I love those Sherman Bell articles in DGJ that detail his testing of damascus barrels. He did his best to blow them up. He honed an L.C. Smith barrel to "paper thin" and loaded it with proof shells and it still would not let go. I shoot several damascus barreled guns and like them. BTW: I was reading my copy of "Parker Guns" today. I read a story saying that Americans in the 19th Century liked heavy guns overloaded when compared to English guns, saying that the Brits preferred light loads and light guns. My antique American double guns are HEAVY.
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