They're only desirable to some of us who really appreciate the beauty of pattern welded barrels and who love to shoot them. They're not for everybody... there are still a lot of folks who just don't trust Damascus barrels though it has been proven time and time again that they're perfectly safe if they are still in excellent condition and are unaltered as far as wall thickness and chambers go.
Yours is desirable because it is such a late Damascus gun and it has ejectors.
I like it and would shoot it often with appropriate loads (same as with any gun almost 100 years old).
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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