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Unread 08-17-2025, 07:58 PM   #34
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No Mike, there has been no (scientific) research confirming Twist or Damascus is/are inherantly unsafe to shoot. Anyone who states so is simply expressing an opinion or repeating the opinion of others. In the Double Gun Journal Sherman Bell conducted his own tests in order to discover 'burst' or 'rupture' pressures . No, his teste weren't ultra scientific but he used pressure sensing instruments and measured walls and exterrior measurements after each set of shots fired at increasing chamber pressures. Sure, some barrels ruptured or became deformed but these exceeded 31,000 psi



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I have about 20 years of Double Gun Journal magazines. Can someone tell me which issues include Bell's research? I haven't counted how many issues I have, but they take up about six feet on a shelf. Thanks in advance.
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