrels to many others who also sleeve barrels. I understand there are only a couple sources of raw barrels available to the trade, and the barrels are foreign made in Italy or Spain, maybe Turkey now also.
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