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Originally Posted by edgarspencer
Mike Orlen says he won’t work on damascus barrels, but Mitch Schultz did a set for me and says they hone just like steel barrels and didn’t understand why some smiths won’t do it. Unfortunately, Mitch just retired and Briley bought his machinery.
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He doesn't like to mess with damascus but he honed a set of Remington 1889 barrels for me several years ago to clean up the worst of some pits. But, he was definitely reticent to do so. He had kept my barrels for several months and I called to see why he hadn't honed them and the discussion centered around the fact that they are damascus. I asked him why he didn't let me know immediately that he didn't work on damascus and he agreed to go ahead and do them.
Anyway, they turned out fine, and it cleaned up roughly 90% of the pitting.
If I wanted to have another set honed, or chokes opened, I'd call Dean Harris and see what he says about them.