What year or decade did the “never shoot modern shells from a Damascus barreled shotgun start?
I had an interesting (to say the least) reaction from a 71 year old awhile back, not long after I purchased my parker GH #1 frame Damascus barreled shotgun.
His first question was “why would you ever buy a Damascus barreled shotgun? You can’t shoot them with anything other than black powder shells.”
Then a few weeks ago I mentioned to him I was now shooting plain jane wally-world shotgun shells out of her with excellent results. His reaction was as if he saw a ghost, or "I" was, or should be the ghost.
So what was it, the gun-rag writers back in the day, or just a lot of unfounded hearsay passed along at deer camp?